French Senate passes bill banning public denial of Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 . Erdogan has said that passage of the bill would result in Turkey initiating additional measures against France . `` This will create a lot of noise and difficulty in Turkey 's overall relationships with France and other EU states that will complicate '' Armenians say Turks committed genocide against more than a million Armenians in waning days of Ottoman rule . France says the deaths were due to war , famine and chaos -- not to a specific plan to kill Armenians . The issue threatens to further destabilize relations between France and Turkey .
French Senate passes bill banning public denial of Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 . Armenians say Turks committed genocide against more than a million Armenians in waning days of Ottoman rule . France says the deaths were due to war , famine and chaos -- not to a specific plan to kill Armenians . The issue threatens to further destabilize relations between France and Turkey .