French press alleged that the French government had struck a secret deal with ASALA in January 1982 , in which there would be no further attacks on French soil in return for French recognition that the Turks had attempted genocide against the Armenians in 1915 . Under the terms of the deal ASALA members supposedly were also granted unrestricted use of French airports , and four ASALA members charged with the takeover of the Turkish consulate in Paris , in which a security guard was killed , were given light sentences ( seven years in jail ) . Garabedian told French investigators that the violation of the secret pact by ASALA was an accident , and that the suitcase bomb was supposed to detonate on board the Turkish airliner , not on French soil . But the Orly airport attack forced the French government to crack down on ASALA
takeover of the Turkish consulate in Paris
1981 Turkish consulate attack in Paris
1983 Orly Airport attack