Turkey says welcomes appeal of French denial law

ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish Foreign Ministry said Tuesday Turkey welcomed appeal of a French law that penalizes denial of Armenian allegations on Ottoman era incidents of 1915 to France's top constitutional body for annulment. "We welcome this most honorable initiative. We will now wait for the Constitutional Council's ruling which we believe would fit with the France's rooted tradition of democracy and of rule of law," said the Turkish Foreign Ministry in a press release.         French senators appealed earlier today the law penalizing denial of Armenian allegations with a prison term of one year and a fine of 45 thousand euros. Sixty-five MPs and 72 senators signed to appeal the law at the French Constitutional Council. The council is expected to make public its decision within a month.