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[Kikapu]

Turkish sale of GC land ‘Third Attila’



Turkish sale of GC land ‘Third Attila’ - Marcoullis


‘Aim is to create obstacles

to a Cyprus settlement’





By Andreas Hadjipapas


THE Turkish policy of selling off and developing Greek Cypriot-owned properties in the north is like a Third Attila, said Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis this week.

Turkey’s aim was, she said, to create new faits accomplis, so that the "new realities" on the ground will hinder the search for a just settlement of the Cyprus issue.

In an interview with the Athens news agency, Marcoullis noted that this usurpation of Greek owned properties had shown an upsurge in the last three years.

The Turkish Cypriot regime, under instructions from Ankara, had engaged in an unprecedented building boom, allowing development projects to be built on Greek- owned land or selling such property to foreign nationals.

Transfer

The new Turkish tactics followed the April 2004 referendum, in which President Papadopoulos and the vast majority of Greek Cypriots voted against the Annan Plan for a settlement, since it was deemed to be pro-Turkish.

"I consider what has been happening with properties in the last three years as a Third Attila", Marcoullis said.

Attila was the codename given to the Turkish invasion of the island in the summer of 1974, in the wake of an Athens-inspired coup. Turkish troops seized 37% of the island and forcibly expelled 180,000 Greek Cypriots from their homes and properties.

The "Second Attila" was the mass transfer of thousands of settlers from mainland Turkey who moved into the homes of the Greek Cypriots.

The Foreign Minister said Ankara’s aim was always the same - to create new obstacles that would make a settlement impossible, or demand a solution based on the "new realities on the ground - occupation and ethnic cleansing."

Marcoullis pointed out that 82% of privately-owned land in the north belongs to Greek Cypriots.

She stressed that, according to international conventions of human rights and numerous decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, Greek Cypriots remain the lawful owners of their properties and hold the legal title deeds issued by the appropriate authorities of the Cyprus Republic.

The government has taken diplomatic action to stop the exploitation of Greek Cypriot owned properties.

Advisories

At least 30 governments have been persuaded to issue travel advisories, warning their nationals of the dangers of purchasing Greek Cypriot owned properties in the north, without the consent of their owners, since this could land them into legal and financial adventures, she said.

In addition, following a recent amendment of the Cyprus Penal Code, anyone who aids in the sale or rent of such properties, or event advertises such sale, without the consent of their lawful owners, is liable to seven years imprisonment.

The government is taking further steps not only to inform world public at large of the ECHR judgments but is also moving procedures for the enforcement of these judgments, she added.

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[Pyrpolizer]

3rd Attila was actually the collapse of the Cyprus stock exchange, where a few crooks ate the lifetime savings of the thousands of GCs.
this must be the 4th Attila

[Pyrpolizer]

What the lady Minister said is very true. When one does not want a solution, he will do anything in his power to make it impossible. This is what happens now....

[Kikapu]

3rd Attila was actually the collapse of the Cyprus stock exchange, where a few crooks ate the lifetime savings of the thousands of GCs. :cry:
this must be the 4th Attila

Sounds like there are "few crooks" everywhere Pyro.

[Pyrpolizer]

EVERYWHERE!

But like Attila 2 (settlers) this is going to have an impact on Tcs eventually.
Hmm.... any ideas anyone?

[Bananiot]

The lady Minister also said something else. She claimed that we are fast moving towards turning the north into another Kosovo. In contrast, her predecessor, George Lillikas, has been telling us that all is well, thanks to the policies of Papadopoulos.

[Kikapu]

The lady Minister also said something else. She claimed that we are fast moving towards turning the north into another Kosovo. In contrast, her predecessor, George Lillikas, has been telling us that all is well, thanks to the policies of Papadopoulos.

The North may turn into Kosovo, Pompeii, Lost City of Atlantis or just plain Cyprus once Turkey decides what she wants to do with her aspirations regarding the EU. If she wants to be in the EU and assuming the EU also wants Turkey, then we will have "just Cyprus" and if not, then it's sky the limit with all other possibilities I'm afraid.

[Pyrpolizer]

The lady Minister also said something else. She claimed that we are fast moving towards turning the north into another Kosovo. In contrast, her predecessor, George Lillikas, has been telling us that all is well, thanks to the policies of Papadopoulos.

This is NOT what she said.

Why don't you quote what exactly he said to prove yourself a distorter.

[zan]

The point is what is the south become and what are its aspirations. We do not want anything to do with the south if it does not want us and then we get this:

This from LGR (London Greek Radio.

President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias expressed the wish that soon enough Cyprus will be free from the Turkish army, which occupies one third of the island’s territory since the Turkish invasion of 1974.

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President Papoulias, who arrived Saturday in Cyprus to participate in events commemorating the anniversary of the death of the late Archbishop Makarios III, the Republic’s first elected president after independence in 1960, had this afternoon a private meeting with Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos.

Asked about his meeting with President Papadopoulos, the Greek President said it was a “friendly, cordial and patriotic” meeting.

Later on, the Greek President signed the visitors’ book at the Presidential Palace where he wrote: “I am deeply touched, being here, in a historic place, a place of remembrance of the heroic struggle of Cypriot Hellenism for freedom and independence. I am glad that the struggle has given a lot and I expect that the great day will come soon, when Cyprus will be free from the occupation armies and when a final settlement will be achieved, a just and viable one, to the benefit and for the prosperity of the Cypriot Hellenism”.

The two Presidents departed from the Presidential Palace for the Nicosia Municipal Theatre to attend an oratorio to mark 30 years since Makarios’ death.

On Sunday morning, the two Presidents will go to Kykkos Monastery for a church service, officiated by Bishop of Kykkos and Tiliria Nikiforos, who will then host a lunch for the high guests, attended also by the primate of the church of Cyprus Archbishop Chrysostomos II.

Papoulias will have a meeting on Sunday afternoon with House President Demetris Christofias and former Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides, both of whom are running for the presidency in next February’s elections. Papadopoulos has also announced his bid for reelection.

On Sunday evening Papadopoulos and Papoulias will address a special memorial at the University of Cyprus, with the Greek Minister of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation Prokopis Pavlopoulos being the key note speaker.

Papoulias leaves Cyprus on Monday.

You keep trying to promote a country that has just wants to be another Greek island and expect us to lie down and take it. You really really need to have another rethink about who you are or rather who you want to be.

[Bananiot]

Not only did she say that but when the government spokesman was asked if he agreed with her statement he answered that he completely agrees with her and added that this is what the turkish side is trying to achieve eventually.