bill cobbett wrote:Nurgary wrote:Kikapu wrote:zan wrote:Let them tear down the statues of Makarios and knock on the door of Tpap.......They are to blame for their losses.
Who said anything about anyone losing anything. At the same time, you have not been able to gain anything either. If you did, you would not be needing 40,000 troops to help you keep it. Sorry to remind you Zan, but whole of Cyprus is recognised by the world as a sovereign country for all Cypriots. Just because you can "bully" 200,000 off their property, does not mean they have lost their land and that you have gained it. Counterfeit Land Deeds are not good enough to make you the "new owners" of others land. Think of it as a "lay away plan" for the land that belongs to the 200,000 GC's. Their land is just earning interest as it's value goes up every day. You may be able to sell their land to the Morally Corrupted, but the good news is, they can't take that land away with them. The land will be there for their rightful owners, long after the Morally Corrupted are long gone.
Why do GC's always inflate figures
142,000 GC's according to official Greek Cypriot sources, ROC Press and Information Office (PIO), The Cyprus Question, (Nicosia, 2003), p. 12
30,000 Turkish military which is quoted many times by GC Government.
Now looking at both you have inflated by 25%.
The reality is with any settlement not everybody will get their land and property back GC's and TC's. How can for example TC get their land back at the airports - roads/motereways etc... in the South. Just will not happen so they will get compensation as will the GC's who don't get theirs back.
N tries to make a comparison of the land issue in the north and south at the end of the above. There is a world of difference between a state taking private land in the south for major infrastructure projects such as expansion at LCA airport and motorway building. It is common practise throughout Europe and the rest of the world that states will compulsorily purchase land, after due process, for large scale projects that benefit economies.
The situation in the north is unheard of anywhere in the world ( to the best of my knowledge ) with plain and simple wholesale thefts of land on a massive scale on the strength of dodgy documents and even dodgier reasoning.
I say again - world of difference. One is legal by any international standards the other has been criminal theft of the vilest, most base type.
Well I am sure in the UK they would have discussed the issue with the owner - then issued a compulsory purchase order - owner could object - review - and you never know a public enquiry. As you said due process. No Ali who owes are large part of Larnaca airport was not part of due process. Can you answer why so many od these projects have been built on TC land and have any TC been compensated for the use.