Turkey freezes all ties with France

On Thursday, the lower house of the French parliament passed a bill making it a crime punishable by one year in jail to deny any genocide. That includes the Armenian genocide committed by the Turks between 1915-18, and Turkey reacted with predictable seething and rage (Hat Tip: Will). Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday a bill passed by France's lower house of parliament,