Bulgaria Backs Thrace Refugees in Claiming Compensations from Turkey

If Bulgarians can claim compensation from Turkey for land, then Simeon can claim compensation from Bulgaria for land his family lost during the communist occupation. Anything else would be hypocritical, dishonest, and unfair.

simeon doesn'yt deserve a penny, his band of theiving scum, also known as NDSV (yellows) stole plenty of national monies, that don't need any more

Mrs. Jeleva could have mentioned that European Parliament has already achieved in 2008 that the compensation of Thracian refugees and their descendants is included in the EU-Turkey membership negotiations. There is no doubt that Turkey didn't fulfill its promises to compensate the Thracian Bulgarians as agreed in the Treaty of Ankara in 1925.

Nevertheless, speaking about compensation of refugees, one cannot help to say that EU is acting here a bit hypocritically. Where was EU when it was about compensations for victims of ethnic cleansing in other countries? I mention the question of the refugees from Czech and Slowak Republic (ethnic Germans, Jews and Hungarians), Poland (German refugees), Slovenia (German and Italian refugees) and Greece (Albanian refugees from Cameria), just to mention some examples. In none of these cases EU raised their voice to support the victims and their descendants. That it is only Turkey who is facing these claims from EU leaves the impression that some politicians are just looking for another reason to keep Turkey out of the EU. In any case it is a 'double standard' and therefore not fair to the other victims.

Simeon's and his family's case is very different from the Thracian Bulgarians. It is similar to most of the former Royal families who had to resign and give property back to their state.

In most of the monarchies there was no clear division between what has to be considered as property of the state and private property of the family of the ruler. From what most juridical experts say it is obvious that most of the properties which were given back to Simeon and his sister didn't belong before 1947 legally to the family but to the country. This is especially true when these properties were build or acquired with taxpayers money, or when it was acquired by the family privately, but for a 'symbolic' price much under market value. This goes for almost all of Simeon's properties he has claimed, partly based on fake documents.

That Simeon's mission when he came back to Bulgaria was mainly a private one, the restitution of as much property as possible, is obvious. If I am not mistaken, the restitution law was the first or one of the first he pushed through. This is a very similar approach as Berlusconi. The country considered as a private property of the ruler, who can change the laws just in a way that are most profitable to his private purse.

DrFaust, Simeon is no problem. Problem is Bulgaria and Government. Simeon wants Property, one Government decide to give Simeon forest, next Government decide to take Simeon forest, third Government decide to give forest, stupid...

" That it is only Turkey who is facing these claims from EU leaves the impression that some politicians are just looking for another reason to keep Turkey out of the EU."

The EU is in a good negotiating position with Turkey. If Turkey wants to get into the EU, they have to do certain things before they can enter. Restitutions is one thing. Getting out of Cypress is another thing they have to do. Converting to Christianity is yet another. The EU should put so many roadblocks in Turkey's way, that they will never enter the EU in a million years.