The number of GC's who have abondoned hope for a settlement and who have applied to immovable property commusion in Northern Cyprus for compensation has risen to 381.
55 of them have received compensation and 3 have had their properties returened and the commission has ruled to exchange the property of 2 applicants.19 Greek Cypriots have withdrawn their applications.It is said that the remaining 301 GC's are demanding astronomical amounts in compensation, amount to 608,000,000 British Pounds.
This demand has once again revived the question as to who will pay out such a vast amount of money .
The fact that 301 of the 165000 or so GC refugees who left their properties in 1974 have alone requested such large sums of money in compensation has reinforced the common belief that the property issue will in no way be a simple matter to solve.
so far the compensation payments have been made by the TRNC ministry of Finance total of 7,804,000 British pound. this amount paid to 55 people .
they were asked for 56,826,000 pounds from the begining of agreements.