Annan plan for TURKEY and KURDISTAN ...
Αν η Τουρκία αποδεχόταν ένα Ανάν για τους Κούρδους
ΤΟΝ ΕΧΘΡΟ, τον κτυπάς με τα δικά του όπλα. Πράγμα που η ανεπαρκής πολιτική ηγεσία ουδέποτε επιδίωξε. Ένας καλός φίλος των Ελλήνων, ο Μάρκους Τέμπλαρ(Marcus A. Templar), κοινοποίησε από καιρό σε πολλούς Έλληνες αποδέκτες, ένα κείμενό του, που στηρίζεται στην υπόθεση, τι θα συνέβαινε στην Τουρκία αν ένα σχέδιο τύπου Ανάν προωθείτο για την επίλυση του Κουρδικού (η Τουρκία λέγει ότι έκανε το καθήκον της, υποστηρίζοντας το σχέδιο Ανάν για το Κυπριακό).
Ο Τέμπλαρ γράφει:
«Μετά από συμφωνία των δύο κυριότερων κοινοτήτων της Τουρκίας (Κουρδικής και Τουρκικής), η παρούσα πολιτεία (Τουρκική Δημοκρατία) παύει να υφίσταται, εφ’ όσον οι πολίτες της Τουρκικής Δημοκρατίας εγκρίνουν (σε χωριστά δημοψηφίσματα ανά κοινότητα) τη νέα πολιτεία. Αμέσως μετά την έγκριση της νέας ρύθμισης, η καινούργια πολιτεία είναι πραγματικότητα. Δεν υπάρχει δυνατότητα (μελλοντικής) επιστροφής στο παλιό καθεστώς, ακόμη και αν οι πλειοψηφίες στην Τουρκική και στην Κουρδική περιοχή ψηφίσουν με μεγάλη πλειοψηφία ότι το επιθυμούν. Σύμφωνα με τις πρόνοιες του Σχεδίου, η Τουρκία μετατρέπεται σε διζωνική και δικοινοτική ομόσπονδη πολιτεία, στην οποία το 37% της γης μεταβιβάζεται στη νέα κυβέρνηση των Κούρδων. Η νέα ομόσπονδη πολιτεία παίρνει το όνομα "Ενωμένη Τουρκική Δημοκρατία", και σύμφωνα με το νέο Σύνταγμα, οι δύο κύριες εθνικές ομάδες (Τουρκική και Κουρδική) έχουν ίση εκπροσώπηση στη νέα προτεινόμενη Γερουσία, ανεξάρτητα από την πληθυσμιακή τους σύνθεση. Σύμφωνα με τη διάταξη αυτή, η υφιστάμενη πολιτεία παύει να υπάρχει.
»Το Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο αποτελείται από ίσο αριθμό Κούρδων (18% του πληθυσμού) και Τούρκων (80% του πληθυσμού) δικαστών, συν τρεις ξένους δικαστές. Εφ’ όσον δεν υπάρχει ιεραρχία νόμων, η ομοσπονδία είναι στην ουσία συνομοσπονδία, στην οποία οι συνιστώσες πολιτείες είναι η πηγή των νόμων για την κεντρική εξουσία και όχι το αντίστροφο! Οι Κουρδικοί και Τουρκικοί πληθυσμοί θα μεταναστεύσουν ο κάθε ένας στη σχετική περιοχή του. Επιβάλλονται χρονικοί περιορισμοί στο δικαίωμα της ελεύθερης και μόνιμης εγκατάστασης Τούρκων πίσω στα σπίτια και τις περιουσίες τους στην Κουρδική Συνιστώσα Πολιτεία. Οι Κούρδοι δεν υπόκεινται σε αντίστοιχους περιορισμούς. Όσοι Τούρκοι επιλέξουν να ζήσουν στα παλιά σπίτια τους στην περιοχή υπό Κουρδική διοίκηση, δεν έχουν καθόλου πολιτικά δικαιώματα, διότι μόνον οι Κούρδοι έχουν δικαίωμα εκλογής των πολιτικών εκπροσώπων της Κουρδικής Συνιστώσας Πολιτείας. Επιπλέον, στους Τούρκους που θα παραμείνουν στις περιοχές υπό Κουρδική διοίκηση, δεν θα επιτραπεί ποτέ να αποτελέσουν πέραν του 6% του πληθυσμού οποιουδήποτε χωριού.
»Με αυτό τον τρόπο, οι Τούρκοι εμποδίζονται από του να έχουν τα δικά τους σχολεία, και ακόμη να τεκνοποιήσουν αφού φτάσουν πληθυσμιακά στο όριο αυτό! Η οικονομία της νέας ομοσπονδιακής Τουρκίας είναι ξεχωριστή ανά πολιτεία, χωρίς κοινή δημοσιονομική και νομισματική πολιτική. Επιπλέον, οι Τουρκικές επιχειρήσεις δεν επιτρέπεται να επενδύσουν στην Κουρδική Συνιστώσα Πολιτεία, και ενώ οι ανωτέρω διατάξεις είναι ευεργετικές για τους Κούρδους, ο Τούρκος φορολογούμενος τελικά θα πληρώσει όλες τις τροποποιήσεις, ρυθμίσεις και μετατροπές στη νέα ομόσπονδη δημοκρατία, επειδή τα Ηνωμένα Έθνη θεωρούν ότι στις προηγούμενες δεκαετίες οι Κούρδοι υπέστησαν τα πάνδεινα και πρέπει να αποζημιωθούν. Τέλος, οι Τούρκοι πολίτες δεν δύνανται να κινήσουν οποιεσδήποτε αγωγές και παράπονα στο Ευρωπαϊκό Δικαστήριο σε σχέση με τις όποιες απώλειες περιουσίας και εισοδήματος εξ αιτίας της εφαρμογής του Σχεδίου».
Τα σχόλια, δικά σας.
ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ
17/12/2009
ΣΑΒΒΑΣ ΙΑΚΩΒΙΔΗΣ
''ΑΝΤΙΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ''
http://www.sigmalive.com/simerini/columns/antistaseis/221581
Το κείμενο του Marcus A. Templar στην αγγλική γλώσσα δημοσιεύεται στην ιστοσελίδα:
www. rieas.gr
WHAT IF:
THE ANNAN PLAN AND TURKEY
Marcus A. Templar
(Balkan Expert, holds a Master of Science Degree in Strategic Intelligence)
Greek Cypriots, the majority population on the Island of Cyprus, overwhelmingly rejected a plan for reunification with the island’s small Turkish minority developed by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in a referendum on April 24, 2004. The majority Greeks regarded the solution offered by Annan as impractical and unfair, while the government of Turkey praised it as very doable and accommodating to both parties.
The size of the Turkish minority in Cyprus –some 18 percent of the island’s population, settlers brought illegally from Turkey excluded -- equals the percentage of the Kurdish minority in Turkey itself. Given long-standing Kurdish demands for greater political and other rights in Turkey, an interesting “what if” question arises--if the Annan Plan were implemented within Turkey for its Kurdish minority, would the Turks still find the plan fair and practical?
Here’s the “what if?”
Upon agreement of the two main communities living in Turkey (Kurdish and Turkish), the present state ceases to exist pending approval of the citizens of the Turkish Republic through a nation-wide referendum. Immediately after the approval of the new settlement, the new state is a reality. There is no going back to the old state even if later on majorities in both the Kurdish and Turkish areas overwhelmingly vote to do so. Under the provisions of the Plan, Turkey becomes a bi-zonal and bi-communal federal state in which 37% of its land passes to the new government of the Kurds. The new federal state is misnamed “United Turkey Republic” and under the new Constitution, the two major ethnic groups (Turkish and Kurdish) have equal representation in the proposed Senate regardless of unequal populations. Under the above provision, the state comes to a standstill.
The Supreme Court consists of an equal number of Kurdish (18% of the population) and Turkish judges (80% of population) plus three foreign judges; thus, foreign players would cast deciding votes. Since a hierarchy of laws does not exist, the federation is an actual confederation in which the component states are the source of laws for the central authority and not the other way around! One must have in mind that the reason the United States had abandoned its original confederation structure was because it was not workable. The Constitution of the United States established in 1789 gave clear federal supremacy over the laws of its constituent states. All state laws in the United States originate from federal laws.
Turkish and Kurdish populations are displaced, each moving to the other's pertinent ethnic territory. Time restrictions on the right of free and permanent installation of Turks back to their homes and properties in the Kurdish state are imposed; Kurds have no restrictions. Those Turks who choose to live in their old homes in regions under the Kurdish administration have no local civil rights because only Kurds may elect the political representatives of the Kurdish state. In addition, the Turks that stayed in the Kurdish lands will never be allowed to make up more than 6% of the population in any single village. In this manner, Turks are prevented from setting up their own schools and are even unable to give birth once this quota is reached!
The economy of the new federal Turkey is separate with no common monetary and fiscal policy. In addition, Turkish businesses are not allowed to invest in the Kurdish constituent state, and while all provisions above benefit the Kurds, the Turkish taxpayer ends up paying for all modifications, adjustments, and conversions in the new republic because the UN considers that in the previous decades the Kurds suffered enormously and must be compensated. In addition, Turkish citizens are not allowed to file any complaints with the European Court of Justice in relation to any losses suffered because of the implementation of the Plan.
The above “what if” analysis indicates what could happen to the Turks if the Plan had applied to Turkey and depicts what would have happened to the Greek Cypriots had they voted for the Annan Plan for Cyprus' reunification.
“In memory of Tassos and Lambros who so many times made us proud.”
Copyright:
http://www.rieas.gr/
http://www.rieas.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=970:what-if-the-annan-plan-and-turkey&catid=17&Itemid=74
http://www.sigmalive.com/simerini/columns/antistaseis/221581
Το κείμενο του Marcus A. Templar στην αγγλική γλώσσα δημοσιεύεται στην ιστοσελίδα:
www. rieas.gr
WHAT IF:
THE ANNAN PLAN AND TURKEY
Marcus A. Templar
(Balkan Expert, holds a Master of Science Degree in Strategic Intelligence)
Greek Cypriots, the majority population on the Island of Cyprus, overwhelmingly rejected a plan for reunification with the island’s small Turkish minority developed by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in a referendum on April 24, 2004. The majority Greeks regarded the solution offered by Annan as impractical and unfair, while the government of Turkey praised it as very doable and accommodating to both parties.
The size of the Turkish minority in Cyprus –some 18 percent of the island’s population, settlers brought illegally from Turkey excluded -- equals the percentage of the Kurdish minority in Turkey itself. Given long-standing Kurdish demands for greater political and other rights in Turkey, an interesting “what if” question arises--if the Annan Plan were implemented within Turkey for its Kurdish minority, would the Turks still find the plan fair and practical?
Here’s the “what if?”
Upon agreement of the two main communities living in Turkey (Kurdish and Turkish), the present state ceases to exist pending approval of the citizens of the Turkish Republic through a nation-wide referendum. Immediately after the approval of the new settlement, the new state is a reality. There is no going back to the old state even if later on majorities in both the Kurdish and Turkish areas overwhelmingly vote to do so. Under the provisions of the Plan, Turkey becomes a bi-zonal and bi-communal federal state in which 37% of its land passes to the new government of the Kurds. The new federal state is misnamed “United Turkey Republic” and under the new Constitution, the two major ethnic groups (Turkish and Kurdish) have equal representation in the proposed Senate regardless of unequal populations. Under the above provision, the state comes to a standstill.
The Supreme Court consists of an equal number of Kurdish (18% of the population) and Turkish judges (80% of population) plus three foreign judges; thus, foreign players would cast deciding votes. Since a hierarchy of laws does not exist, the federation is an actual confederation in which the component states are the source of laws for the central authority and not the other way around! One must have in mind that the reason the United States had abandoned its original confederation structure was because it was not workable. The Constitution of the United States established in 1789 gave clear federal supremacy over the laws of its constituent states. All state laws in the United States originate from federal laws.
Turkish and Kurdish populations are displaced, each moving to the other's pertinent ethnic territory. Time restrictions on the right of free and permanent installation of Turks back to their homes and properties in the Kurdish state are imposed; Kurds have no restrictions. Those Turks who choose to live in their old homes in regions under the Kurdish administration have no local civil rights because only Kurds may elect the political representatives of the Kurdish state. In addition, the Turks that stayed in the Kurdish lands will never be allowed to make up more than 6% of the population in any single village. In this manner, Turks are prevented from setting up their own schools and are even unable to give birth once this quota is reached!
The economy of the new federal Turkey is separate with no common monetary and fiscal policy. In addition, Turkish businesses are not allowed to invest in the Kurdish constituent state, and while all provisions above benefit the Kurds, the Turkish taxpayer ends up paying for all modifications, adjustments, and conversions in the new republic because the UN considers that in the previous decades the Kurds suffered enormously and must be compensated. In addition, Turkish citizens are not allowed to file any complaints with the European Court of Justice in relation to any losses suffered because of the implementation of the Plan.
The above “what if” analysis indicates what could happen to the Turks if the Plan had applied to Turkey and depicts what would have happened to the Greek Cypriots had they voted for the Annan Plan for Cyprus' reunification.
“In memory of Tassos and Lambros who so many times made us proud.”
Copyright:
http://www.rieas.gr/
http://www.rieas.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=970:what-if-the-annan-plan-and-turkey&catid=17&Itemid=74