Szeklerland

Parliamentary Speaker Kover says Hungary will never be disloyal to Szeklers

(MTI) – Hungary will no longer be disloyal to Szeklers and will never again turn against the nation, Parliamentary Speaker Laszlo Kover said on Tuesday at the 250th anniversary of the massacre of Madefalva (now Siculeni in Romania).

kover-targu-muresKover told a memorial event held at the site of a mass murder committed against Szeklers by the Habsburg army in 1764 that the memory of Szekler refugees who fled after the massacre “obliges us not to trust our affairs to disloyal leaders ever again.”

It must not be allowed that “others decide about us, but without us, in Bucharest, Budapest or Brussels,” he said adding that he was speaking on behalf of the Hungarian state leaders elected in 2010.

The lesson of history is that “if the leaders of the Szeklers are disloyal to their people and the Hungarian state leaders are disloyal to the Szeklers, then more and more Madefalva massacres are on the way,” he said.

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Addressing a commemoration in the cultural centre of Targu Mures (Marosvasarhely), Kover encouraged the Szekler community to speak for territorial autonomy to convince the Romanian society about its benefit.

“If you manage to convince them that allowing territorial autonomy for Szeklerland would not hurt but instead benefit Romania, [….], if you manage to convince the Romanian society that Szeklerland as an autonomous region would ensure better living for all, then they will as well start a march of their own,” Kover said, referring to the great march organised for Szekler autonomy by the Szekler National Council on October 27 last year.

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The last census in 2002 showed Szeklerland was a historical region of about 13,000 sq/km with a population of 809,000, of whom 612,043 were Szekler-Hungarians.

Photo: MTI – Sándor Haáz and Gergely Boda L.

Szeklerland Autonomy in Romania? – VIDEO

The Szeklers demand autonomy in Romania. Check out this video that shows the real situation in English.

The Szekler National Council Declaration:
We demand autonomy for Szeklerland, dialogue and social rest!

Today, on the 27th of October 2013, Szeklers who have gathered between Bereck and Kökös, with the support of Hungarians of Transylvania and the Carpathian-Basin expressing their solidarity, being aware of the supporting manifestations of the Hungarian communities all around the globe, hereby strengthen their historical claim expressed on the Szekler National Assembly in Gyergyóditró:

They would like to implement the right to self-determination, and according to this right they demand the self-governance of Szeklerland within the host country!

They demand the prevalence of European norms within Romania, and to experience their self-determination through the autonomy of Szeklerland, similarly to other autonomous communities of Europe.

They adhere to temporary borders of Szeklerland, settled by the Szekler National Assembly in Gyergyóditró, consisting of 8 Szekler Seats and 153 municipalities, and they demand these borders to be finalized through local referendums.

Szeklerland is a common home to all its citizens irrespective of their national, ethnic, linguistic origins, thus the self-governance within the state, the territorial autonomy will mean the institutional guarantee of full and effective legal equality for all the citizens of Szeklerland.

Self-governance within the state means exercising power on a regional level, through a democratically elected decision-making body which possesses widespread autonomy in the democratic implementation of its competences, and at the same time disposes over the tools necessary for the fulfillment of its tasks.

On the 10th of March, this year, On the Day of Szekler Freedom, Szeklers who have gathered on the Postarét in Marosvásárhely turned to the government of Romania with a petition, in which they demanded that Szeklerland, which possesses historical, geographical, political, cultural and economic characteristics, should form a separate development region. They demanded that Szeklerland should form a separate administrative unit. They demanded the assurance of Szeklerlands autonomy through legislation! They demanded that a dialogue with the legitimate leaders of the Szekler people, the Szekler National Council and the Szekler Municipalities, should commence!

After eight months we still haven’t received an answer to this petition!

We turn to the general public of the world to say: we still believe that dialogue is the base of social rest, and Szeklers demand peace and dialogue. In front of the general public of the world we repeatedly ask Romania not to neglect the will of seven hundred thousand of her citizens, whom are also citizens of the European Union! We would like to call the attention of the government, however, that looking down upon the dialogue, neglecting the will of the Szekler people, the constant persecution of Szekler symbols will neither break, nor weaken the Szekler autonomy aspirations. From this day on either a substantive dialogue commences with Szekler representatives on the will of the Szekler people and on the future of Szeklerland, or the demonstrations will be multiplied and strengthened including civil disobedience.

We ask the Hungarian government to ask the government of Romania to respect the Fundamental Treaty contracted between the two countries, with special regards to Article 15/9. We Szeklers have a fundamental interest to see, that Hungary and Romania have good relations in the spirit of peaceful and constructive cooperation and the common constitutional heritage of the member states of the European Union.

Kökös, Uzon, Szentivánlaborfalva, Réty, Eresztevény, Maksa, Dálnok, Csernáton, Ikafalva, Kézdivásárhely, Nyújtód, Lemhény, Bereck, the 27th of October 2013

Izsák Balázs
President of the Szekler National Council

Turks support Székely freedom fight – Vona in Turkey

Hundreds of students, teachers, politicians, local leaders and citizens attended Gábor Vona’s lecture again, this time at the Marmara University of Istambul.

Two days ago, Jobbik’s president gave a presentation on the common Turkish-Hungarian past, present and future at Sakarya University, one of the centres of Turanist intelligentsia; yesterday it was time for Marmara University of Istambul. There were hundreds of people waiting for Gábor Vona, and as he wrote in his Facebook post, the atmosphere was incredible:

“I held a presentation at Istambul’s Marmara University for hundreds of students, teachers and other visitors. As the organizers said, the room was unfortunately too small for the other half of the people. I was received with incredibly strong enthusiasm, I was celebrated as if I were a star. In my lecture, I asked the audience to stand for the Székelys, since they are Attila’s grandchildren, too. At the end of the event, the dean of the university gave me a memorial medal and then it was time for the endless photo session.”

In his presentation, Vona pointed out that Turanic cooperation is a great opportunity for all nations related by blood to create a bridge between East and West, with Hungary being the Westernmost Turanic country.

Talking about the current atmosphere of world politics, Vona told his Turkish audience that globalism destroyed all societies which gave up their values and traditions, or were unable to protect them.

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“The world is in turmoil today, full of injustice, manipulation and violence. Some say that it is the clash of various civilizations, cultures and religions, such as a fight between the Christian West and the Muslim East. This is a half-truth and we know very well that half-truths are worse than lies, because they are easier to believe. Christianity and Islam have indeed fought in the past, we Hungarians and Turks need no further explanation about that. But that is history, the current struggle in the world is much deeper than that. In fact, it is the powers of Euro-Atlantism that globalize, in other words, suppress the rest of the world. They have more or less subdued Eastern Europe, now it is time for the Muslim world. They want to expand global capitalism to the nations of the Muslim world as well.”

Gábor Vona’s presentation was often interrupted by applause. When Jobbik’s president mentioned the Székelys and their forthcoming autonomy, somebody from the audience(!) brought him a Székely flag. The flag, that depicts the sun and the moon exactly the same way as on the banners of many Turkic countries.

Talking about the Székelys, several visitors mentioned that the Székely people as well as Székelyland (Sekelistan in Turkish) have more and more coverage in Turkish media. For example, TRT Haber, the news service of the central Turkish television and other media showed extensive coverage of the Székely March on last Sunday and the matter of the Székelys, who are considered a brotherly nation as well.

Turkish people need more information about Székelyland and will give their full support to the freedom fight of Székelys.

After the presentation in Istambul, Jobbik’s president also met the football fans who put up the same kind of banner during the Turkey-Hungary match in Istambul as the one that was flown at the game in Budapest: “We are all Attila’s grandchildren!”

by Ádám Horváth (Istambul)

Romanian politician: criminal complaint filed against the organizers of The Great Székely March!

Bogdan Diaconu, an MP of the Social Democratic Party currently in government in Romania, filed a criminal complaint with the chief prosecutor’s office against the organizers of the Great Székely March.

In an effort “to contain the unprecedented intensification of Hungarian extremism”, the politician known for his anti-Hungarian stance filed a complaint against the organizers of the demonstration, suspecting them of violation of the constitution, incitement to discrimination and public veneration of criminal acts.

Diaconu filed the complaint against the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ) and the Székely National Council, because he suspects the above bodies to have organized the demonstration to enable the participants to “act against the unity of the the Romanian state in as official a framework as possible”.

The MP added that the proclamation approved by the Great Székely March “invented” a non-existent, ethnically organized form of public administration, the “so-called Székelyland”, and threatens with civil disobedience, if regional autonomy is not granted to them.

Diaconu says that the organizers of the demonstration incite Romania’s Hungarian population to deny the unity of the country as a one-nation state. During the march on Sunday, the MP already called upon the parties of the Romanian Parliament to forbid by law any demonstrations similar to the Székely march; Diaconu considers such demonstrations to be unconstitutional.

Organizers estimate the number of participants to be 120 000, while the authorities claim there were 15 000 people attending the march, the participants of which declared that they wanted to exercise their right for self-government and, based on this right, they demand autonomy for Szeklerland within Romania.

Photo: magyarhirlap.hu

Hundred thousands of ethnic Hungarians for Autonomy – Photo Gallery

Hundred thousands of ethnic Hungarians held rallies on yesterday to demand autonomy for their minority group in the areas where they live in Romania.

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IMG_1383They would like to protect the Székely region

KézdivásárhelyThe center of Kézdivásárhely (Targu Secuiesc) during the ceremony

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The marches on 55 km long — with people waving Székely and Hungarian flags, singing and riding horses and carriages — were held yesterday in 14 communities of Transylvania, including the town of Kézdivásárhely (Targu Secuiesc).

In the Hungarian capital, Budapest thousands marched to the Romanian Embassy carrying a sign reading “Territorial autonomy for Szeklerland” referring to the stretches of Romania where ethnic Hungarians are concentrated.

There were rallies held in the Hungarian cities of Debrecen, Keszthely, Sárospatak and Szolnok. In addition, rallies were in London, Vienna, Brussels, Helsinki, Berlin, Stockholm, Pozsony (Bratislava), Stuttgart, Halmstad, Sweden, Zurich and Topolya (Serbia). Rallies were held overseas, in Australia, in US cities (Washington, Los Angeles, New York), Canadian cities (Toronto and Ottawa).

by David Harper