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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE TURKISH CYPRIOT STATE
PREAMBLE
We, the Turkish Cypriot people,
bearing in mind that the territorial integrity, security and constitutional order of the Turkish Cypriot State is guaranteed under the Treaty of Guarantee,
sovereignly proclaim this Constitution by approval at referendum of 20 April 2004 as the Constitution of the Turkish Cypriot State.

PART III
Legislature
CHAPTER I
The Assembly of the Turkish Cypriot State

Taking the Oath
Article 88
The deputies shall take the following oath before assuming their duties:
“I do swear upon my honour and dignity that I shall preserve the existence, rights and sovereignly exercised powers of the State within the United Cyprus Republic; that I shall be bound by the principle of the supremacy of law and by the principles of a democratic secular State, social justice and the principles of Atatürk; that I shall work for the welfare and happiness of my people; that I shall not depart from the ideal that every citizen must benefit from human rights and that I shall remain loyal to the Constitution.”

kifeas

The above are extracts from the Constitution of the TCCS which was prepared to accompany the A-plan 5 and was approved by Turkish Cypriots in the 24th April 2004 referendum.

1. Isn’t Attaturk the founder of the Republic of Turkey? Why should the constitution of one of the constituent states of an E.U. member -United Cyprus republic, require it’s elected parliamentarians to take an oath to the principles of the founder of another state (Republic of Turkey,)?
2. Which are these principles and why they couldn’t be spelled out as they are?
3. The name “Attaturk” as far as I know, means the father of the Turks and was given to Mustafa Kemal as an honorary title for the establishment and the reforms he brought to the republic of Turkey. Is the TCCS going to be a constituent state of the United Cyprus republic or a province of the Republic of Turkey?
4. Why a parallel reference, let’s say to the principles of Makriyiannis or Venizellos or Makarios or Grivas, was not made in the GCCS constitution?
5. Will the GCs residing within the TCCS and also obtain TCCS internal citizenship be required to take the same oath, if they wish to be elected in the parliament? Will they have such a right according to Annan plan?

I would like to hear everyone’s views on this issue, please.

an interesting point raised by kifeas...but as the rules of engagemnet have changed and turkey is moving away from ataturk under the AKP, are the tcs going to re-write their oath and swear on the koran?...

the then reply was

because following the path of Ataturk means more to us than you guys realize. we come from an islamic background (ottoman empire), and following ataturks path means "a fully secular, democratic state with no religion involved"

which today is not applicable...

http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=18312&highlight=preamble#18312

[insan]

You get it all wrong and sooner or later you will understand this, as usual... Your superficiality has no bounds... is it related with your intellect or getting the attention of some people for any cost is something you extremely like?

[boomerang]

now that i have your undivided attention...you whore, you...

you need to keep up with the times titty man...kemalism is long gone...the army, the jusiciary, your protectors are long gone...i know a bitter pill to swallow...but times have changed...

now stop with the bullshit and discuss the subject presented, coz as kemalism is diminishing in turkey turning it into an islamic state... what oath are you gonna take?...

don't beleive what I am saying my litlle ataturk?... take a look what the turks are saying and not some views from a turk wannabe...

http://www.network54.com/Forum/248068/thread/1286375781/last-1286561856/Another+step+in+liquidating+Kemalist-secularism-+Headscarf+ban+lifted+in+unis%21%21

turkey has never been divided as she is today...fact...a fact your arrogant mind has trouble accepting...but i am sure you will get your head around sooner or later, coz when the employer pays you do what you are told...

I predict the occupied will toe turkey's line...and this will have an effect on everyone in cyprus as far as the negotiations go...

can anyone imagine if we accepted the annan plan what the future had installed for us in the next 10 years?...living next to an islaimic confederate state?...frightening...