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Turkish Cypriot property companies banned from Scandinavian exhibitions
By Jean Christou
PROPERTY companies operating in the north have been banned from exhibitions in some Scandinavian countries after protests by Greek Cypriot developers, Overseas Property Professional magazine has reported.

The report said the Turkish Cypriot developers had been banned from a host of exhibitions across Finland, Norway and Iceland following complaints from Greek Cypriot companies.

The decision was purely commercial, according to event organisers Fair Media, which feared that Greek Cypriot developers would withdraw from the exhibitions.

“At a previous show in Norway, we had sold stand space to someone with a Turkish billing address and assumed that this was a Turkish developer coming to the show,” said Sven Kallstrom, chairman of Fair Media.

“It was in fact a northern Cypriot company and halfway through the show, a collective group of representatives from Pafilia, Aristo, Leptos and other southern Cypriot developers came over and asked us to remove the company from the exhibition.

“For me it was fine to have them there and I hadn’t 100 per cent decided on a policy for this situation, but they threatened to boycott any future events. I am losing money on ignoring northern Cypriot companies now and we are getting a lot more enquiries, but I would lose even more money if I allowed them in so we have made our decision.”

The article also quotes Russell Price, managing director of Property International, a company in the north as saying he understood the decision.

“At the end of the day, the exhibition company has made a commercial decision and I respect that,” he said. “I don’t necessarily disagree with companies that sell a range of title in north Cyprus. However, we only sell pre-1974 titles so this isn’t fair on companies such as ours that wish to legitimately sell property in the north to international buyers.”

Another representative of the same company said:

“This practice of judge and jury is giving south Cypriot developers an unfair advantage and misinforming the public. There is a strong demand for property in north Cyprus, which is 50 per cent cheaper than the south.”


Copyright © Cyprus Mail 2008

[DT.]

You got bullied out of an exhibition by 3 bigger companies. Tough titties, its called capitalism. To them you are nothing but competition.

[doesntmatter]

You got bullied out of an exhibition by 3 bigger companies. Tough titties, its called capitalism.

No DT, it's Turkey's fault, they are trhe ones who imposed embargos on the KKTC and TCs, come on, you know you want to say it.

To them you are nothing but competition.

To them we are TCs who must be crashed.

[DT.]

You got bullied out of an exhibition by 3 bigger companies. Tough titties, its called capitalism.

No DT, it's Turkey's fault, they are trhe ones who imposed embargos on the KKTC and TCs, come on, you know you want to say it.

To them you are nothing but competition.

To them we are TCs who must be crashed.

Private companies kicked you out of an exhibition by threatening to leave. You're not as important to the organisers as the GC firms. GOT IT?

[Piratis]

Please note that the two parts that Zan emphasized in his post (in bold) are mutually exclusive. The properties in the occupied areas which are "50 per cent cheaper" are not those with pre-1974 titles, but those which were stolen from the Greek Cypriots. Stolen things are always cheaper and those who sell them as well as those who buy them are criminals who are trying to profit on the loss of other people.

[doesntmatter]

Please note that the two parts that Zan emphasized in his post (in bold) are mutually exclusive. The properties in the occupied areas which are "50 per cent cheaper" are not those with pre-1974 titles, but those which were stolen from the Greek Cypriots. Stolen things are always cheaper and those who sell them as well as those who buy them are criminals who are trying to profit on the loss of other people.

Criminals are those who claim the above without knowing if the companies are in fact selling Turkish Cypriot land or not.

[doesntmatter]

You got bullied out of an exhibition by 3 bigger companies. Tough titties, its called capitalism.

No DT, it's Turkey's fault, they are trhe ones who imposed embargos on the KKTC and TCs, come on, you know you want to say it.

To them you are nothing but competition.

To them we are TCs who must be crashed.

Private companies kicked you out of an exhibition by threatening to leave. You're not as important to the organisers as the GC firms. GOT IT?

Their false claim was the the TC developers are selling GC land which is clearly not true.

Admit it DT, this is another embargo imposed on the TCs. This was also attempted in the UK but the courts ruled against the GCs c`omplaints, remember?

[DT.]

You got bullied out of an exhibition by 3 bigger companies. Tough titties, its called capitalism.

No DT, it's Turkey's fault, they are trhe ones who imposed embargos on the KKTC and TCs, come on, you know you want to say it.

To them you are nothing but competition.

To them we are TCs who must be crashed.

Private companies kicked you out of an exhibition by threatening to leave. You're not as important to the organisers as the GC firms. GOT IT?

Their false claim was the the TC developers are selling GC land which is clearly not true.

Admit it DT, this is another embargo imposed on the TCs. This was also attempted in the UK but the courts ruled against the GCs c`omplaints, remember?

Had you done the resonsible thing and not made a polciy of selling GC land to the Brits and other poor saps who can't afford to pay for a properly owned home, then you may not have been facing these difficulties now. Instead your regime encourages the sale of GC land thus making all your developers and estate agents potential criminals.

[Oracle]

It doesn't matter if you are "embargoed" or "isolated". You shouldn't be allowed out at all. You are criminals rounded up by your Godfather gangster Turkey, who holds your keys and lets you out occasionally to make trouble, lest we forget her racketeering demands ....

[utu]

It doesn't matter if you are "embargoed" or "isolated". You shouldn't be allowed out at all. You are criminals rounded up by your Godfather gangster Turkey, who holds your keys and lets you out occasionally to make trouble, lest we forget her racketeering demands ....

You see things in black and white, Oracle. Sometimes, I wish all issues could be seen like that.