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[zan]

Your heart should bleed for them Jerry but it seems you do not have one. The cases you have highlighted and what this thread is about are two different things. If the so called refugees have been selling their land to developers in the north, and it seems legally, then that is one thing and perfectly fine for the Brits to come and buy property in the TRNC/KKTC. If they are then being conned by doing this then that is indeed something to be concerned about and I hope those that are committing these crimes are prosecuted. The gloating on your part will be short lived though because the same has been reported in the south many times. I hope you can see the difference.

[Jerry]

Zan you obviously don't know what a carpetbagger is (someone who profits from another persons misfortune), I suggest you read my post again. I do not have a problem with Brits buying property legitimately. You know very well that most of the property acquired in the north by overseas "investors" is stolen GC land and it is bought because it is much cheaper than legally transfered or TC land. I am confident that the examples in the article from the Cyprus Mail are indeed carpetbaggers. I am not aware of the creation of a pressure group in the ROC demonstrating outside government buildings so I will continue to gloat.

[Nikephoros]

http://www.timdrayton.com/a17.html
From an interview with Ayhan Aktar:

... "Tourism isn’t like that in the North. Our Turkish Cypriot friends complain about the embargoes placed on them, but if these restrictions are lifted will they really be able to satisfy a tourist coming from London with the tourism infrastructure that they have put in place? Turkey has exported the worst kind of statism to Cyprus. The total population of North Cyprus is 260,000. 145,000 of these are Turkish Cypriots. Those who came from Turkey some time ago have also been given Cyprus passports. When these are added the figure amounts to 160,000. The remaining 100,000 of the population are people who have come from Turkey. Today 30-35,000 of these 145,000 Turkish Cypriots are civil servants or retired civil servants. North Cyprus is like a huge Sumerbank, a big state enterprise. The political structure, in order to legitimise its own existence, over thirty years from 1974 to 2004 distributed Greek Cypriot property and operated a plunder economy. A strange capital accumulation took place. As a result there are as many as twelve nightclubs in the fields along the road from Nicosia to Famagusta. Also gambling tourism has become established in the North." ...

"The Turks are no longer poor, either. Figures show that the TRNC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) economy has grown by 46% over the past two years and that per capita national income has risen to 11,000 dollars. Today in North Cyprus construction work covers five million square metres. North Cyprus is now a massive construction site. This is an explosion that followed the rejection of the Annan Plan. In the words of writer Mehmet Hasgüler, we are witnessing the second period of plunder in Cyprus. This is not wealth that is based on production and the morality of capitalism. This is along the lines of a lottery economy. It’s a situation where you keep getting money from the instant lottery. Now villas are being built on Greek Cypriot fields. The British are selling their houses in the South and buying much cheaper villas in the North. Weekly English newspapers are also now starting to appear in the North." ...

When I have time I will post sources on muslim jurisprudence has built a large tradition on using jihad wars and then seizing assets of non-muslims after these jihads. Damn muslims, do you people know it is not the 7th Century BCE?