▁political ▁prisoners ," ▁and ▁if ▁French ▁authorities ▁interven ed ▁in ▁the ▁cons ulate ▁take over , ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁host ages ▁would ▁be ▁executed ." ▁The ▁Turkish ▁prisoners ▁whose ▁release ▁the ▁milit ants ▁demanded ▁were ▁said ▁to ▁include ▁two ▁cl erg ymen ▁and ▁five ▁Turkish ▁and ▁five ▁Kur d ish ▁" re volution ary ▁f igh ters ." ▁ ▁The ▁French ▁and ▁Tur ks ▁knew ▁from ▁experience ▁that ▁they ▁should ▁take ▁the ▁Armen ians ▁seriously . ▁Based ▁in ▁Be ir ut , ▁the ▁Secret ▁Army ▁had ▁claimed ▁at ▁least ▁ 1 3 6 ▁attacks ▁against ▁Tur ks ▁in ▁the ▁previous ▁six ▁years , ▁including ▁six teen ▁kill ings ▁and ▁scores ▁of ▁bomb ings ▁in ▁cities ▁including ▁Sydney , ▁Zur ich ▁and ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁The ▁radical s ▁had ▁killed ▁six ▁Turkish ▁officials ▁in ▁Paris ▁alone , ▁starting ▁with ▁Amb assador ▁ İ s mail ▁E rez ▁and ▁his ▁ch auff eur ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁The ▁Armen ian ▁group ▁sought ▁to ▁a ven ge ▁the ▁gen o cide ▁of ▁their ▁people ▁by ▁Tur ks ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁I . ▁ ▁Turkey ' s ▁amb assador ▁to ▁France , ▁Ad nan ▁Bul ak , ▁refused ▁to ▁negoti ate , ▁saying ▁that ▁Turkey ▁holds ▁no ▁Armen ian ▁political ▁prisoners . ▁" We ▁will ▁not ▁negoti ate ▁with ▁terror ists . ▁That ▁is ▁Turkish ▁Government ▁policy . ▁We ▁perhaps ▁have ▁some ▁Turkish ▁political ▁prisoners ▁of ▁Armen ian ▁origin , ▁but ▁there ▁are ▁no ▁Armen ian ▁political ▁prisoners ." ▁The ▁French ▁Government ▁started ▁tal