This is very strange indeed. France almost always takes the Muslim side. And the current head of their government is a flaming leftist, too.
I guess they must REALLY feel that Obama has left a vacuum in world politics by his unfailing support of Muslim terrorists.
On a down-to-earth absolutely practical side the French surely realize that a nuke mushroom cloud any place in Asia Minor will get them dirty also. Even French commies would not want their wine & cheez time disturbed by a fallout cleanup. Same basic force that’s kept Ivan minding his manners for half a century.
The French were instrumental in rejecting the Turks from EU. They “surrendered” to Algeria because Algeria would have taken France over. Napoleonian colonial policy is to export stupidity and not import it.