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[donyork]

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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:42 pm    Post subject:



The number of Greek Cypriots living in the north — that is the area now known as the TRNC — in July 1974 was 129,000. Cited source: Criton Tornaritis, the Attorney-General of the Greek Cypriot Administration, in document Legal Aspects of the Problem of Refugees in Cyprus 1975. The number of Turkish-Cypriots who lost their homes in the south (as presently defined) between 1963 and July 1974 was 25,000 (source: UN Security Council report 1964) and the numbers subsequently displaced in population transfers was 65,000 (source: evidence to the UN by Turkish Cypriot documents 1975 re Vienna III).

On this basis the number of ‘refugees’ — those forced out, or those who abandoned homes because of fears of one side or another or under population exchange agreement— would be 129,000 Greek Cypriots and 90,000 Turkish Cypriots.

If these figures are NOT correct, what are the correct figures, and what sources are there to support these? Figures without cited sources are worthless — please do not waste space and time citing propaganda figures for we all know what these are. I am only interested in authoritative sources, not speculation or point-scoring. This goes for both sides. I do not state the figures quoted above as fact, merely as reported fact which is not necessarily the same thing. SOURCES please with any figures quoted. No source. No figure

[insan]

Most probably it is true that total number of GCs who became refugees afterwards the intervention of 1974 and physical seperation was 200.000. However, it is said that 40 thousands of GC refugees who were inhabitting along the south side of the green line returned to their homes after a while when they felt there was no security concerns to return. the question is how many of these refugees were inhabiting in buffer zone pre-74. It seems to me that the number of GC refugees who fled to South because of security reasons, buffer zone, psychological reasons, lack of confidence to TCs, settlers and Turkish army, fears and oppressions should be less than 160.000.



(1) In 1974 the actual number of refugees was 201,000. But about 40,000 people who became refugees in 1974 because they lived in dangerous areas close to the line of occupation but within the Government Controlled Area returned to their homes in 1977.

source: http://kypros.org/Cyprus/cy_republic/demography.html

[erolz]

On this basis the number of ‘refugees’ — those forced out, or those who abandoned homes because of fears of one side or another or under population exchange agreement— would be 129,000 Greek Cypriots and 90,000 Turkish Cypriots.

Is the same person being made a refugee twice at different periods to be counted twice or not? I do not know. But it seems to me the the 90,000 figure could include some 'double counting' ?