Following approval of a French bill on 22 December 2011 that would make denial of the Armenian Genocide a crime punishable by one-year prison sentence and a fine of € 45,000 ( about $ 61,387 ) , the Turkish government froze bilateral relations and political meetings with France . Turkey also cancelled permission for French warships to dock and French military planes to land in Turkey , and every French military plane would have to request permission for every flight in order to use Turkish airspace . The Turkish government had previously warned the French government that passage of the bill in the senate , whereupon it would become law , would irreparably damage bilateral relations
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
France–Turkey relations