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by **RAFAELLA** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:53 pm

The Government Spokesman Mr Kypros Chrysostomides said the Government had information that the number of illegal Turkish settlers in the occupied areas had increased dramatically reaching 140,000 – 150,000, from an estimated 110,000 – 120,000 some while ago.

Invited by reporters yesterday to comment on a report by Turkish Cypriot daily “Afrika” saying that the occupation regime’s goal was for the Turkish settlers to reach half a million :shock:

, Mr Chrysostomides pointed out that the continuing illegal policy of colonization of the occupied areas by Turkey was causing major concern, adding that the international community had to be convinced that this phenomenon should be tackled as it was being tackled in other countries.

Responding to a question on whether the Government believed that a functional and viable solution of the Cyprus problem was possible with Mr Talat leading the Turkish Cypriot community, Mr Chrysostomides expressed the hope that there would now be a climate conducive for efforts aimed at a settlement that would provide for “an independent and common country for all its legal inhabitants, and not a partitioned land, and a country that would be able to perform productively and with a united personality in the framework of the European Union”.

by **garbitsch** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:07 pm

There is a freedom of movement between Turkey and Northern Cyprus. According to the laws on Northern Cyprus, the Turks from Turkey can settle down in N.C. Unless there is a solution in Cyprus, the Greeks have no power to stop this arrangement between two countries.

by **erolz** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:11 pm

RAFAELLA wrote:The Government Spokesman Mr Kypros Chrysostomides said the Government had information that the number of illegal Turkish settlers in the occupied areas had increased dramatically reaching 140,000 – 150,000, from an estimated 110,000 – 120,000 some while ago.

and TP said no TC was killed by GC in the period 63-74 - but that does not mean it is true.

I am sorry but I just do not find this figure of 140-150,000 settlers credible. I do not know what the figure is (and without defining who is and who is not a settler any figures are meaningless) but this range (140-150k) is clearly not accurate in my opinion.

ps welcome to the forums rafaella

by **Bananiot** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:15 pm

This is something that the people that voted for a solution back in April 2004 feared would happen but the "no" hardliners dismissed it as scare mongering.

There is only one way forerward now. Tell the GS of the UN what changes we want and ask him to convene talks ... yesterday, forgetting prerequisites which aim at stalling tactics because this goes against the interests of Cyprus as a whole.

Something to the same extend is happening with the building boom in the north but this time the government has found a most convient excuse. It reckons that the same would happen even if we had voted for the plan!

by **magikthrill** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:53 pm

the way i see it is that the Annan plan (worst case scenario) had some reglations for settlers after 1990, therefore if any more settlers come in then i dont see how this could benefit them assuming a solution occurs within the next 10 years.

by **Piratis** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:27 pm

Just imagine what will happen when the balance of power will change and there will be no pure TCs left in north but just illegal settlers.

And the balance of power will change sooner or later. Thats the only thing inevitable.