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Head of Turkey's Parliament tells U.S. House speaker
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 07 - 10 - 2007

The head of Turkey's Parliament
warned the United States against passing an Armenian
genocide bill, saying in a letter to the U.S. House speaker
that the move would harm bilateral ties, AP quoted his office as saying Sunday.
Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan said in his letter to
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that «it might take decades to
heal negative effects of the bill if it passes,» Toptan's
office said in a statement.
Toptan _ who is elected by the legislative body to chair
parliamentary sessions _ is considered neutral toward all
political parties.
The genocide bill declares the killings of Armenians
between 1915 and 1917 a genocide, though it would have no
binding effect on the U.S. foreign policy. The U.S. House
of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee is expected
to consider the legislation this week.
Toptan's letter said the passing of the bill would be
declared by Armenians as a confirmation of their view of
the historical dispute.
«Then, it will be difficult to control the dynamics
triggered by Turkish public reaction,» it said.
On Friday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told U.S.
President George W. Bush that the measure would «harm the
strategic partnership» between the two countries.
Toptan said Armenia did not respond positively to Turkish
proposal to establish a commission of historians to examine
Turkish and Armenian archives and to share their findings
with the public.
Armenians say more than 1.5 million Armenians were killed
in a systematic genocide in the hands of the Ottomans
during the World War I, before modern Turkey was born in
1923.
Turkey says the death toll is inflated and that the deaths
occurred at a time of civil unrest.


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