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Some 130 French parliamentarians have lodged an appeal with the country’s constitutional court to overturn a controversial bill that would criminalise denying that the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey was genocide.

A group of French senators have asked the constitutional council to review a law passed last week outlawing the denial of a genocide recognised by French law, namely the Holocaust or the 1915-1916 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks.

Turkey’s press is united in its condemnation of France, after the Senate approved a bill that would outlaw denying that the 1915 massacre of Armenians in Turkey was genocide. Ankara has promised swift diplomatic retribution against Paris.

France's Senate has passed a bill outlawing the denial of a genocide that has been recognised by French law, namely the Holocaust or the 1915-1916 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. Turkey had threatened to impose sanctions if the bill passed.

Turkey has threatened “permanent sanctions” against France if the Senate approves a bill that would criminalise denying genocides that are officially recognised by the French state, including the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey.

The French senate was on Monday set to vote on a new bill - already approved by the lower house - that would criminalise the denial of the 1915 Armenian genocide. An enraged Turkey has threatened permanent sanctions against France.

France's Senate will vote later in January on a controversial bill to outlaw denial of the 1915 Armenian Genocide in Turkey. The proposed law, which sparked fury in Turkey, was passed by the Lower National Assembly in December.

The websites of the French Senate and a National Assembly lawmaker who introduced a bill that would outlaw the denial of the 1915 Turkish ‘genocide’ of Armenians, have been attacked by Turkish hackers.

French lawmakers have passed a bill making it illegal to deny a genocide, including the Ottoman Turks' 1915 massacre of Armenians. Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded Friday by accusing France of committing genocide in Algeria in the 1940s.

France's lower house passed a bill Thursday making it illegal to deny genocide, including the Ottoman Turks' 1915 massacre of Armenians. Turkey responded by recalling its ambassador and accusing France of committing genocide in Algeria in the 1940s.