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| ALAN | May 16 14, 10:00 Post #1326 |
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But one thing is sure, KRG has started buying gold blocks imported via Dubai. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Worldwar2boy | May 16 14, 11:36 Post #1327 |
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How do you know this? This is actually a good thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP7L8bw5QF4 Petrodollar will collapse soon. Better buy gold :star |
| biji kurd u kurdistan !! | |
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| Deleted User | May 17 14, 1:05 Post #1328 |
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Whether the Illumaniti is a conspiracy theory (my belief) or real, the weakness of the dollar is true (and the system of today is not sustainable). The weakness of the dollar is obvious and explained above. However, the system as a whole gets a lot less attention. The system today is like cancer that will only get worse if we don't do anything. Today, the vast majority of money is made when somebody makes a loan (where the money will be simply written into your account with nothing to back up its value). However, the RENT on that loan is not made anywhere, it is simply demanded by the banks. Therefore the individual have to repay his/her loan by getting more money, money which is made when somebody else takes a loan (and when you take part of that money, the other individual will not be able to pay his debt, plus he will get even more rent). You do the math; there is not enough money to pay the debt in this world. That is why there is so much more debt than money. And what is described above is very simplified and just a small fraction of the problems contributing to why I believe the current system is not sustainable. And this is not a conspiracy theory, this is even admitted by the banks. The only reason people don't know it is because they are too stupid to understand how the system works or won't use their time on actually focusing on what is going on around them. |
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| Worldwar2boy | May 17 14, 1:44 Post #1329 |
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Did you know that the ''Federal'' Reserve it not even linked to the government? The Federal Reserve is privately owned by the some of the major US Banks (Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, Goldman & Sachs). They control the printing of the USD, the US government doesn't have any say in it. To put it into more perspective; CEO's control how much is printed, not the President or Senators. |
| biji kurd u kurdistan !! | |
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| ALAN | May 19 14, 8:56 Post #1330 |
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Research and Markets: Kurdistan Confederation - Special Oil Report 2014: An area thought to hold an estimated 45 billion barrels of oil DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/xxhhsr/kurdistan_region) has announced the addition of the "Kurdistan Confederation - Special Report" report to their offering. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) operates an area thought to hold an estimated 45 billion barrels of oil. The relative stability of the Kurdistan Confederation of KRG, situated between Iran, Syria and Turkey, has swiftly turned it into one of the area's more attractive destinations for foreign energy and oil & gas investment. - While insurgency and instability continue to rock southern Iraq, the Kurdistan Confederation has become something of a safe haven' for foreign E&P operators. - Despite recent increases in hydrocarbon production, the country's exports have been hamstrung by disagreements between the governments in Ankara, Baghdad and Erbil. - The disruption caused by the recent Iraqi elections has seen the KRG look to force Baghdad's hand regarding exports. - Meanwhile, with storage capacity at the Turkish port of Ceyhan running out, Ankara may sell Kurdish oil without Baghdad's agreement. Key Topics Covered: OVERVIEW - KRG in the crosshairs - Production - Exploration - State of mind - Independence? - Export issues - Payment uncertainty FIELD FOCUS - Shaikan in the making EXPORTS - Kurdish export plans: little more than a pipe dream? - Iraq signals impending export deal as Turkey looks to the future - KRG Kurds put crude up for sale POLICY - Iraqi elections likely to favour independent Kurdish crude sales E&P MAP OPERATIORS DRILLING ACTIVITY Companies Mentioned - Addax - Crescent Petroleum - Dana Gas - ERC Equipoise - Gulf Keystone Petroleum - Hess Middle East New Ventures - Marathon Oil - MOL - NBRUF - Oryx - Pearl Petroleum - Total For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/xxhhsr/kurdistan_region About Research and Markets Research and Markets is the world's leading source for international market research reports and market data. We provide you with the latest data on international and regional markets, key industries, the top companies, new products and the latest trends. Research and Markets Laura Wood, Senior Manager. press@researchandmarkets.com U.S. Fax: 646-607-1907 Fax (outside U.S.): +353-1-481-1716 |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | May 19 14, 9:06 Post #1331 |
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Hopes rise for sales of disputed Iraqi-Kurdish oil exports May 16, 2014 6:01pm by Michael Pooler Hopes for an early release of disputed oil pumped from Kurdistan – but held in Turkey – are rising, a person familiar with the issue said. A resolution to a political impasse between the Kurdistan Confederation (KRG) and Iraq could free up for sale millions of barrels of oil that have been stockpiled on the Eastern Mediterranean coast since the end of last year. Oil has been flowing from Kurdistan – sometimes described as ‘the last great oil frontier’ with a potential 50bn barrels in reserves – through a newly-constructed pipeline to the Turkish export terminal of Ceyhan for more than five months. But a disagreement between Baghdad and Erbil, the Kurdish capital, over who has the legal right to control hydrocarbon exports led to a block on sales of the oil by the Iraqi federal government. Instead, some 2.5m barrels have built up in tanks at Ceyhan as the Iraqi, Kurdish and Turkish authorities struggled to reach accord on a system for sharing payments. One person involved in the matter said that sales could be concluded as early as next week with international buyers. It follows remarks this week from Turkey’s energy minister, Taner Yıldız, who hinted at a resolution to the long-running dispute. “Our storage tanks in Ceyhan for northern Iraqi oil are now full,” Yıldız said at a regional energy conference in Istanbul. “There is not any obstacle for the sale. This oil belongs to Iraqis and they are the ones who will sell it”. Fresh impetus for agreement has come from Iraq’s parliamentary elections held last month. With neither of the two largest political groupings forecast to win an outright majority of seats, an alliance of Kurdish parties has a strong bargaining hand as the king-maker in a coalition government. But relations between the centre and the autonomous Kurdistan Confederation have remained fractious, with the president of South Kurdistan, Masoud Barzani, threatening not to participate in a federal government and press ahead with marketing unilaterally. “The political decision has been made that we’re going to sell oil independently,” Reuters reported him as saying this week. The Iraqi constitution provides for an 83:17 division of resources between Iraq and Kurdistan. This covers the national budget and hydrocarbon resources, and the sides are understood to agree in principle over oil revenue sharing. However, analysts said that cuts to Kurdistan’s budget, imposed by Baghdad in January and resulting in public sector workers going unpaid, could force it to realise sales in the absence of any agreement. “Economic necessity may ultimately take precedent over political will,” wrote Deutsche Bank’s Tom Robinson in a client note this week. “The pressure of economic sanctions on Kurdistan’s finances may leave [it] with little option other than to seek alternative revenue streams”. Explorers Genel and DNO, who operate the Taq Taq and Tawke fields in Kurdish Iraq, have been selling oil locally below international prices while some exports have been leaving by truck. Back to beyondbrics http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/05/16/hopes-rise-for-sales-of-disputed-iraqi-kurdish-oil-exports/ |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | May 19 14, 9:24 Post #1332 |
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Good report KRG EXPORTS TEST BAGHDAD AGAIN South Kurdistan has resumed loading small volumes of crude and condensate on trucks for export to Turkey, Reuters reported today from London. The KRG halted the truck exports in mid-January, saying that it wanted to improve the metering system. The halt coincided with Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Karim Luaibi’s threats that Baghdad would sue any entity engaged in the illegal export of Iraqi oil. The KRG has said that it plans to increase the volume of crude and condensate exported by truck to around 35,000 b/d. The KRG completely stopped exporting oil via the federal pipeline to Ceyhan in December 2013 after operators in the region reacted negatively to payment terms proposed in Iraq’s 2013 draft budget. By mid-December, exports via the pipeline had fallen below 30,000 b/d from an earlier high of as much as 200,000 b/d. The decline in exports to Ceyhan has contributed to reduced overall Iraqi exports during the past two months. Exports of both Kirkuk and KRG oil via Ceyhan fell from 442,000 b/d in October (after Irbil and Baghdad reached a mid-September 2013 agreement on payments) to 253,000 b/d in January, according to monthly figures from SOMO. Southern exports Weather related problems have also been blamed for recent declines in Iraq’s southern exports. In mid-January, seventeen vessels were waiting at the anchorage for loading orders and faced delays of 8-9 days beyond the original window of time scheduled for loading. Iraq has been working to reduce weather-related delays by adding more storage capacity onshore and by completing the installation of a second and third single-point mooring. However, the two new SPMs installed late last year apparently experienced problems with their solar-powered batteries. The maintenance contractor, Petrofac, has said it hopes to fix the problems before the end of this month. Storage Capacity In mid-January, South Oil Company head Dhiya Jaffar attended the opening of four new storage tanks which aim to increase the company’s storage capacity by 1 million barrels to 6.5 million total. By the end of this year, South Oil hopes its storage capacity will reach 8.5 million barrels. That volume of storage may still be less than optimal given that Iraq hopes to increase southern exports to about 2.7 million b/d by the end of this year. Iraq attained its highest level of southern exports in August, when they hit 2.25 million b/d. At the OPEC meeting in Vienna in December, Luaibi said that the Shell-operated Majnoon field would produce more than 100,000 b/d at the beginning of April. Other increases, he said, would come from Rumaila, Zubair and West Qurna-1. Some analysts have predicted that Iraq’s production capacity will increase by a bit more than 400,000 b/d in 2013, not counting any input from the KRG. However, during the last five months, southern exports averaged 130,000 b/d less than the August high-point. Possible Legal Moves by Baghdad The resumption of exports by truck to Turkey may motivate Baghdad to initiate judicial proceedings against entities like Genel Energy, which admit on the public record that they are exporting oil—not just that they have the KRG’s permission to do so. According to press reports, both the oil from the Taq Taq field and condensate from the Khor Mor gas plant are being trucked some 900 km to the Turkish port of Mersin. There the oil is stored in tankage once used by the Atas Refinery, which has been dismantled and relocated to a site in India. Mersin is 120 km west of Ceyhan. There is no direct access by rail from the Iraqi border to Mersin but it may be possible to use rail for some of the journey. Baghdad complained earlier when trading firms Vitol and Trafigura bought KRGorigin condensate exported from Turkey’s Toros terminal at Ceyhan. Both have been selling product to SOMO. Vitol reportedly apologized to Baghdad, while Trafigura was excluded from participating in SOMO tenders, but may still be selling gasoline to it through a third-party. Turkish Government Position Besides the chilling effect that litigation might have on KRG exports, the region needs the full support of the Turkish government if it is to achieve its goal of greatly increasing independent oil exports. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is—by most accounts—unwilling to cross swords with the Obama Administration over oil trade with the KRG. Senior U.S. officials have made it clear that they strongly oppose Turkey’s playing any role in facilitating KRG oil exports independent of the federal government, including a threat that outright Kurdish independence would lead to a break in relations between Washington and Irbil. These officials argue that Washington is not for or against Prime Minister Maliki; they insist on maintaining Iraq’s territorial integrity and its constitution. In an on-the-record briefing with Turkish reporters on February 5, the U.S. Ambassador in Ankara, Francis J. Ricciardone, said that Turkey should not alienate the rest of Iraq by making special deals with the KRG. Erdogan has been hoping for an early White House meeting with President Obama since his reelection in November. But yesterday Ricciardone told the reporters that no date had been set. “The White House has made clear its welcome of the prospect of the Prime Minister coming to Washington as early as that proves possible this year. No date has been set, again, as far as I know,” the Ambassador said. http://www.foreignreports.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/KRG-Exports-Test-Baghdad-Again.pdf Edited by ALAN, May 19 14, 10:19.
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | May 19 14, 9:31 Post #1333 |
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We can all see who the REAL enemy of KRG is now. And this is why turkey no longer objects Kerkûk annexation to SK neither does Iran it is now in both their interests, turkey for KRG's and Iran for PUK's. This is why after 2006 once again Kerkûk was allowed to hold an election for provincial council and Kurds managed to gain 68% of the votes there while arabs claimed 10% and turkmen 6%, and it finally showed them who is majority in Kerkûk and why Kurds want Kerkûk which clearly isn't for it's doomed oil. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Tevger | May 19 14, 10:04 Post #1334 |
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AKP is a weird size. It seems there is a branch within AKP that wants to break turkey free from american influence. Especially after this war has broken out between gulen and AKP. But the question is why??? What is their freaking dispute? If we could just somehow find out why AKP and USA are having different interests right now? there is a power battle between gulen ( USA) and AKP. i believe this power battle is much more than just the closing of gulen schools, or AKP trying to create bonds with Chinese weapon manufacturers rather than Nato.... its much more than this and i think Kurdish oil has something to do with all this aswell. |
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| ALAN | May 19 14, 10:13 Post #1335 |
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Yeah indeed, turkey doesn't need USA anymore, China can give turkey all it needs. This can result in SK and turkey more future alliance, ignoring USA barking over SK independence and a possible NK autonomy to help turkey hurry up in doing all it wants to achieve. USA is in real shizz right now with the ME turning it's back on them including us, hence they took approach towards Iran, who would have thought!. Edited by ALAN, May 19 14, 10:21.
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | May 19 14, 10:24 Post #1336 |
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Look at Crimea it gained statehood by support of one country, Russia, Czech got it from support of US, SK can get it's by turkey only, with a possible deal to give NK autonomy PKK wants and ending our problem with the turks for good, let's face we need each other more than we need US, Russia or China... And the brained washed turks by MHP pose no threat to this plan, their number decreases in mins. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Tevger | May 19 14, 10:29 Post #1337 |
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What you are describing is what should have happened 10 years ago when PKK denounced independance as its main goal. That is when turkey should have given Kurds all their rights to balance the power. But it did not do that. Something prevented them from doing it. The situation today is more ripe for such a scenario but i still have my doubt because most players in the region and outside the region would actually fear such a co operation between turkey and Kurdistan. Even if AKP wanted such a co operation, there would be too many obstacles. |
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| AlanJunior | May 19 14, 11:06 Post #1338 |
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When the ottoman empire collapsed the Western nations left their legacy behind through a puppet regime led by Ataturk, which is why it always strikes me as to why Kemalists like to brag about the Ottomans whom are probably shaking in their graves to see what has become of Turkey. For years Turkey has been dependent on the West for everything and has pretty much been a transit state for Western military movement. There was a cap on Turkish progression and influence, a gap placed on them by the West and it seems the AKP wants to shift it and become more "independent". Lets face it, Turkey has potential, with a big population and a great geographical location they can become much more advanced and powerful then they currently are. Still it is hard to determine whether this dispute is merely a smoke and mirror show to expand Turkish influence in the Middle East or if it's for real. As things stand, the majority of the Sunni Arabs in the region speak highly of Erdogan and Turkey due to their new found stance on Israel and America which makes one believe it is all a show, but only time will tell. The U.S objection to Kurdish exports is only on the surface, otherwise how else would major U.S oil companies invest in Bashur? I personally think the Gulen-Erdogen conflict is more of an internal issue much like the KDP-PKK issue, and while it's easy to over complicate things I still think it's an internal issue. Although I am not sure an increasingly power full and independent Turkish is in our advantage. |
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| AlanJunior | May 19 14, 11:09 Post #1339 |
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Once again it is hard to determine the true nature of the situation as we can only speculate. We don't know what is happening behind closed doors. The fact of the matter is however that the AKP is still better than the likes of the MHP and CHP without a doubt. Even the AKP wanted to co-operate with the BDP, they can not do so hastily as it will back fire on them. The Turkish public is brainwashed and they are not ready for the AKP to enter into such agreements without the AKP losing support. Only time will tell. |
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| Tevger | May 19 14, 11:18 Post #1340 |
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AKP can not lose support after all this. That is for sure. And to be honest, I think the project with all this gulen- AKP fight was actually to create an atmosphere in which AKP would lose at least some 5-10% of their support so to cut them off the 50% support in turkey. Or maybe even if we really have to speculate: AKP created this fight themselves to test their support base. I honestly cant imagine AKP losing their support base. Its close to impossible especailly if they can still get almost 50% of the votes as they did in the latest election.... Even after all their scandals. Even after all their scandals and failures, they still increased their support base. Of course, a lot of it was through fraud but its still a large support base they genuinely have. If AKP really wanted to, it could easily implent some major changes in the rights of minority. Most of turks dont even have anything against Kurdish schools, Kurdish in the public room etc. Even CHP supporters are open for Kurdish in the primary school. Most turks would not even care if the thousands of Kurdish political prisoners were released. All in all, AKP would lose absolutely nothing by doing these ''small'' steps. Quite the opposite - they would create better bonds with Kurds. But something is preventing them. |
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| AlanJunior | May 19 14, 11:24 Post #1341 |
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From my experience with Turks it's quite the opposite, but I'll take your word on it as I lack the knowledge required in this specific area to make any comments I can stand back. Maybe I've been talking to the extremist Turks. What I do know though is that the AKP does have a load of Kurdish votes and it seems so far they have been trying to take the nationalist votes, which more or less failed, which could also mean that the AKP is worried about losing the Kurdish vote to the BDP if they allow them more room. If with in the coming years we do not see more concrete changes we can assume there is something "hindering" them. Off course one of the barriers may be the conflicting views on how things should be run mainly on the economical sector. I don't know much about Turkish politics so don't take too much notice of what I'm saying, I'm basing this on the few news articles I've read here and there. |
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| Worldwar2boy | May 19 14, 11:33 Post #1342 |
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well, erdogan is much better than all the other turanic monkey presidents in the last 90 years he's actually making progress, but i am sure he is facing resistance from the turanic MHP etc. fascist, and the turanic generals who still have a lot of power Didn't they arrest hundreds of generals a while back? Kerdogan is doing a great job to hold a grip on the situation. I prefer Kerdogan over any other Turanic president anyway. He's also oppressing some Turks, which is also a good thing. Creates disunity among the monkeys. |
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| Tevger | May 19 14, 11:40 Post #1343 |
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There are still extreme turks and there are many of them in the diaspora. I dont want you to think that im trying to paint a picture of turks as if they are people that actually want more Kurdish influence. But many of them will be willing to find a balance between no more war on one side and giving more Kurdish rights on the other. Many of them ( and this goes specifically for the AKP turks) dont really have anything against 'superficial' rights such as more Kurdish language and cultural rights. I come from a city in central Anatolia where AKP recieved 64% of the votes ( second highest AKP stronghold next to Kerdogans hometown where he recieved 64%). Whenever i speak to turks from that city about Kurds and politics, the first thing they say is that they dont see any problem in Kurds being able to learn their language etc. and often they will add a religious aspect to it aswell ie '' we are all Muslims and we are all equal''. Every Kurd in this city speaks Kurdish in the public. In busses, in parks, in shops. I have never heard of people getting beaten for speaking Kurdish or anything like that. Which is quite unlikely seeing as if you look at the amount of attacks on Kurds in other cities where CHP and MHP have majority of votes. As for the political prisoners, 90% of turks dont even know who they are. I have spoken to a couple of turks and whenever I mentioned ' KCK' they dont even know what it is. When I tell them thousands of Kurds are in prison for being affiliated with KCK they ask me '' why?''. Im not so much into how all this affects the economy of turkey etc. All i know is that a turkish government has never had this little obstacles to reach an agreement with Kurds yet the govenrment is very reluctant and unwilling as if something is preventing it from doing so. |
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| AlanJunior | May 19 14, 11:51 Post #1344 |
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Ok thanks for the information. I am very ignorant to Turkish politics and cities simply because I don't care much for it. There are several reasons as to why the AKP could be holding back. The AKP wants the Kurdish votes themselves and they may have concluded that allowing more room for the BDP will ultimately end up in their disadvantage as the majority of the AKP Kurdish votes will go to the BDP. In my opinion Turkey has never been as divided as it is now and the division will only flourish, and the more that happens the more the AKP will find themselves relying on Kurds. The BDP can make good use of this if they take note of the KRG making use of the Sunni-Shia divide in Iraq. I do share your concern, in fact I thought by now the AKP and BDP would have reached some kind of compromise but it's to the contrary and I can't really understand why, and I don't know to what extend the KDP-PKK issue has influenced the AKP position. |
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| Tevger | May 19 14, 12:04 Post #1345 |
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True. There could be some voting and election considerations behind their unwillingness to find a consesus with BDP. KRG has been good at using the divission. But as I have understood it, it has been quite easier for KRG because one of the sides ( sunni) is much smaller and much more vulnerable than the other side ( shia). But im not too sure about this. Add to that, that KRG has state structutes, a government and an official army to pressure their agenda in Iraq. We still need to understand that some 40% of turks are still CHP/MHP supporters. I do hope that BDP will ( and hopefully alaready is) take notice of how KRG is working. The downside of this divission is that the government is left a little weaker. A weak government will have difficulties reaching a consensus with Kurds. This is the main downside of the gulen-AKP fightings. I dont think that the KDP-PKK issue has any major consequences on the bigger political picture. You could say that the ironical and tragical about being a divided country and people is that when you have party disputes its not really that big of an issue to the enemy countries since we are already divided anyways so it never really appears as something serious. The enemy is probably just thinking '' oh, just another day of Kurdish infighting'' lol Edited by Tevger, May 19 14, 12:06.
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| AlanJunior | May 19 14, 12:11 Post #1346 |
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Yes, the Sunnis number around 20% nether the less the CHP and MHP are around 30% combined right? A weak government is good, a weak Baghdad has been good to us since 2003. A weak Ankara will need BPD backing and that is when demands are met. Yeah I don't know how much our internal issues play into it, but they may have some bearing. Lets see how things fold out in the coming months, the BDP can not be ignored any longer, that much is obvious. |
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| ALAN | May 21 14, 1:50 Post #1347 |
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | May 21 14, 11:22 Post #1348 |
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Dispute over Kirkuk damages Kurdistan confederation economy 21.05.2014 Kurdo Shaban The uncertain future of Kirkuk and its oil has adversely affected the Kurdistan Confederation ’s economy. A Kurdish economist believes that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) loses $25 million each day because Kirkuk is not part of the Region. Suzan Sa’ad, a Shiite MP in Baghdad and member of the parliamentary oil and energy committee, said that Iraq loses $25 million per day because of attacks made by terrorist and militant groups on the Kirkuk oil pipelines. “The Iraqi government doesn’t want to solve the pipeline problem and can’t control the security of the region,” said Sa’ad in a published statement. Ari Khoshnaw, a Kurdish economist, believes that if the security of the pipelines was left to Kurdish forces, the attacks by extremist groups would be halted. He told BasNews: “As a result of those attacks, $25 million of Kirkuk oil is lost each day. I think the main issue is that Kirkuk hasn’t come back in to the Kurdistan Confederation and Iraqi forces thus far can’t stabilize Kirkuk.” copyright © 2013 basnews http://m.basnews.com/en/News/Details/Dispute-over-Kirkuk-damages-Kurdistan-economy/20952 |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | May 23 14, 1:43 Post #1349 |
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | May 23 14, 3:38 Post #1350 |
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first Kurdish oil sale begins in Ceyhan ERBIL, Kurdistan Confederation – After the first sale of Kurdish oil at the Turkish port of Ceyhan was announced by Turkey’s energy minister on Thursday, the deputy head of the Iraqi parliament’s oil and gas committee called on Baghdad to issue a “halt order” to stop the sales. "Oil belongs to the people of Iraq and no party should export oil without permission from central government," Ali Fayyaz said. “Neither the Kurdistan Confederation nor any other governorate has the right to export oil without permission from the central government,” he said. He called on the Iraqi oil ministry and parliament to issue a “prevention order” to stop the sales. The first sale of Kurdish oil at Ceyhan was confirmed by Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz. He told the Reuters news agency that 1 million barrels of oil from Kurdistan’s new pipeline was being loaded on a tanker at Ceyhan. Yildiz declined to name the buyer. The oil sales have apparently began without the consent of Iraq’s central government, which has gone to great lengths to stop Erbil from controlling exports and revenues from its abundant energy reserves. Ankara had pledged to wait for the row between Erbil and Baghdad to resolve before allowing the sales. But after storage tanks at Ceyhan grew full with 2.5 million barrels of piped Kurdish oil that began flowing in December, Turkey announced with Kurdish officials that the oil sales would go ahead this month. The Kurds have chosen an opportune moment to begin the sales: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who is making an uphill bid for a third term following elections last month, cannot fulfill the ambition of keeping his job without political support from the Kurdish bloc in parliament. The KRG is infuriated at Maliki, who has very little room to pressure Kurdish leaders any further. For several months Baghdad has frozen payments to Erbil from the national budget as pressure and punishment for trying to go ahead with the oil sales. The oil revenues are expected to go a long way to ease Kurdistan’s tight cash flow. Baghdad has maintained that Kurdish oil sales are illegal. The Kurds have threatened to go so far as to declare independence unless Baghdad gives them greater control over their rights and resources. http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/220520142 |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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nether the less the CHP and MHP are around 30% combined right? A weak government is good, a weak Baghdad has been good to us since 2003. A weak Ankara will need BPD backing and that is when demands are met.
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