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France to ban Turkish ultra-nationalist group over defacing of Armenian memorial 

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A man cleans the memorial for the Armenian genocide in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon. (AFP)
A man cleans the memorial for the Armenian genocide in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon. (AFP)

France to ban Turkish ultra-nationalist group over defacing of Armenian memorial

AFP, Paris        

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France is to ban a Turkish ultra-nationalist group known as the Grey Wolves, the interior minister said Monday, after a memorial to the mass killings of Armenians was defaced at the weekend.

The dissolution of the Grey Wolves will be put to the French cabinet on Wednesday, Gerald Darmanin told a parliamentary committee.

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His announcement came after a memorial center outside Lyon to the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, regarded as genocide by Armenia, was defaced with pro-Turkish slogans including “Grey Wolves” and “RTE” in reference to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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