It also comes up with any old excuse to refuse to hand back lands that belong to Turkish Cypriots but demands the return of Greek Cypriot properties without any delay.
"Human rights" were invented by the Greeks and GCs for Greeks and GCs only and are not to be given to the Turkish Cypriots under any circumstances.
"minority status" under "Greek style democracy"?
Not bloody likely.
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ECHR seeks answers on property Guardian
By Jean Christou
CYPRUS must answer questions about the Guardianship of Turkish Cypriot Property to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), unconfirmed reports said yesterday.
According to Politis, sources told the newspaper that the ECHR wanted answers as to the legal status of the Guardianship in relation to a case before the court involving a Turkish Cypriot woman who owns land in the government-controlled areas.
The answers are required today, Politis said, so the court can decide whether to admit the case, one of three concerning Turkish Cypriot property that the ECHR has before it.
The Turkish Cypriot woman applied to the ECHR a year ago to demand her property back in Larnaca. She has British nationality and was living in the UK before and during 1974.
Under current rules, Turkish Cypriots who do not reside in the north and who were not living on the island in 1974, can claim back their property.
However, Politis said the woman was refused the return of her property on the grounds that she co-owned it with her brother who does live in the north.
The woman, instead of seeking a local remedy through the courts, went straight to Strasbroug, which is the difference between her case and the other two pending before the ECHR.
Her reason was that the nature of the Guardianship would preclude her receiving her property back, and also that the Guardianship was politicised and that the legal system would not treat her fairly as a Turkish Cypriot.
Politis said the government was trying to come up with a way to approach the situation. One option was to settle with the Turkish Cypriot woman, but there was the chance she might not want a friendly settlement, the paper said.
It is the second time that the Guardianship has come under scrutiny from the ECHR.
The land swap case between Greek Cypriot Mike Tymvios and a Turkish Cypriot man who owned property in Larnaca also highlights the problems. The government, which is technically the Guardian of the man’s property, does not recognise the land swap, approved recently by the ECHR, and is likely to baulk at handing it over to Tymvios.
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