TURKISH
CYPRIOT AND TURKISH MEDIA REVIEW
No. 89/13 14/05/13
C O N T E N T S
1. Kucuk met with officials of the US Department of
State
2. Bayrak director held contacts in USA for
cooperation with the Voice of America
3. Expectations from Obama-Erdogan meeting
4. Turkey vows response to Syria as toll increases
5. Germany hopes for progress in Turkey's EU talks
soon
6. Crisis in the UBP continues
7. YODAK’s “chairman” visited Saudi Arabia to
supervise King Saud University
8. Basin-Sen trade union participates at the ordinary
general assembly of EFJ
9. An international conference to be held at illegal
DAU
10. European billiard tournament to be organized in
occupied Cyprus
11. First group of withdrawing PKK militants arrives
in northern Iraq
12. Arinc: Greece should facilitate reopening of Halki
seminary
13. Istanbul to host the 22nd OSCE annual session;
So-called speaker of the “assembly” will also participate
14. Energy rush to Central Anatolia
15. Statistics on the number of households in Turkey
1. Kucuk met with officials of
the US Department of State
Turkish Cypriot daily
Haberdar newspaper (14.05.13) reports that Irsen Kucuk, self-styled prime
minister of the breakaway regime in the occupied area of the Republic of
Cyprus, met yesterday in Washington at a working lunch with Eric Rubin, Deputy
Assistant Secretary at the US Department of State’s Bureau of European and
Eurasian Affairs. According to the paper, the latest developments in the Cyprus
problem were discussed during the meeting and Kucuk conveyed the message that
the Cyprus negotiations should start without delay. He also expressed Turkish
side’s so-called decisiveness on the issue of solving the Cyprus problem. Kucuk
argued that 2013 is an appropriate time for the solution of the Cyprus problem
and asked for the encouragement of the Greek Cypriot side on this issue.
The paper writes that
Mary Ruth Coleman, head of US Department of State’s Bureau of Eastern Europe,
Lindsay Coffey, responsible for Cyprus Desk, Kucuk’s “advisor”, Omer Koseoglu,
the “coordinator” of the “EU Coordination Centre”, Erhan Ercin and the
self-styled representative of the breakaway regime in Washington, Ahmet
Erdengiz participated in the meeting.
According to
Haberdar, before this meeting Kucuk gave an interview to the Voice of America’s
Turkish Department during which he referred to the future of the Cyprus talks,
the recent contacts of the UN Secretary-General’s special advisor Alexander
Downer in Cyprus, the influence of the economic crisis in the
government-controlled area of the island on the beginning of the Cyprus
negotiations and the water and electricity to be transferred from Turkey to the
occupied area of the island.
After his meeting
with Eric Rubin, Kucuk met also with Robert Wexler, president of the Middle
East Peace Centre, which, according to the paper, is one of the most important
think tanks. Kucuk expressed his views and expectations on the Cyprus problem
during this meeting and argued that time has come for this problem to cease to
exist as its the continuation poisons the regional and global relations and
cooperation.
Kucuk’s day ended
with a dinner hosted by Turkish Ambassador to Washington, Namik Tan.
Today Kucuk is
expected to meet with members of the US Congress and representatives of some
think tanks. Tonight he is expected to depart for New York.
Meanwhile, Turkish
Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (14.05.13) publishes exclusive statements by
Kucuk in which he alleged that the Turkish side wants the Cyprus problem to end
and underlined: “This either will happen with negotiations or if the Greek
Cypriot side continues running away from the table, we will make an assessment
with Ankara and will ask from the international community to take steps which
will change the situation in Cyprus”.
Kucuk alleged that
the international community has expectations from President Anastasiades and
added: “We also have expectations from him. We expect him to repeat the courage
and the leadership he showed during the Annan Plan process”.
Alleging that
President Anastasiades needs to be encouraged, Kucuk claimed that the
continuation of the Cyprus problem constitutes an obstacle for the deepening of
the relations between the EU and NATO.
(I/Ts.)
2. Bayrak director held contacts in USA for
cooperation with the Voice of America
Turkish Cypriot daily Havadis newspaper (14.05.13) reports that Mete Tumerkan the director of the illegal Bayrak who is currently to USA for holding contacts, met with the director of the Turkish Section of Voice of America, Hulya Polat.
Turkish Cypriot daily Havadis newspaper (14.05.13) reports that Mete Tumerkan the director of the illegal Bayrak who is currently to USA for holding contacts, met with the director of the Turkish Section of Voice of America, Hulya Polat.
During the meeting
possible cooperation between Bayrak and the Voice of America were discussed. It
was also decided that the dialogue between Bayrak and the Voice of America will
continue for every kind of co-operation, including program modification.
In addition, Tumerkan
started contacts for improving Bayrak’s relations with CNN, according to the
paper.
Tumerkan said that these
kind of cooperation are beneficial so that the voice of the Turkish Cypriots to
be heard in the world.
3. Expectations from Obama-Erdogan meeting
Under
the title “PM Erdogan to get Syria briefing from Pentagon”, Turkish daily
Hurriyet Daily News (online, 14.05.13) reports that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan is set to depart for his four-day trip to the United States today with
a heavy agenda topped by recent developments in Syria and the Syrian
regime-linked deadly blast that killed 49 Turkish citizens over the weekend.
Apart from Erdogan’s meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, another crucial
meeting will take place at the Pentagon where Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel
is expected to give a detailed briefing on Syria.
Foreign
Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, EU Minister Egemen Bagis and Economy Minister Zafer
Caglayan will accompany Erdogan, along with 90 businessmen who will have
separate meetings with their U.S. counterparts. The Prime Minister’s meeting
with Obama is set to take place on May 16. The most important topic of the
Erdogan-Obama meeting will be the ongoing turmoil in Syria and international
efforts to end the bloodshed in Turkey’s southern neighbour. As Turkish
officials said they have evidence proving that the deadly blast in Reyhanlı was
organized by the Bashar al-Assad regime, Erdogan is likely to ask Obama to do
more for the Syrian opposition to speed up the political transition.
Top issues on table
Providing
arms and training to the Free Syrian Army and establishing security corridors
and a no-fly zone over Syria are among Turkey’s expectations from the U.S.
These issues are likely to be analysed in a detailed manner at the Pentagon
where the Secretary of Defence and top American army officials will brief
Erdogan. Erdogan and Obama will also discuss the recent deal between the U.S.
and Russia to hold an international conference in the coming weeks for Syria.
Turkey is not opposed to the idea of reviving hopes for a political deal but
its main concern is whether this will take place with or without Assad.
The
Turkey-Israel reconciliation process is also going to be an important issue
between the leaders as Obama played a crucial role in pushing Israel to
apologize to Turkey for the Mavi Marmara attack. Turkey’s relations with Iraq
and controversy over its ambitious energy deal plans with northern Iraq will
also be on their agenda. Turkey’s peace process will also be discussed.
Davutoglu will have a separate meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry
before the Obama-Erdogan meeting.
On
the same issue, columnist Abdullah Bozkurt writing in Turkish daily Today’s
Zaman (online, 13.05.13), in his commentary “What to expect from Obama-Erdogan
meeting”, said that apart the Syria issue, which is the most important topic at
the meeting, especially after the twin blast that claimed the lives of almost
50 people on Saturday in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli, Cyprus problem
will also be in the agenda.
Bozkurt
wrote the following: “On the divided island of Cyprus, Turkey feels there is
now a window of opportunity for the last push for unification based on the
prospect of rich natural gas in the waters off of Cyprus and economic woes on
the Greek Cypriot side. Ankara requires US support for this initiative, and
some groundwork has already been laid down during US Secretary of the State
John Kerry's frequent visits to Turkey.”
Moreover,
Turkish daily Hurriyet Daily News (online, 14.05.13) reports that thirteen suspects
in total have been detained over connections to the bombs that exploded in the
Turkish border town of Reyhanli killing 50 people on May 11, according to
Interior Minister Muammer Guler.
Hatay
Government Mehmet Celalettin Lekesiz also stated that the investigations had
mostly been completed, CNNTurk reported. Nine suspects were detained a day
after the explosions, and the number reached thirteen May 14.
4. Turkey vows response to Syria as toll increases
Turkish
daily Hurriyet Daily News (online, 13.05.13) reports that Turkey will not
hesitate to respond to twin car bombings it has blamed on Syria, yet it will
give this response in an adequate and timely manner in order to avoid being
dragged into the civil war in the neighbouring country, Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan has declared.
“We won’t fall for the trap, but we will give
the necessary response at the necessary time. We will not refrain from this.
Everybody needs to know this,” Erdogan told reporters on May 13 as the death
toll rose to 50 following Saturday‘s twin blasts in the border town of Reyhanli
in the Hatay province.
Ankara says the attack was arranged by a
group linked to embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while Damascus
rejects the allegation.
“The issue is completely related to the
regime in Syria, it has no relation whatsoever with the opponents,” Erdogan
insisted. “When the result fully comes out, all will be publicized. However,
the issue is completely related with the regime. The regime is behind this
issue. This is obvious. But the regime of course has its extensions in Turkey,”
he said, noting that intense efforts were being exerted to shed light on these
“extensions.”
Visiting Hatay was already on his agenda,
Erdogan said in response to a question. He said he would visit Hatay, the scene
of the deadly bombings, after his return from his upcoming trip to the United
States, which kicks off today.
When reminded of claims suggesting that the
attackers’ original target was the Prime Ministry building and the ruling Justice
and Development Party (AKP) headquarters in Ankara, Erdogan implicitly
confirmed.
Also in Ankara, President Abdullah Gul
yesterday held a meeting with National Intelligence Organization (MİT)
Undersecretary Hakan Fidan. It was not a regular meeting as is usually held on
Thursdays. The meeting with Fidan was announced in the afternoon, not in the
morning, and it appeared to be related to the deadly attack in Reyhanli. While
hailing the decision by a court in Reyhanli to impose a state-wide media ban
relating to the attacks, Erdogan suggested that similar bans were being
implemented all around the world.
Nonetheless, main opposition Republican
People’s Party (CHP) deputy Ilhan Cihaner appealed to the Reyhanli Criminal
Court of Peace to abolish the ban, arguing that it violated the freedom of
press. For his part, AKP Deputy Chair Huseyin Celik justified the ban, saying
they had been trying to avoid gruesome images of the incidents from plaguing
the media. “Therefore, this was necessary in order not to further deepen the
agonies of the people, not to deepen the agonies of the families of those who
passed away and got wounded, and I am sure that once all sides of the issue are
revealed, these media bans will be lifted,” Celik told NTV news channel, giving
the example of 9/11 and claiming that a similar ban was enforced at the time in
the US.
5. Germany hopes for progress in Turkey's EU talks
soon
Turkish
daily Today’s Zaman (online, 13.05.13) reported that Germany's Foreign Minister
has said he hopes that a new chapter in Turkey's stalled European Union
membership talks can be opened in the coming weeks, but his Turkish counterpart
suggested the EU should quickly do more to welcome Ankara.
“We
want to overcome the standstill in the membership negotiations,” German Foreign
Minister Guido Westerwelle said after meeting his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet
Davutoglu. “This standstill is not in the interest of Turkey, and it is emphatically
not in the interests of Europe, either.”
There
is “a realistic chance” of opening another chapter in the negotiations under
Ireland's EU presidency, which ends June 30, Westerwelle said. “That wouldn't
be a breakthrough, but new movement -- which should and must lead to more”.
Davutoglu
made clear that Ankara would like to see more action from the EU soon. “One
flower alone isn't enough to declare that it's spring”, he said. “One chapter
alone won't be enough -- all chapters should be opened as soon as possible, and
the Cyprus problem should be overcome as soon as possible”.
6. Crisis in the UBP continues
Under the title “They
will overthrow the government”, Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika newspaper
(14.05.13) reports that two self-styled MPs with the National Unity Party (UBP)
Turkay Tokel and Hasan Tacoy spoke very openly about leaving the party.
The paper writes that
Tokel who participated in a television program referred to UBP’s congress held
last week which led to the election of Necdet Numan as the new general
secretary of the party and stated that they were given the message to leave
UBP. On his part Tacoy stated that if the opposition submits a motion of
censure against “Kucuk’s government” he and Tokel will give a positive “vote”.
In addition, under
the title “Towards early elections
in Turkish Cyprus?”, Sefa Karahasan writes the following in Turkish Milliyet
(13.05.13):
A consensus has not
been achieved within the ruling National Unity Party (UBP) in northern Cyprus.
The supporters of Ahmet Kasif, who stood as a candidate against the prime
minister, İrsen Kucuk, in the Council, argue that, “The prime minister’s term
of office has come to an end.” For a long time, there has been a serious crisis
between Prime Minister Kucuk and Ahmet Kaşif; whereas President Dervis Eroglu
supports Kasif. The latest conflict within the UBP erupted during the elections
of secretary general. Kasif, the leader of the “dissident wing,” negotiated
with the prime minister and argued that the seat of secretary general must
belong to a deputy on whom a consensus is reached. “A candidate whom we favor
must be secretary general,” the opposition said. The prime minister also gave
some messages hinting that “a consensus could be reached.” However, not the
candidate of opponents, but the prime minister’s candidate won the elections.
The opponent wing formed by ten deputies released a notice reading “(…) There
is no winner. The UBP is losing, and will continue losing if this perception
continues (…)”
During my conversation
with an opposition deputy, he said “the prime minister ignores us. This is the
last straw. From now on, we will not allow the prime minister to perform his
duties in the parliament. We will resort to all possible ways, including
attempts to overthrow the government.” If 10 deputies do not go to the
Parliament within the UBP, who has 30 deputies in the 50-seat Parliament; 26
deputies, the number required for the Parliament to assemble, will not be
found.
If the opposition
does not support the UBP, the required number could not be reached. And with a
motion of censure that could be submitted, the government will fall, paving the
way for elections. This means that the country might experience early
elections. The scheduled time for the elections is April, 2014. This date might
be brought forward to September or October, 2013. [..]
7. YODAK’s “chairman” visited Saudi Arabia to
supervise King Saud University
Turkish
Cypriot daily Vatan (14.05.13) reported that Dr. Hasan Ali Bicak, chairman of
the so-called Higher Education Planning, Evaluation, Accreditation and
Coordination Council (YODAK) visited Saudi Arabia upon an invitation he
received by the National Commission for Assessment and Academic Accreditation
(NCAAA), where he evaluated the Faculty of Management of the King Saud
University.
According
to a statement issued by YODAK, the evaluation delegation which was headed by
Bicakli, was composed also by Prof. Inger Boyett from the Faculty of Management
of Manchester, Prof. Julia Connell from Curtin University of Australia and
Prof. Marios Katsioloudes from the University of Qatar.
Bicakli
has also evaluated a lot of faculties of several Universities abroad during
last year. Particularly, upon an invitation he received from the Bahrain
Quality Assurance Association, he evaluated several faculties of the Bahrain
State University, etc.
AK
8. Basin-Sen trade union participates at the ordinary
general assembly of EFJ
Turkish
Cypriot daily Vatan newspaper (14.05.13) reports that the Press Workers' Trade
Union (BASIN-SEN) will participate at the ordinary general assembly of the
European Federation of Journalism-EFJ which has started yesterday and will be
completed tomorrow.
The
ordinary general assembly of EFJ is taking place at the town of Verviers in
Belgium. Basin Sen is represented by the general secretary of the union Canan
Onurer and the secretary for foreign relations Ali Kurtoglu.
According
to a written statement issued by Canan Onurer, Basin-Sen will be representing
the Turkish Cypriots at an international organization and has also presented
its candidate for the new administration board of the EFJ to be established.
Basin-Sen
is a full member of EFJ and is using the right of three votes out of the three
which were given to Cyprus, according to the paper.
AK
Turkish Cypriot daily
Vatan newspaper (14.05.13) reports that the so-called Cyprus Research Centre of
illegal Eastern Mediterranean University (“DAU-KAM”) will host the 3rd
Island Dynamics Conference with Performing Island Identities between 15 and 18
May 2013, within the framework of its cooperation with “Island Dynamics”, which
is a multinational organization that organizes activities all over the world on
issues that concern islands.
Except for Turkey and
the occupied island of Cyprus, academicians from France, the USA, India,
Australia, Croatia, Portugal, Scotland, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Sri Lanka,
Spain, Germany, Indonesia, Mauritius, Malta, People’s Republic of China, New
Zeeland, Ukraine, Iceland, Jamaica, Taiwan, Russia, the Philippines, Ireland
and Northern Ireland will participate in the conference.
(I/Ts.)
10. European billiard
tournament to be organized in occupied Cyprus
Turkish Cypriot daily
Gunes newspaper (14.05.13) reports that Mutlu Atasayan, self-styled minister of
education, youth and sports of the breakaway regime in the occupied area of the
Republic of Cyprus, met yesterday with David Morris, vice president of the
European Billiard Federation, and a delegation from the “TRNC” [Translator’s
note: breakaway regime in the occupied area of Cyprus] so-called Billiard
Federation headed by the latter’s chairman, Askin Burcu.
In statements during
the meeting, Burcu said that David Morris was carrying out a research in the
occupied area of Cyprus for organizing Euro Tur tournament which will be held
this October at occupied Acapulco Hotel in occupied Keryneia with the
participation of 200 athletes from 32 countries. He noted that at the European
Billiard Championship will be held at the same hotel in June 2014.
Morris said that the
“TRNC” so-called Billiard Federation is a “natural member” of the European
federation and added that an amendment they have made in their regulations on this
issue was accepted at their general assembly and thus there was no problem for
accepting the “TRNC” as member. He noted that Euro Tur will be held in the
occupied area of Cyprus in October 2013 and the European Billiard Championship
in June 2014.
Referring to the
so-called embargoes allegedly implemented on the Turkish Cypriot youth,
Atasayan stated that the regime’s billiard federation has taken an important
step by becoming “natural member” of the European Billiard Federation and added
that this could be an opportunity for paving the way of other federations.
(I/Ts.)
11. First group of withdrawing PKK militants arrives
in northern Iraq
According to Turkish daily Hurriyet Daily
News (online, 14.05.13), the first group of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party
(PKK) militants that left Turkey as part of a peace drive with Ankara arrived
in the Harur area in northern Iraq early this morning, Dogan news agency
reported.
The group of 15 militants, including six
women, left the south-eastern province of Sirnak’s Beydussebap district a week
ago, according to the reports.
12. Arinc: Greece should
facilitate reopening of Halki seminary
Turkish
daily Today’s Zaman (13.05.13) reported that a senior Turkish Cabinet member
has said that Greece should take steps to address grievances of the Turkish
minority in Western Thrace in order to strengthen the Turkish government's
hands to reopen a Greek Orthodox theological seminary on the island of
Heybeliada (Halki) near Istanbul.
In an exclusive interview with Today's Zaman,
Bulent Arinc, Deputy Prime Minister and Government Spokesman, called on both
the Greek Patriarchate and the US to exert pressure on the Greek government to
play its part in facilitating steps to reopen the seminary.
“This [the fulfilment of Turkish demands in
Greece] will come about partially with the efforts of Greek Patriarchate. It
will also partially happen due to US persistence. We are waiting not only for
these two, but for anybody who has an influence on Greece to come out and say:
‘Do not do injustice to the Muslim Turkish minority in Western Thrace, give
them their rights. When these rights are given, Turkey will be more
comfortable',” he explained.
“If a religious community or society is
saying that ‘I need clergymen and I want to raise my own [clergymen],' which
they [Greek Orthodox community in Turkey] have already been saying, this is
their fundamental right. We should give this right [to them],” Arinc explained.
Yet he linked the issue with the improvement on the plight of Turkish Muslims
living in Greece.
13. Istanbul to host the 22nd OSCE annual session; So-called speaker of
the “assembly” will also participate
Turkish
daily Hurriyet Daily News (14.05.13) reports that Istanbul will host yet
another international gathering, as the upcoming 22nd annual session for the
Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE), will be held in Istanbul.
Some
360 foreign parliamentarians from 57 countries, heads of diplomatic missions,
representatives of civil society organizations (CSOs) and representatives from
the media are expected to attend the PA which will be hosted by the Turkish
Parliament between June 29 and July 3 in Istanbul, the Office of the Parliament
Speaker announced yesterday.
A
high level participation is expected, as President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu are among those
invited. Alongside Turkish leaders, key figures from various organizations
including Arab League Secretary-General Nebil El Arabi; chairman of the
Palestinian National Council Salim Zanoun; head of the Parliamentary Union of
the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ahmet İbrahim El Tahir; Council
of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muiznieks; head of the Temporary
Arab Parliament Ahmet El Jarwan El Şemsi; head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo,
Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger; Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani; Secretary General of the Turkic
Council Halil Akıncı; President of the Union of European Turkish Democrats
(UETD) Suleyman Celik; and the “Turkish Cypriot Parliamentary Speaker” Hasan
Bozer are also expected.
On
the second day of the meeting, speeches under the title of “Improving Dialogue
and Cooperation: A Mutual Message to the World on Racism, Xenophobia and
Intolerance” will be delivered. For this part of the session, head of the
Religious Affairs Directorate Mehmet Gormez; Greek Orthodox Patriarch I.
Bartholomeos, acting Armenian Orthodox Patriarch Aram Atesyan, Chief Rabbi
İshak Haleva and Turkish Syriac Catholic Deputy Patriarch Chorepiscopus Yusuf
Sag are expected to attend.
14. Energy rush to Central Anatolia
Turkish
daily Hurriyet Daily News (online, 14.05.13) reports that energy producers are
rushing to the Central Anatolian district of Karapinar in an effort to cash in
on Turkey’s second largest coal reserves, as well as sunny fields that present
ample opportunity for solar power.
Some
57 companies – most of them foreign consortiums – have already started queries
on the 60 million-meter-square area that has designated as a special energy
area by the government, Karapinar Mayor Mehmet Mugayitoglu recently told
Anatolia news agency.
The
district in Konya, which was once a source of migrants in the 1960s, is forging
a future as an energy production hub of Turkey.
The
Energy and Natural Resources Ministry announced in January that it had
discovered 1.8 billion tons of lignite reserves in the province, enough to fuel
a thermal power station generating 5,000 megawatts of electricity for 30 to 40
years.
Mugayitoglu
said the studies to establish a power plant there were continuing. “A coal
power plant producing 4.8 million megawatts will be established under the
build-operate model,” he said.
The
“sun fields’ project” is another important project slated for Karapinar, as the
designated area is awaiting investors that could benefit from the abundant
solar power sources in the region.
15. Statistics on the number of households in Turkey
According
to Ankara Anatolia news agency (13.05.13), the number of households in Turkey
is 19,842,850 and average size of households is 3.7 persons, according to
family statistics of Turkish Statistical Institution (TurkStat). These
statistics have been prepared for the Family Week on May 13-19.
Due
to analysis for the average sizes of households of provinces, the province with
the highest average size of households is in Sirnak with 7.9 persons in 2012,
and the lowest in Canakkale with 2.8 persons. Hakkari with 7.4 persons, Mus
with 6.6, Siirt with 6.5 and Van with 6.4 follow the province of Sirnak.
Balikesir and Eskisehir with 2.9 persons, and Burdur and Mugla with 3 persons
follow the province of Canakkale.
Number
of couples who were married in 2012 was 603,751. While mean age at first
marriage of males was 25.5 in 2001, it increased to 26.7 in 2012. While mean
age at first marriage of females was 22.2 in 2001, it increased to 23.5 in
2012.
Number of couples who got divorced in 2012
was 123,325. For males, the most important reason for divorce is disrespectful
behaviours of their spouses against their families (10%), as for females it is
violence (20.8%).
As the proportion of couples married both
with official and religious wedding in their first marriage is 93.7%, the
proportion of only official wedding is 3.3% and only religious wedding is 3%.
When the types of weddings are examined with
respect to regions, it is seen that the region with the highest proportion of
spouses not having official wedding ceremony but only religious marriage is
Southeast Anatolian Region (8.3%) as the region with the lowest proportion of
spouses married only with religious marriage is West Marmara Region (0.9%).
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