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Cyprus News | Pressure on Petros Clerides South’s Attorney General
In what would seem to be a run-of-the-mill event, Petros Clerides, the south’s Attorney General, is being accused of using his position to squash his lawyer son’s drink driving conviction. The event which took place in 2011 involved Christodoulos Clerides driving over the alcohol limit in a car that had not passed an MOT and for which he did not have up-to-date road tax.
What is most important is the fact that the story is being revived at a time when the south is being accused of all sorts of wrong doings which are alleged to have taken place during Christofias’ presidency. The feeling is that if the Attorney General, at the top of the legal chain, is seen to be acting against the spirit of the law then what hope is there for the legal system. There was also a suggestion the President Anastasiades is seeking to to clean out from government those who are seen as being unhelpful for Cyprus’ international image.
Perhaps I’m reading too much into this, but is Petros Clerides on the way out?
Thursday, April 11, 2013– by Michael Greening
If you would like to experience an emotional pre-history experience, I can heartily recommend a visit to Göbekli Tepe. This is the most atmospheric archaeological site I have ever visited and must surely rank as the most important place in the world, for those interested in early man and the birth of organised religion. It is easy to reach from North Cyprus. There are flights from Ercan to Gaziantep or Adana. Both of these cities have an Otogar, where you can board a comfortable coach to take you to the Otogar at Şanlıurfa (known locally as Urfa – say Uffa). Göbekli Tepe consists of a series of temples, which must have been constructed for worship (and possibly early parliamentary debate?). They are situated on the crest of a small hill in open country, about ten miles north-east of Şanlıurfa.
Four of twenty temples have so far been excavated. They are made up of large limestone pillars positioned in circular walls with two massive ones, which may have supported a wooden roof, in the centre of each circle. The larger ones are capped with a ‘T’ stone. This is thought to represent a head, so the whole probably depicts a god – or a priest – or a chief – as some have arms and hands engraved on the pillar. Many of the stones exhibit well carved pictures on them. Some of these are geometrical patterns but most are of animals, foxes, lions, boars, bulls, donkeys, antelopes, snakes, scorpions, vultures and other birds. A few are in relief like sculptures. The carvings would have been carried out with obsidian blades as they were accomplished many thousands of years before copper (the first metal) was discovered.
The most amazing thing about Göbekli Tepe is its age. This is now shown to go back 11,700 years, which makes it three times older than Stonehenge or the Pyramids. German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt, who discovered the importance of the site in 1994, realised on the day he found it that he would be there for the rest of his life. Professor Schmidt told me that it must have taken about 500 men, at any one time, to erect. The builders would have been accompanied by their women folk and children and, as hunter gatherers before the advent of agriculture, each family would have needed to bring their food and water with them.
For some unknown reason, but possibly because of a superstitious fear, the temples were covered in soil by human hand about a thousand years after they were constructed. This is why the site remained undetected for so long and helped preserve much of it. The city of Şanlıurfa (Moslems regard it as the birthplace of Abraham) now has a new airport but, from Ercan, flights are only via Istanbul.
North Cyprus News | 1st ECO University Sports Games
The Economic Co-0peration Organisation (ECO) consists of ten member states: Islamic State of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan Republic, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Republic of Turkey, Turkmenistan and Republic of Uzbekistan. Currently the TRNC has been granted observer status.
From 15-20th April in Lefkosa, 571 athletes will be competing in the 1st ECO University Sports Games. Sports included will be Athletics, Swimming, Futsal, Table Tennis, Badminton, Tennis, Chess and Wrestling. The event is costing the TRNC 2.5m TL.
Whilst at the court on Tuesday, I decided to pay a visit to the Tapu and make enquiries about how they were progressing the Court order passed to them by Judge Ilker Sertbay on the 05/10/2010 following the hearing on the 01/10/2010.
Now I had been assured by my previous Advocate, I am now without one, but that is another story, that the Tapu could not be chased.
They were extremely polite, seemed not the slightest bit bothered that I was in fact ‘chasing’ them. They had opened a file, there were very few papers in the file and I was informed that I had to do a declaration telling them what was on the land I had the Memorandum on. It gets better. The court order only applies to Kocan 3881 and yet I was also given a Memorandum on Kocan 4155. Looking at the court order it seems to give me 125765/215800ths of one thing and 75459/2158000ths on something else, How on earth am supposed to work that out?
More importantly, where did those figures come from, not I think my Advocate or the Judge? Could it be that the Tapu’s own Mr Denktas came up with those figures?
On the 14th September 2010 by prior arrangement, we met Mr Denktas outside the Tapu and took him in our car to the villas covered by Kocan 3881, waited whilst he did his ‘thing’ and then ferried him back to the Tapu. At the Hearing on the 1st October 2010, Mr Denktas spent a lot of time in the witness box reporting his findings to Judge Ilker Sertbay.
Call me simple minded, call me naive, but shouldn’t it be Mr Denktas who supplies his fellow members of staff with the information they require.
How on earth am I supposed to work out what 125765/215800ths and 75459/215800ths is??
More importantly, why does this Court Order not refer to the memorandum on Kocan number 4155. Could this be reason I am now Advocateless? I was not even aware of the Court Order issued to the Tapu until I got my files back from my former Advocate and found it in the file.
Is it also yet another ploy to ensure I never receive my award? Certainly, it makes me very aware of the need to stay a part of the Kulaksiz 5 cases which in my opinion will only be resolved through the European Court of Human Rights.
Never give in never give up.
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