Turkey rejects that figure and the genocide description

Those publicly denying the genocide would face a year in jail and fine of 45,000 euros (£29:000: $58,000).

Armenians say up to 1.5m people moncler jackets were killed by the Ottoman Turks in 1915.

Turkey rejects that figure and the genocide description, and has warned France of "serious repercussions" if the bill becomes law.

Ankara says closer to 300,000 people died, and that Turks were also killed when Armenians rose up against the Ottoman Empire when Russian troops invaded eastern Anatolia, now eastern Turkey

More than 20 countries, including France, formally recognised the killings as genocide.

But the BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris French deputies now want to go a step further, and Turkey has inevitably responded angrily.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Kids - moncler jackets said the move was aimed at boosting support for French President Nicolas Sarkozy ahead of elections next year, and would "harm Franco-Turkish relations".

He said Turkey was considering imposing sanctions against France in response, the Anatolia news agency reports.

Turkey's ruling and opposition parties issued a joint statement condemning the proposal, saying it "denigrates Turkish history," while there have been protests outside the French embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he hoped France would "not step on a great and an old friendship and French values for political and electoral gains".

"But without question, no-one can expect us to keep silent and show no reaction," he told reporters.

There are some half a million ethnic Armenians living in France, and their vote is considered important in next year's election, says our correspondent.

But the debate has also created unease in France, with Foreign Minister Alain Juppe expressing concern at alienating moncler rod black down jackets for men 2011 new such as important trading partner as Turkey, he adds.

French academics have also reacted angrily, accusing parliamentarians of attempting to legislate over history.