TURKEY’S PROPERTY LAW AGAINST REAL OWNERS – ANALYST

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31.07.12

Turkey’s new law on property is, as a matter of fact, directed against
the three nations on whose lands the present-day country is built,
according to Levon Shirinyan, a political analyst.

As he told reporters on Tuesday, those nations are Armenia, Greece
and Syria.

“Under this newly-adopted law, the Turks close the chapter on returning
property to the nations who they robbed of a homeland,” he said.

The law bans the citizens of Armenia, Syria, North Korea, Nigeria, Cuba
and Yemen from acquiring immovable property on the territory of Turkey.

In addition, the nationals of Russia and Ukraine are not allowed
to purchase property on the Black Sea coast, while the Greeks are
prohibited from obtaining any property in coastal and border areas.

Instead, the new legal measure offers citizens of Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the Persian Gulf countries to buy property
without any precondition.

Shirinyan said the countries’ choice is linked with Turkey’s propaganda
objectives.

“Turkey is thus unveiling the list of countries which it believes
are non-democratic. As a result, it reduces Armenia to the nations
which are banished states, according to western standards,” he added.

The expert noted that the law provides a key to Turkey’s approach to
friends and non-friends.

“Turkey demonstrates in this way who its friends are, and who it lets
come close to the Turkish statehood,” he explained.

Shirinyan further pointed out to the positive aspects of the law,
noting that it has produced a cold shower effect on several philistines
[Armenians] who ever preferred to spend their money in Turkey
instead of making investments in Armenia, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)
and Javakhk.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress