Erdogan insults not French MP but descendent of Armenian Genocide survivors

Erdogan insults not French MP but descendent of Armenian Genocide survivors April 15, 2011 10:04 French parliamentarian who asked question and got a sharp response from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in PACE turned to be of Armenian origin. Muriel Marland-Militello is a granddaughter of Armenian Genocide survivor. Militello told Turkish NTV channel that her grandmother and grandfather lived in Istanbul before 1915. Her grandfather’s name was Seyran (Armenian name). In 1915 they were warned about future events and managed to escape, she said. Commenting on Erdogan’s response French MP said he made a mistake answering so. “From the very first sentence I understood that he said something insulting French people. I did not reply as such conduct is disrespectful in PACE,” she said. French parliamentarian asked Erdogan a question about protection of religious minorities in Turkey. In response Turkish Prime Minister said, “You are speaking about something you are not aware of. You are clearly French, in Turkey you are French too (in Turkish, when somebody does not know something or speaks out of context, it is said that they are from France),” he said. News from Armenia - NEWS.am