Kikapu wrote:YFred wrote:RAFAELLA wrote:YFred wrote:RAFAELLA wrote:You do not negotiate with the thief for something that is rightfully and lawfully yours.
With that mentality, Cyprus problem can be solved in 1 hour flat madam.
Excactly.
The mentality of the thief, though, is different.
Is that 1 earth hour or 1 Uranus hour?
Talking of Thiefs, didn't GC goverment offer the TC who owns part of Larnaca Airport 20,000 pounds - You will find thats exactly the formula the TRNC property commision is using. Whats the old saying - whats good for the goose is good for the gander dearest.
What year was that offer made, YFred, the 20,000 (Cyprus Pounds) and for how much land are we talking about.? Did anyone tell you, that property prices on the average go up, so that what was sold yesterday may be less than if it was sold today. I know the Annan Plan had it, that the GC's would be paid in 1974 prices for their land in the north, which would have been peanuts to what they are worth today, and who was going to benefit from the difference, not the legal owner of the property, but the illegal "owner".
This is the report regarding Larnaca airport. There is another report about how much he was offered. See how GC government treated his claim. Confirms my other comment.
This man owns Larnaca Airport
By Simon Bahceli
(archive article - Saturday, June 4, 2005)
IN A NEW twist to the ongoing property dispute, a Turkish Cypriot yesterday claimed ownership of a large portion of the land on which Larnaca airport is built and said he would be seeking up to £100 million worth of compensation, plus restitution of his lands.
Huseyin Helvacioglu, a refugee from Larnaca now living in Kyrenia, told the bi-communal weekly publication Dialogue, “They built Larnaca airport without my permission.
“Now I hear they are entering a second stage of building. I won’t let this happen. The land belongs to my brother and myself, and we want it back”.
It was unclear yesterday whether Helvacioglu had applied to begin legal proceedings against the Republic, but if he does, he will become the first Turkish Cypriot living in the north to seek compensation for properties expropriated by the state.
Helvacioglu’s claim comes in the wake of what is seen in the north as a legal onslaught against those who have invested in abandoned Greek Cypriot properties in the north.
Indeed, Helvacioglu’s statement warned yesterday that it was because of the flurry of lawsuits brought by Greek Cypriots that he had decided to go public about what he termed “illegal expropriation by the state”.
“For years we waited patiently for the property issue to be resolved through a settlement. But that didn’t happen, and now through individual cases they are taking Turkish Cypriots to court,” he said.
He added: “[Titina] Loizidou received one million dollars for her house in Kyrenia whereas, in the place where Larnaca airport was built, I have 92 donums of land right by the sea. Even if I was to get £100 million in compensation…it still wouldn’t be enough”.
Helvaciolglu said he was unaware his lands had been expropriated by the Cyprus government until after April 2003 when crossing were opened between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities for the first time in decades.
“After the checkpoints opened, I went to visit my land and I was shocked. I was angry, but decided it would be appropriate to wait for a while. Then I found out the Greek Cypriot side had agreed with a French company to carry out the building for the second stage of the airport on a ‘build-operate-transfer’ basis. I want to ask them whose property they are transferring.
“As the land owner, without my knowledge and approval, there can be no bargaining over my land. This is contrary to my human rights and I am warning them: The moment they put even one nail onto my land, they will find themselves in court”.
Lawyer and former legal advisor for the guardian of Turkish Cypriot properties Harris Kyriakides told the Cyprus Mail yesterday some Turkish Cypriots had never been compensated for lands and buildings that had since 1974 been expropriated by the government.
“There are procedures whereby people have to be notified if their property is to be expropriated. But in 1991, when the guardian of Turkish Cypriot properties law was passed, the guardian could then accept appropriations on behalf of Turkish Cypriots.
“The argument was that Turkish Cypriots living in the north could not be contacted, and were not allowed by the north’s regime to cross to the south. In some cases money was deposited on behalf of Turkish Cypriots, but in other cases the requisition process was not finalised, and no money was paid”.
Kyriakides said Turkish Cypriots who never received compensation for lands now being used for government projects should claim compensation from the state.
“Unless he [Helvacioglu] takes the government to court, he will not get any compensation until after a settlement,” he advised.
Sources in the north said yesterday Helvacioglu had earlier applied for compensation for his land from the Republic, but that had received no reply.
Kyriakides said yesterday he believed it was time the guardian law was dropped as freedom of movement between the two communities allowed Turkish Cypriots to be notified if their properties were to be expropriated for such projects.
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