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[Jerry]

An interesting view by the author but IPC figures do not support him.

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/01 ... ng-cyprus/

Oblivious to political condemnations of its military occupation of part of the island, Turkey’s “wait and see” policy paid off handsomely: “Prolong a problem long enough; admit nothing; do nothing; and in time it becomes not a problem!” Demographic changes will transmute events and take care of new realities.........The plan is a conniving one: Turkey has set out to purchase as much land and properties in the occupied area — predominately in Famagusta, Kerynia, Karpass and other prime areas — owned by Greek Cypriot Refugees. The objective is to accumulate and create a Land Bank complete with clear titles and so increase its majority share of land ownership by Turkish Cypriots or more correctly by Turkey, which finances the program. Once they have accumulated enough land ownership, they can then apply to the UN and international courts for statehood, which cannot be refused given its ECHR ruling. The criteria to establish a state are: language; population; land ownership; religion; culture and people’s overwhelming desire to form a statehood. With the demographic transformation in the occupied area, those requirements will easily be met.


He ignores the simple fact that the ECHR gave the IPC the right to settle property matters in the occupied territory because it was being swamped with applications itself. It does not mean that the ECHR recognizes the “trnc”, the compensation comes via the “trnc” from Turkey.

With regard to his claim that the “trnc” will attain legitimacy once it has “bought up” most of the land in the north, the figures show they will have a long wait. The occupied territory covers 3400 sq km, the GCs say they own 80%, the TCs say it's 60% of privately owned land. It goes without saying the ROC and Church will never “sell up" in the north. Figures of the IPC show that they have settled cases that cover an area of 16.58 sq km but of this 6 sq km have been revoked, rejected, not proven or granted restitution. The IPC has settled about 10% of applications in four years, it does not take a genius to calculate how long it will take Turkey to “buy” the occupied territory.

The reference to the application for statehood is pure nonsense, the UN Charter specifically excludes States created by the use of armed force.

[GreekIslandGirl]

The Greek reporter is highlighting a problem whereby too many Charlie-types keep saying it's acceptable to settle for 12% of Cyprus going to TCs because they are "Cypriots" ... blah blah.

The reality is that you cannot buy the sovereignty of a land. For example, some millionaires might buy a Greek island ... but it's still governed by the Greek parliament. It's STILL part of Greece. You might own a house in London, but you don't have personal sovereign rights ... the Queen still owns the blooming lot!. Your personal property in London is STILL part of the UK!!!!!

So, if Turkey buys up individual properties in the occupied areas, it shows it acknowledges it has not won the war. Ultimately, the land and its sovereignty will ALWAYS belong to the RoC. Especially since the RoC has the final say in registering ....