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[RAFAELLA]

Court orders Turkish bank to pay refugee
By Stefanos Evripidou

A GREEK Cypriot refugee has been awarded €126,724 in compensation by the Nicosia District Court for the occupation of her property by Turkish Bank Ltd.

Elpida Erotocritou-Chrysochou from Morphou filed a case against Turkish Bank in 2002 for occupying her property in the north since 1975 without paying rent. Before 1974, Chrysochou received rent on the building from Chartered Bank Ltd.

According to yesterday’s Phileleftheros, Justice Leonidas Parparinos ruled in favour of the plaintiff, awarding compensation to the tune of €126,724 (£74,168) in rent arrears from 1975 until the end of 2007.

In the meantime, Turkish Bank Ltd, a company registered with the Registrar of Companies in the Republic of Cyprus, has been ordered to pay £217 a month starting from February 1, 2008, until the property is returned to Chrysochou. The judge ordered that interest on the compensation sum would be calculated from the date that the law suit was filed on July 17, 2002.

Turkish Bank was represented in the District Court by Turkish Cypriot lawyer Hakin Onen, who argued that the bank was given permission to occupy the building by the ‘Turkish administration’ in the north. Justice Parparinos rejected the argument ruling that the ‘Turkish administration’ also known as the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ did not constitute an internationally recognised state, while its declaration of independence was ruled void and illegal by the international community through the UN Security Council. As such, an illegal entity could not carry out a legal action by awarding legal possession to his client as the advocate claimed.

Copyright © Cyprus Mail 2008

[paliometoxo]

well done finally some justice from turkey taking our land... hopefully more home owners will follow and sue turks

[shahmaran]

Can we sue for the attempted genocide? Or is that not a legal right?

Probably not

[RAFAELLA]

Any other words in your vocabulary?

...or any comment regarding the article?

[GeorgeV97qaue]

Shahmaran you are a pratt. The only reason the TC's were attacked was due to you siding with the British. You were the ones who help the British when we were fighting for Independence.

You TC's always like to speak in half truths.

Dont sit their and point the finger at the GC's for all the problems in Cyprus. You are too blame as much as we are.

There is no innocent party in this trajedy. We need to look forward and find some common ground so we can reunite our country. Yes our country TC's & GC's.

[shahmaran]

"Independence" being Enosis, nice one

Oh its OUR country now is it?

[GeorgeV97qaue]

It has always been our country TC's & GC's. Not everyone wanted Enosis my family didnt want it and I know many GC's that didnt want.

The british played on the fears of the TC's and used them to become traitors against your own people. It's called divide and conquer.

I'm not greek I'm a Cypriot just like you. The only difference in the two people is our religion nothing else. Until people accept mistakes were made by both sets of people nothing will be solved.

TC's are not angels and neither are the GC's. I know the TC's stand to lose a lot if a solution is found but you have to do the right thing and give people back their homes. Same goes for the GC's we must also give back the TC lands.

All I want is to be able to return to my family home in Varosha. I have never seen the place where my farther was raised.

[pantheman]

"Independence" being Enosis, nice one

Oh its OUR country now is it?

Oh for allah sake, will you just please for once stop quoting that F ENOSIS term. Thats all you have? My god, come up with something original will you if you must but that excuse has gone past its sell by date 30 years ago.

You say we wanted enosis (this was a carefully architected angloamerican deal btw) no it was a political tool used by external forces to create the very situation we are in today. If any one has enosis its you guys. You are joined with mother turkey at the hip so please don't accuse us for something you have already achieved.

There you go again Bloody cheek and thats just typical of you guys over and over. Same propganda regurgitaed in and out.

Lets hear something different maybe you might just turn me and i might even see your point of view.

Try me

[shahmaran]

It has always been our country TC's & GC's. Not everyone wanted Enosis my family didnt want it and I know many GC's that didnt want.

The british played on the fears of the TC's and used them to become traitors against your own people. It's called divide and conquer.

I'm not greek I'm a Cypriot just like you. The only difference in the two people is our religion nothing else. Until people accept mistakes were made by both sets of people nothing will be solved.

TC's are not angels and neither are the GC's. I know the TC's stand to lose a lot if a solution is found but you have to do the right thing and give people back their homes. Same goes for the GC's we must also give back the TC lands.

All I want is to be able to return to my family home in Varosha. I have never seen the place where my farther was raised.

Well my family fought against the GC's, don't know why they were attacking us, if like you say, all they wanted was to live together, in fact that's also why Turkey came in so it was not a very good idea.

Hence why many TC's are scared to live with the GC's again.

I hope you return to your house some day, Varosha has amazing beaches.

[shahmaran]

I was just replying to his remark about the past regarding their will for "independence", which cannot go by without mentioning the Enosis dream, since it was a big deal then, i never spoke about today.