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ECHR: Impunity of Torturers (even of Girl aged 14) in Turkey eve of German Chancelor Merkel visit

Written by ACM
Вторник, 23 Март 2010

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Impunity for Torturers, even of Children aged 14, still persists in Turkey, in many cases as that of Ondu Erdogan, a fragile Girl who tried to commit Suicide after her arrest by Turkish Police, ECHR revealed at the eve of German Chancelor Angie Merkel's visit to Ankara and Istanbul to meet Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Scandalously prolonged Impunity for suspected Torturers in Turkey, even of a Girl aged only 14, who was shocked and attempted to commit Suicide by climbing out of a 4rth flour after being arrested by Turkish Police on mere "anonymous" accusation to have "an illegal Document in her Bag" (sic !), or of a Youngster Jailed for a Decade and still prosecuted in 2010 for 15 Years, whose ill-treatment was followed by Chronic Taumas and by a Hunger Strike resulting in grave Brain Damage in controversial circumstances inside Turkish Prisons, was denounced by the ECHR which condemned Ankara to pay 27.300 Euros to one of the victims.

Topically, ECHR's judgements condemning Turkey on such Grave Torture and/or Inhuman/Degrading Treatment cases were published in Strasbourg only a few Days before German Chancelor Angie Merkel's 1st visit to Turkey since she brillantly won the June 2009 EU Elections, placed under the thema of opposal to Turkey's controversial and impopular EU bid, and succeeded to get, on September 2009 National Elections, the New Governemental Majority Coalition she wished for, after chairing Germany's 2007 EU Presidency by stressing that "Europe's Soul is Human Rights", as she declared in EU Parliament in Strasbourg in an Historic Speech since January 2007, before also visiting ECHR itself.

But more and more Facts clearly indicate that Turkey's persisting reluctance to really abide by ECHR's case-Law, risks to provoke larger Problems to CoE's Human Rights' Protection Mechanism, particularly by threatening to grant, in practice, to Torturers and/or Killers' a "Virtual Impunity" (See also infra).

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Indeed, ECHR found this week, in particular that, until now (2010), nothing was done by the Turkish Authorities to seriously investigate the ill-treatment of a Child aged only 14, whose Family denounced that she was arrested, beaten and ill-treated by Turkish Policemen, up to the point to attempt Suicide immediately afterwards, in Istanbul (Constantinople) on 2001 : No Medical Examination of the Victim, not even a Statement taken from the Victim on the incident , while proceedings against the Turkish Policemen suspected of Torture were droped by "Administrative" Officials "Hierachically linked" to them, (etc), proved that the Turkish Authorities "Failed to conduct an effective investigation into the (victim)'s allegations of ill-treatment" and committed, "therefore, .. a Violation" of the Human Right against Torture and/or ill-Treatment.

No real Investigation until 2010 also in the case of a Youngster kept in custody for 15 Years under suspicions but without Judgement, who also vainly denounced serious Torture and Ill-treatements by more than .."25" Turkish Security Agents, provoking a chronic Trauma to his Hand, followed by a Hunger Strike in the infamous Turkish Prisons, and resulting in Grave Sufferings and permanent Brain Damage by the so-called "Korsakoff Syndrome", (which, according to well-known Medical Reports, can be largely provoked by prolonged Deprivation of a Vitamin, normally easy to supply or inject by the Turkish Authorities Responsible for the Victim's continuing Detention).

Obvious Risks of ill-treatments and Unfair Trials exist in Turkey even in Non-Political cases, as ECHR also found this week in another affair where a person was detained by the Turkish Police for Days without Access to Lawyer in 2002, after which a Medical Report found Grazes on his Shoulders and Knees, and was accused and condemned to Years of Jail for burglaries on the basis of a statement he made during this controversial period of in communicado detention, that he later denounced as taken while he was unfit, because "Exhausted from the Torture, Coercion and Duress he had been subjected to in police Custody". Even the Prosecutor's written opinion wasn't ever communicated to the victim, whose appeal was rejected since 2003, convincing ECHR that Ankara should be condemned now at least for Unfair Trial, as nothing changed in that case until 2010.

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Scandalous Cases' Facts

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In the 1st case, a 14 Years old Girl named Dondu Erdogan, denounced that she was "
apprehended by a Large Group of Police officers in Istanbul while she was walking to her Sister's house", "Handcuffed and taken to .. (local Turkish) Police Headquarters, where she was Questioned" and "subjected to Inhuman Treatment.., which involved being Beaten with a Truncheon, Hosed down with Cold Water, and Banged against Walls. She remained Handcuffed and Blindfolded throughout".

Her "Family ...found (her) in a Hysterical state, Screaming and cursing the Police officers, Hurling herself against the Walls and attempting to Throw herself out of the Window. (She) also had Bruises and Scratch Marks on her Head and Wrists." "Once at her Sister's House, which was on the 4rth Floor, (the Victim) attempted to commit Suicide by Jumping out of the Window".

She "spent the following 14 Days in the Intensive Care unit at Istanbul University Hospital" and afterwards underwent "Psychological Treatment at the Human Rights Foundation" for Years.

Scandalously, the Turkish Government admitted that its numerous Agents had arrested the Girl aged 14, and submitted her to "Questions by Expert Police Officers from the anti-Terrorist branch", "only ... because they had received... an Anonymous tip-off Call" claiming that "a Woman (was) carrying illegal Documents in her Bag" (sic !)...

Afterwards, when Turkish Police realized that it was a Blunder, and that the Girl "had No affiliations with any illegal Organisaions", instead of releasing her immediately, on the contrary they still "Kept her" Detained, pretexting now, that they "believed" that their Victim .. "was "Mentally Unstable" !

Moreover, Turkish Policemen reportedly "asked her Family Not to lodge a criminal Complaint or inform the Press of the incident", ECHR notes. But the victim's "Father filed a Criminal Complaint" denouncing "that the (Turkish) Police officers who had caused his Daughter's Mental Suffering ought to be held Responsible for (her) Suicide attempt".

However, the so-called "Investigation" allegedly made by the Turkish Police itself, included "8 Police Officers" comming "to her Sister's House" to "require their signatures" , threatening the victim's Family, that if they refused "to sign these documents (this) would result in their permanent detention in police custody".On the contrary, the so-called Investigators "did Not, however, take a statement from the" Victim herself, claiming that "she had not fully regained her health" yet, after the tragic incidents.

Moreover, the Turkish Officials " Declined to grant the ...authorisation to Prosecute the accused Police Officers", claiming that they found "a lack of Sufficient Evidence".. Curiously, the Turkish Authorities claimed that it was "believed" to have been .. the Victim herself who had reported herself to the Police, for ..unknown reasons" (sic !), that she had been always .. "Calm.. throughout her Detention at the (Turkish) Police Headquarters" (of notorious Tranquility, .. sic !!), and that the only problem for which "she ..attempted to hurt herself" appeared merely "upon being confronted with her Family" (re-sic !!!)... For Ankara's agents, the "Suicide attempt (committed immediately after she was released from Jail) could Not be related to her Detention", and her Family "had not .. any Evidence" for her denunciations, rejecting them since 2002.

Not even a mere "Negligence" wasn't established by the Turkish Authorities "against the accused Police Officers" who Arrested, Questioned and Detained the 14 Years old Girl (later founded Wounded and Shocked to the point to immediately commit Suicide), only on an "Anonymous" Phone call claiming that she would have "an illegal Document in her Bag" (See supra)... Therefore, until 2010, "No Disciplinary Action was therefore taken against" the accused Turkish agents, ECHR observes.

Significantly, ECHR saw no reason in 2008-2010 to change its 2004-2007 conclusions on Turkey, (reiterated many times meanwhile in numerous "similar cases") that the merely "
civil and administrative Remedies against illegal acts attributable to the State or its agents" that "Turkish law provides", "canNot be regarded as Sufficient" for Torture and/or ill-treatment cases (art 3 of EConvHR) "in that they are aimed at (only) awarding Damages rather than Identifying and Punishing those Responsible", i.e. obviously threatening to leave Torturers unpunished.

Ankara's Government didn't change its attitude not even in 2008, when it curiously claimed that the Victim "had not been arrested and taken into custody, but merely kept under police surveillance" (sic). - Since 2008, "the (Turkish) Government further argued that the (victim) had been extremely Calm (sic) and Quiet during the period she had spent under (Turkish) Police Surveillance", well-known for its behavior, ECHR notes in 2010.

For Ankara, the Turkish "State Authorities could Not be held Accountable for ...her Suicide attempt (immediately) after she was handed over to her Family". Despite Turkish President Gül's repeated Promisses to the EU about "Zero Tolerance for Torture", nevertheless, even during 2008-2010, the Turkish Government routinely continued to claim, as in the Past, "that an Effective Investigation had been ...carried out in respect of the (Victim's allegations", and that there would be nothing more to do..

The young Girl (which spend 15 Days in "Intensive care" at the Hospital immediately after her arrest : See supra) "did not respond" to such obviously scandalous claims by Ankara's Authorities, as ECHR notes.

As a matter of General Principle, of obvious importance even for EU Citizens, EuroJudges "canNot attach Any weight to the Distinction drawn by the (Turkish) Government between “being taken into Custody” and “being taken under Surveillance” (sic !), Strasbourg's Court bluntly replied to Ankara.

- "For the purposes of Article 3 of the (European) Convention (on Human Rights), the (Victim)'s well-being was the Responsibility of the (Turkish) State Authorities from the moment she was under Police Control", ECHR observes obviously. - "The (Turkish) State's Responsibility, ...may be invoked if it can be proven, beyond reasonable doubt, that the applicant's self-destructive behaviour was a direct Result of Adverse Treatment she had received while in (Turkish) Police Custody, which was sufficiently Severe to drive her to take her own Life", EuroJudges stress on the Victim's grave Suicide attempt immediately after returning from Detention.

But, given also the absence of any efficient investigation by Ankara's Authorities (See supra and infra), ECHR was hindered to find "satisfactory Documentary Evidence" "in the case File" on what really happened, and this "severely Hampers the Court's ability to make an assessment of the Facts". "This ...Precludes the Court from making Any Assessment as to whether the (Turkish) State Authorities could be held Accountable for the (victim)'s subsequent Suicide attempt" from which she was gravely wounded, ECHR regrets. In fact, "the Absence of Evidence ...stems to a large extent from the (Turkish)Government's Disregard for their ...Obligations", ECHR clearly denounced.

Indeed, at "First ... the Medical Examination of persons in Police Custody constitutes one of the most Essential Safeguards against ill-Treatment...and ...play(s) a Crucial role". "At the time of the events" this "was a Requirement to be fulfilled by the State authorities.... and Not the Responsibility of the (Victim) as argued by the (Turkish) Government". But, "despite the foregoing, the Court observes that the (young Girl) underwent a Medical examination Neither before being taken into Custody at the (local Turkish) Police Headquarters, Nor After her release from detention", and " this ...Shortcoming reduced the possibility of a meaningful examination in respect of the (Turkish) State authorities' ...Obligations". Moreover, the Victim herself "was at No point asked to provide a Statement ...during the ...investigation, Not even after she was released from Intensive care". And, " in the Absence of a satisfactory Justification by the (Turkish) Government, the Court concludes that this Omission ...Seriously Prejudiced the Effectiveness of the Investigation".

ECHR also denounces the fact that "the Worrisome nature of the (Victim)'s allegations, the Lengthy period of Time she spent in Police Custody and, in particular, her Age (a Child aged only 14) and apparently Fragile mental condition at the material time, raise a Reasonable Suspicion that she could have been subjected to ill-Treatment" by the Turkish Agents who arrested her. Finally, ECHR recalled its "

earlier finding, in a Number of Cases" on Turkey, "that Investigations carried out by Administrative entities ....cannot be regarded as Independent (if) they are chaired by district Governors who are themselves Responsible for the Security Forces, ....whose conduct is ...at issue. Furthermore, the investigations which they instigate are often carried out by Security forces Linked Hierarchically to the units concerned in the ... Incidents", EuroJudges denounced. - " In the light of the foregoing, the Court "Unanimously" "concludes" that the Turkish "Authorities Failed to conduct an Effective Investigation into the (Victim)'s allegations of ill-Treatment. There has therefore been a Violation of Article 3 of the (European) Convention" on Human Rights, which outlaws Torture and/or Inhuman and Degrading Treatments.

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In the 2nd case, Özgür Uyanık, while aged 21, was arrested, detained, ill-treatedf and wounded, accused of politically motivated crimes and prosecuted by the Turkish Authorities, who kept him in Jail for 10 Years and still prosecute him without any final Judgement for 15 Years (1996-2010), during which he was led to a Hunger Strike and let to suffer from Grave Brain Damage provoked by Korsakoff Syndrome, (normally avoidable by simple administration of a Vitamin)... - "D
etained in (Turkish) police custody in connection with an investigation into an illegal Organisation", he denounced that he was "subjected to various forms of ill-treatment whilst in custody, ... in particular, that he had been Blindfolded, Suspended from the arms, Electrocuted, Stripped and Beaten".

The Victim "was examined ..by a Doctor ...who found that (he) had Pain and Difficulty in Hearing ...and Numbness in his left Arm", and another "Medical Examination ...revealed ...Damage to Nerves on the left Arm" on "October 2000". He denounced

"that his Arm had been Injured because he had struggled while he was being Suspended, and that the problem in his Ear resulted from a Blow. He alleged that he had been ill-treated by at least 20 to 25 (Turkish) Police Officers and that he would be able to Identify most of them", ECHR notes. - Also "5 other suspects arrested and detained on the same grounds ...lodged an official complaint .... against the (Turkish) police officers who had taken part in their questioning, claiming that they had been ill-treated" too.

But, since "December 2003", the Turkish "Prosecutor decided that .. there was No need to Prosecute any (Turkish) Police Officer", claiming that there would be "absence of Evidence".

On the contrary, Turkish Authorities launched "Criminal Proceedings" against the Victim, "which, .. are still Pending" before the Turkish courts in 2010 !

However, the Victim, who "remained..in Custody" for a Decade, "until ..2006", denounced "that his Statements ..had been extracted from him under Torture and ill-treatment". "In the meantime, ...on ..2002" the Victim, "who was on Hunger Strike", "was examined by Doctors" who found "that (he) suffered, inter alia, from Hallucinations, Memory Deficit and Schizophrenia of the Korsakoff Syndrome type", ECHR observed. "on ..2003 ... the Forensic Medicine Institute .. concluded that (he)was suffering from an ulnar cubital turner Syndrome on his right Arm, and ..axial Motor Neuropathy"

But, on 2009, Ankara's Government still "maintained that the (Victim)'s allegations were not supported by appropriate evidence".

ECHR sharply replied to Turkey that, according to his well-known Established Case-Law, "where an Individual is taken into Custody in Good Health, but is found to be Injured by the time of release, it is incumbent on the State to provide a plausible E"xplanation of how those injuries were caused and to produce Evidence casting doubt on the victim's allegations, particularly if those allegations were corroborated by Medical Reports, failing which, a clear issue arises under Article 3 of the (European) Convention" on Human Rights, prohibiting Torture and/or Inhuman/Degrading Treatments. Here, the Victim "was Detained in (Turkish) Police Custody", where " the ill-treatment complained of by the (Victim) consisted mainly of being Blindfolded, Hanged, Electrocuted, Stripped and Beaten", and 2 "Medical Report(s) drawn up at the end of his stay in ..custody found that (he) had Pain and Difficulty in Hearing ...and Numbness in his left Arm", which "presented Symptoms of ..Nerve Damage", "supporting" his "allegations that he suffered Damage to this Limb". But the Turkish "Government failed to provide an explanation as to the manner in which this Injury was sustained" to the Victim, " who was throughout this whole time under the Control of the (Turkish) State Authorities". "Considering the Circumstances of the case as a whole, ...the Court finds that it was the result of Treatment for which the (Turkish) Government bore Responsibility" "for the Injuries".

However, even if "an effective investigation was ...required", "able to lead to the Identification and Punishment of those Responsible" for "ill-treatment" , on the contrary, the Turkish Authorities "decided .. Not to Prosecute any Police Officer".

- "Nonetheless, ...there were Striking Shortcomings in the way the Investigation was conducted by the (Turkish) Authorities", ECHR observes :

1) "T
he Medical Reports ...Lack detail and Fall significantly Short of the Standards recommended by .. the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment ..(CPT)". "Moreover", ECHR "Regrets the Fact that it took the (Turkish) Authorities more than 4 Years to organise an EGM Test", because "the Time which elapsed between the alleged ill-Treatment and the date of these Examinations ... adversely affected.. the possibility of establishing the Origins of the applicant's arm Injury".

2) "Secondly, the Court notes that neither the (Victim) nor ..other Complainants were ever requested to Identify the alleged Perpetrators, either by way of checking police Photographs or by an Identification Parade". ECHR found "that there was No Serious Attempt ...to Elucidate the Identities of these Police Officers".

3) "Thirdly", the Turkish Authorities also "Failed to Hear any Police Officers or potential Eyewitnesses, such as other persons held in the same detention unit" as the Victim. "In the light of the above, the Court does Not find that the (Turkish Authorities') investigation met the requirements of Thoroughness and Effectiveness". Turkey "

therefore" committed "both a substantive and a procedural Violation of Article 3 of the (European) Convention" on Human Rights, which prohibits Torture and/or Inhuman/Degrading Treatments, ECHR concluded.

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Larger Problems provoked to CoE's Human Rights' Protection Mechanism : Torturers/Killers' "Virtual Impunity" ?

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In fact, Many such Problems in Turkey continue to be largely Widespread, and even tend to negatively affect CoE's Human Rights' Protection Mechanism, as Official Data attest in 2010 :

* F.ex., only on March 2010, CoE's Committee of Ministers, entrusted with the Duty to "supervise the Execution of ECHR's Judgements" condemning a State for Violations of Human Rights, had to examine more than .. 43 "Cases concerning the Lack of Effective Investigations of Abuses by ..the Turkish Security Forces".

- "in particular the ill-Treatment or ..Death.. under circumstances engaging the Responsibility of the (Turkish) State", where, "the Deficiencies noticed by ECHR in the conduct of Investigations, resulted in granting virtual IMPUNITY to the (Turkish) Security forces", as a CoE's source clearly denounced.

In fact, the March 2010 Number was even bigger for ECHR's unexecuted Judgements in cases where innocent People were brutally Killed, since it extended also to the infamous Mass Murder of Greek Cypriot unarmed demonstrator Isaac, the Deadly shooting of unarmed demonstrator Solomou, both notoriously filmed since 1996, (etc), and even Non-Political cases, as that of a Poor Family with Old Women and Small Children atrociously killed inside their Home, destroyed by the ..Explosion and Landslide of a Mass of Rubbish and Shit scandalously stocked close to inhabited areas by Istanbul's city council, without anyone being yet punished, (OnerYildiz case).

Most of these Non-Executed ECHR Judgements on Torture or Inhuman/Degrading Treatments and Killings in Turkey have been issued between 2004 and 2009, (i.e. during Ankara's controversial EU bid, and even during the Expensive EU - Turkey Negotiations of 2005-2010).

* But such developments obviously add into provoking notoriously growing Problems at CoE's Committee of Ministers, whose overload was already denounced by ECHR Top Officials, initially in Jan. 2009 (See reply of ECHR's President Costa to "EuroFora"s questions), and even more in Jan. 2010 (See reply by ECHR's Head Registrar, Erik Fridberg, to another Journalist's questions).

An astonishing fact, recently revealed, is that, while the Number of New Cases coming for execution supervision is rather Steady, on the contrary, the Number of Old Cases Pending for Execution at CoE's Committee of Ministers for years, but not yet implemented by the respondent State until 2010, is largely growing !

According to the latest Official Statistics, given by CoE's sources to "EuroFora", from some 6.200 ECHR Judgements Pending for Execution in 2007, their Number grew up to almost 9.000 in 2010, i.e. almost a + 50% increase !

* And the Biggest Number of Non-Implemented ECHR Judgements revealing Serious, Structural Problems risking to provoke many similar Violations of Human Rights also in other equivalent cases in the Present and Future, concern Turkey :

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Indeed, recently published CoE's Statistics reveal that CoE's Committee of Ministers accumulated an overload of Non-implemented cases of "Systemic Problems", called "Reference cases", which threaten to undermine the efficiency and credibility of the PanEuropean mecanism for Human Rights' protection, much more than the growing influx of new cases, whose necessary management shouldn't restrict ECHR's cornerstone : Victims' Right for Individual Application to Strasbourg's Court, as many INGO's warned, (See "EuroFora"'s NewsReports from CoE's Ministerial Conference at Interlaken, Switzerland).

No 1 comes largely Turkey, with 15% of such "Reference Cases" Pending for Execution of ECHR's Judgements, according to CoE's official data for the entire 1959-2010 period. At a distance of some 50% less, follow Bulgaria and Romania (9 and 8%, respectively). Russia comes afterwards with 7%, followed by Poland, Italy, Greece and Moldova with 5%. Ukraine and France are at 4%, Croatia at 3%, and Georgia at 2%, (etc. : See Graphics).

However, according to EU's principles, any State demanding to have a "Candidate" status for eventual EU Acccession, in order to receive and keep that status, (which entails also large Sums paid by EU Taxpayers' Money, including Poor People obliged to pay VAT on all their revenues : More than 600 Millions € per Year for Turkey only), have to sufficiently respect "Copenhagen" Criteria on Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law.

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     La Turquie, test-clé d'Independance de l'Europe face aux USA, les aménant de chercher en commun des nouvelles idées pour se mettre d'accord ?  

 Le débat, amical mais clair, entre les Présidents Américain et Français, Obama et Sarkozy,  la veille des elections européennes du 7 juin 2009, a montré que la question controversée sur la démande de la Turquie d'entrer dans l'Europe est actuellement le point central et le test le plus pertinent de l' indépendance de la France et de l'Europe par rapport aux Etats Unis.   

 Les electeurs européens, aussi bien en France qu'ailleurs en l'UE, auront une seule chance à trancher, ce dimanche 7 juin 2009, en choisisant leurs eurodéputés pour la période 2009 - 2014, car après ca risque d'être trop tard, vu que tous ceux qui suivent les affaires européennes dépuis des décennies savent qu'en réalité, le moment des décisions sur la Turquie viendra au plus tard en 2013, date rétenue dépuis longtemps pour une importante révision des "Perspectives Financières" de l'UE qui reflètent des choix Politiques fondamentaux.


    Le Président français, (récement encore représentant de l'UE, dans laquelle il joue un rôle important, ensemble avec la chancelière allemande Merkel, et autres leaders européens, ayant une influence notable auprès des Citoyens Européens, comme les derniers sondages montrent), réagissant à la repétition, par le nouveau Président Américain de la vieille position traditionelle de l'Washington poushant toujours vers la démande de la Turquie d'entrer dans l'Europe :

     - "Je ne peut pas laisser détruire l'Europe, (qui) est un élément de stabilisation du Monde", réponda Sarkozy. "J'ai dit au Président Obama que pour moi il était très important que l’Europe ait des Frontières", a-t-il souligné, confirmant la position Franco-Allemande commune, récemment rappellée ensemble avec la Chancellière Merkel.

    - "Il y a une différence (entre France/EU et les USA)...  sur les modalités. La position traditionnelle des Etats-Unis d’Amérique, c’est l’intégration" de la Turquie au sein de l'UE. "C’était la position du Président Bush, du Président Clinton, de tous les présidents américains".     

- "La mienne vous la connaissez : Ce n’est pas l’intégration dans l’Union Européenne. Mais j’ai proposé que nous réfléchissions, l’Europe, la Russie, la Turquie à la création d’un Espace Economique et de Sécurité en commun", a ajout Sarkozy rappelant son invitation de créer quelque chose de neuf et mieux adapté.


    Mais, "cela ne veut pas dire qu’il faut repousser la Turquie dans les ténèbres. La Turquie est un allié dans l’OTAN, (et) une Passerelle entre 2 Mondes, voilà quelle est la meilleure modalité. C’est cela dont nous avons parlé", revela-t-il. Si "nous avons une Différence sur les Modalités, nous n’avons pas une différence sur l’Objectif : Faire de la Turquie un élément de Pont entre l’Orient et l’Occident", Sarkozy assura Obama.

    - "Laissez-nous au moins une légère divergence sur un sujet, cela vous permettra de bien réfléchir pour les prochaines échéances", ajouta Sarkozy en réponse à un journaliste de l'opposition Socialiste qui avait soulevé la question de la Turquie, en la melant (comme un lobby turc notoirement essaie de faire pour exploiter la manipulation de quelques Arabes, la Civilisation Historique desquels fût pourtant detruite par l'ex-empire Ottoman-Turc) avec une question tout à fait différente : celle de la voile islamique (!), avec laquelle elle n'a rien à voir.

    - "Sur la Turquie, Monsieur, vous appartenez à un journal ...qui a appelé à voter, au moment de la présidentielle, pour mon adversaire.... Quel était votre argument à ce moment-là ? Vous disiez : « Attention, Nicolas Sarkozy va trop s’aligner sur les Etats-Unis d’Amérique », et je vois que deux ans après vous dites : « Ah, il y a un sujet sur lequel le Président Obama et le Président Sarkozy ne sont pas d’accord » Cela devrait vous rassurer, Monsieur" , réponda-t-il, en faisant sourire même le président américain, (et laissant entendre que trancher définitivemen la controverse sur la Turquie pourrait être au coeur de l' Elections Présidentielle  en France pour 2012 )
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    - "Ce que les Etats-Unis peuvent faire, c’est encourager ....TOUT PROCESSUS qui permettra à la Turquie d’être convaincue qu’elle a des amis, que ce soit la France, les Etats-Unis ou l’Europe", réponda Obama, apparamment n'excluant pas, a priori, le point de Sarkozy sur la création d'un espace commun d' économie et sécurité entre l' UE, la Turquie et la Russie (v. supra).

    "Les Etats-Unis ne sont pas membres de l’Union Européenne, nous ne pouvons pas dicter si un pays quelconque adhère ou n’adhère pas à l’UE"; Obama a admis, parlant de la "Turquie, (sur laquelle) le Président Sarkozy et moi nous sommes entretenus sur ce dossier avant".  "Maintenant le Président Sarkozy représente un Etat membre de l’Union Européenne et il a une position différente", opposée à démande turque d' entrée dans l'UE.    

 "La Turquie par contre est un allié de l’OTAN très important. ...La Turquie a fait connaître son intérêt à une intégration croissante avec l’Europe et nous (USA) encourageons cette attitude. J’ai souvent dit que l’adhésion de la Turquie à l’Union européenne serait importante".     

"Mais, (en tout cas) je crois qu’il est important de noter que le Président Sarkozy appuie fortement le travail que la Turquie fait au sein de l’OTAN et je crois qu’il s’intéresse à une intégration économique plus intense avec la Turquie". (Ce qui pourrait se faire, justement, avec un "parténariat privilegié" adéquat et/ou l'idée de créer un espace commun EU - Turquie - Russie  : V. supra).     

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Est-ce que l'effort du Président de la France, soutenu par la chancelière Allemande et l'opinion publique de la plupart des Citoyens Européens la-dessus, de trouver un accord entre l' Europe et l' Amérique sur la Turquie, en proposant de sortir des chemins battus et créer du neuf, en etablissant "un Espace Commun d' Economie et Sécurité" (v. supra), suffira de calmer un lobby traditionaliste à quelques bureaucrates de Washington DC, datant dès l'époque de l' ex-"Guerre Froide", beaucoup plus ancien que le nouveau Président vénu de l' oxygen des "grands lacs" près de Quebec du Canada : Chicago, connu comme "la ville du vent" nouveau ?
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Le Prémier Ministre Fillon appele à "faire vivre le Rève Européen"

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 Seul l'avenir le dira. Mais, entre-temps, l' Europe ne peut plus attendre et perdre encore plus du temps et d'energie vitale sur la démande controversée de la Turquie, qui a notoirement menacé d'arrêter l'édification européenne dépuis 1999-2005 :

    Comme le Premier Ministre François Fillon a clairement dit, un peu plus tôt cette semaine, dans un discours éloquent sur les enjeux de l' Election Européenne de ce juin 2009 (V. résumé envoyé aux adhérents d'"EuroFora"),

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    - "S' abstentir, c'est laisser à la Technocratie le pouvoir de dominer" la vie des Citoyens européens, qui devraient prendre l' Europe en branle le corps", et commencer d'agir par toutes les voies politiques démocratiques, prennant conscience que "l' Europe c'est Nous, (i.e. les Citoyens), et "Pas eux !" (i.e. les Technocrates), selon une image symbolique.

    - "Je me souviens de l' Europe obligée de faire Silence, (au Passé), quand "les Grands" décidaient de son sort", rappela Fillon.  "Je me souviens de l'Europe divisée, de l' Europe dominée" par d'autres, '"de l'Europe appauvrie""Je me souviens de Berlin occupé, muré, divisé comme un butin qu'on tire aux dès. Je me souviens du Silence de Varsovie. Je me souviens du Silence de Prague"..   

 - "Nous, les Européens, nous avons bien failli sortir de l' Histoire, et dévenir, pour du bon, les dès d'un jeu joué par d'autres".     

- "C'est pourquoi je ne peux pas concevoir une Europe qui ne serait pas Souveraine, une Europe qui ne serait pas Maitresse d'êlle-même", aujourd'hui et démain, martella-t-il. "Le Monde s'est habitué trop longtemps à une Europe faible, que l'on pouvait traiter avec condescendence".  

 - "Le moment est venu de rélever le défi : Le moment est vénu de montrer que, nous les Européens, avons décidé d'être débout, et d"être nous-mêmes".     

"Dépuis 2 ans (i.e. dès les Elections Présidentielles de 2007), avec Nicolas Sarkozy, nous avons oeuvrer pour relever notre Identité Nationale (de la France), dont nous sommes fiers. Et bien, l'' Identité Européenne mérite tout autant, elle qui prolonge les Génies de nos Nations".

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    - "Je crois à la présence d'une Civilisation Européenne", déclara Fillon, largement applaudi par des milliers de personnes ayant entendu une série des Musiques entremelées characteristiques de differents pays européens, et des images lumineuses géantes avec des extraits symboliques de Goethe, de Victor Hugo, de Shakespeare, et d'autres auteurs italiens, espagnols etc celebres à travers l'histoire.

    - "L' Humanisme, la tolerance, la Liberté de la Conscience. La Solidarité. L' Etat de Droit. La confiance placée dans la Science, l' Innovation, le progrès. Toutes ces Valeurs, elles disent clairement où commence et où s'épanuit cette Europe" que nous voulons, observa-t-il.

    En harmonie avec les positions soutenues par le Président du Parlement Européen, eurodéputé allemand, Hans Gert Poettering, et la Chancelière allemande, Angie Merkel, sur la "Dignité Humaine" au coeur des "Valeurs de l' Europe" moderne. Ce qui fait qu'" avec un Elargissement sans fin", même vers la Turquie, c.a.d. "sans Frontières, l' Europe Politique, l' Europe des Valeurs et l' Identité européenne" ne peuvent pas exister, comme a dit aussi le Président francais, Nicolas Sarkozy, recemment à Berlin.

    Fait important : Cette observation de Fillon a été faite le jour-même que le Comité des Ministres du Conseil de l'Europe à Strasbourg concluait une semaine de réunion semestrielle sur les Droits de l'Homme, qui a examiné un grand nombre d'affaires des pires Violations (pex. Tuéries scandaleusement non elucidées, Persecutions et privations arbitraires de Liberté, personnes portées "Disparues", Tortures et "traitements inhumains et degradants", Usurpations illégales des Maisons et Patrimoines privées de Réfugiés, etc., pour lesquelles la Cour Européenne a condamné la Turquie dans plusieurs jugements, dont on attend toujours l' application)...

    - "C'est pourquoi un Elargissement sans fin de l' Europe ne peu pas être un objectif en soi. Parce qu'il ne peut que diluer l' élan européen, et detruire l' Idéntité Européenne"

    -" Voilà pourquoi nous disons, très sereinement, que nous ne sommes pas favorables à l' adhésion de la Turquie dans l'UE", conclua le Premier Ministre de la France; largement applaudi par des gens qui soulevaient le drapeau européen.

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       "Ce n'est pas un Slogan de meetings. Ce n'est pas la marque une "Hostilité" au régard de cette grande Nation (i.e. la Turquie), qui doit être étroitement associée à l' UE", pex. par un partenariat priviliegié, ou une autre formule adaptée.

    - "Mais il lui faut des Frontères à l' Europe, il lui faut des Frontières stables, qui lui permettent de renforcer son Unité et son Identité", a-t-il expliqué.

    - "Alors, c'est au nom de cette Europe charnelle, que je m'engage avec vous. Mais, cette Europe-là, ne peut avancer qu' à une seule Condition : celle de l' Europe Politique".

    "Nous avons longtemps douté qu'elle soit possible : Aux années 1970, Henri Kissinger (le notoire ex- Secretaire d'Etat Américain aux affaires etrangères, consideré, à tort ou à raison, comme chef d'orchestre du renversement du Président Allende en Chili, de l' invasion militaire de la Turquie à Chypre, etc), disait, avec une ironie blaissante : - "Ah, l' Europe ? : Quel numero de Télephone ?..." Pendant les 6 mois de la présidence française de l'UE, (7-12/2008), Henri Kissinger n'aurait aucune difficulté de rejoindre l' Europe !", observa-t-il en suscitant des nouveaux applaudissements nourris.

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    "J'au vu l' Europe Politique se dresser, et prendre ses responsabilités : L' Europe Politique c'est celle qui agit sans délai, et avant les Etats-Unis, pour stopper des faillites Bancaires qui s'enchaînent, qui nous auraint plongés dans une Depression pire que celles des années 1929. L' Europe Politique est celle qui, maintenant, doit mettre un fin à un Capitalisme Financier, qui a perdu sa boussole. L' Europe Politique est celle qui a réussi d'etablir le règles les plus ambitieuses au Monde dans la lutte contre le rechaufement Climatique. Samedi, nous celebrons l' anniversaire du debarquement de la Normandie, où nos amis Américains ont pris une part décisive à nôtre libération. Mais, en décembre 2009, à la Conference (Mondialle) de Copenhague, c'est nous les Européens, qui allons leur montrer le chemin vers cet avénir commun" pour la sauvegarde de l'Environement naturel. L' Europe Politique c'est celle qui, en août 2008, lorsque la Guerre faisait rase entre la Russie et la Géorgie, s'est interposée pour imposer la Paix. Et c'est elle qui doit, maintenant, se doter des moyens Militaires de se défendre par elle-même, pour elle-même", ajouta-t-il en évoquant clairement la création d'une Défense Européenn Autonome.

 

    "L' Europe Politique c'est celle qui doit bâtir des grands champions Industriels Européens, comme nous avons fait, auparavant, pour (l'avion) Airbus ou (la fusée) Ariadne. C'est celle qui doit exiger la Reciprocité dans les rlations Commerciale avec nos grands partenaires", sans Dumping Social ou Environmental, ni autre Concurrence Deloyale. "C'est celle qui doit se doter comme objectif d'être "le Continent de l'Esprit", réunissant les plus grandes Universités du Monde, en multipliant les Connexions, entre Scientifiques et étudiants."


    "Nous respecterons nos engagements, jusqu'au dernier", souligna le Premier Ministre de la France, peu après que les candidats-eurodéputés de la coalition Gouvernementale (UMP : Mouvement pour la Majorité Présidentielle) ont signé solennement, devant plusieurs milliers des Citoyens, une spectaculaire pancarte-géante avec "7 engagements" pour les Elections Européennes du 7 juin, auxquels figure aussi l'engagement de "s'opposer à l' adhésion de la Turquie dans l'UE".

     - "Parcque ce respet des engagements est une exigence si nous voulons rétablir la Confiance entre les Responsables Politiques et les Citoyens", conclua Fillon, la veille de ces Elections Européennes de juin 2009, après les Abstentions Majoritaires de 1999 et 2004, suivies de 3 "NON" à 3 Euro-Réferenda dépuis 2005, (dates auxquelles, quelques gouvernements du Passé, avaient donné le statut d'un "Candidat" et commencé des "Négotiationa d'adhésion" avec la Turquie, suivies d'un blocage sans précedent de l' édification européenne)..

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"Nore Europe n'est pas n' importe quelle Europe : L' UE Technocratique n'est pas la nôtre. ... L' UE sans Frontières n'est pas la notre. L' UE desincarnée n'est pas la notre". "Nous portons une idée de l'Europe" qui "n'est pas celle des Statistiques et des Bureaux(crates). L'Europe ce n'est pas qu'une Monnaie. Ce n'est pas qu'un Marché. économique".


- "L' Europe c'est d'abord une Culture. L'Europe c'est une Histoire", a-t-il dit, largement applaudi.

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       "L'Europe c'est une rencontre entre des Nations qui sont Millénaires et qui sont Brillantes. L'Europe c'est Paris. C''est Madrid. C'est Prague. C'est Londres. C'est Rome. C'est Varsovie. C'est Berlin. C'est Vienne. C'est Athènes : Quant on énonce ces Villes, alors on "sent" nos Héritages et nos Cultures entremelées qui circulent dans nos veines".

    - "Je suis Européen, parcque profondément Français, je sais ce que je dois aux influences de l' Atlantique et de la Méditerannée. J'aime ces Traditions qui offrent à chacun des nos Nations leur éclat. .. J'aime ses saveurs, ses paysages divers. Ils sont également miens, ou, plus précisement, je suis également fait d'eux. Je suis Européen, car, Français, j'aime l' Europe ouverte vers l' Amérique, vers l'Orient, vers l' Maghreb. J'aime les quais de Vénise, ceux d'Amsterdam. J'aime les quais de Thamise où sont vénues pendant des siècles s'amasser les richesses et les nouveautés du Monde. J'aime l' Europe curieuse. L'Europe qui rêve des lointains : L' Europe de Vasco de Gama, de Magelan. de Bougainville, de Charcot, de Monot... Cette Europe qui, aujourd'hui, s'élance vers l' Espace. Je suis Européen parce que Français, j'aime l' Europe qui prospère et qui invente. J'aime l' Europe des Trains à Grande Vitesse. J'aime l'Europe des Satellites et des Fusées. L'Europe de la Mode et des Atéliers d' Artistes. L'Europe des Grands Laboratoires, des Ingéniers. des Entrepreneurs, des Grands Architèctes, des Traditions Ouvrières. Comme rançais, j'aime l' Europe qui dit "NON" à la Tyrannie et qui se soulève à l'appel de la Liberté", a-t-il dit en

 
"Je me sens lié à ces femmes et ces hommes sans nom, qui ont levé la tête, et qui ont sécoué le joug sous lequel .. on les avait fait pliér", dit-il en évoquant pex.. la Révolution Française de 1789, le Siècle des Lumières, l'appel du Général de Gaulle contre l'Occupation NAZI, et les pires heures obscures qu'un  "Fascisme" ou "Communisme" devoyés, suivies de la Guerre Froide avaient plongé l'Europe au Passé.

"Ils sont des millions, ces Héros Anonymes de notre temps, que nous croisons sans le savoir dans nos rues et nos places. Et je ne peux pas concevoir l'Europe sans eux, et sans tous ceux qui poursuivent leur combat contre l'arbitraire et le fanatisme", ajouta Fillon. Faisant pex. rappeler un récent Film allémand, primé au Festival de Vénise, qui décrivait la vie d'un cadre à l'époque d'un régime oppressif, qui avait été chargé d'espioner la vie privée et familiale d'un couple soupçonné d'être dissidents politiques, mais, ému par leur honnêteté humaine et leur sacrifice pour sauver d'autres, a preferé risquer sa place et sa propre liberté pour les sauver, sans même qu'ils le sachent, condamné dépuis à faire un bas boulot d'anonyme perdu dans la foule..


"Quand je vois l'Europe moderne, je vois les résultats de l' Audace de ces hommes qui ont brisé les traditions de conflit et de violence. Je vois des nations soudées autour d'une monnaie unique et protectrice. Je vois 27 jeunesses appelées de grandir ensemble, sans défiance. Je vois 27 peoples unis, qui nous interdisent de jouer les blazés ou les indifférents".

Jettant "un régard lucide sur les errements de la construction européenne", Fillon a observé que "l' Europe n'a pas bésoin d'être idélisée pour être ce qu'elle est ; Cad. une aventure humaine, avec ses faiblesses et ses forces".

"Vous voulez que l' Europe agisse ? Fixez-lui des objectifs clairs. Vous voulez la Démocratie ? Agissez en Citoyens. Vous rédoutez la prétendue Bureaucratie des Bruxelles ? Alors renforcez, par votre Vote, les instances élues au Parlement Européen" qui sont chargés de la contrôler.

- "Si nous voulons faire vivre "le Rêve Européen", .. alors nous avons tous le dévoir de l' engagement", a-t-il conclu, appelant de "engager pour le drapeau tricolore et le drapeau étoilé, car ils symbolisent tous les deux la fierté de nôtre nation et la force de nôtre union".

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