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[magikthrill]

Hey guys,

I was wondering if anyone was aware of the procedures involving suing Turkey for not allowing my family to "safely enjoy" their property in the ECHR.

Are there any lawyers who work pro bono or only accept a comission of the potential earnings.

Time frames etc would be appreciate too.

Thanks.

[garbitsch]

I am thinking of suing a country too, but it's RoC, becuase they made my family refugees in 64 till 67 and they made them refugees again in 74. They have taken my family's citizenship rights and its police misbehaved my uncle by beating him and taking him captive. They destroyed my family's two storey house with a shop attached to it. Another house was settled by a Greek Cypriot, and this country refuses to give that property back to my family before establishing a settlement in Cyprus. On contrary, it advocates a legal prosecution for the G.C properties in North at the European level against Republic of Turkey.

[magikthrill]

garbitch lets sue together. it wasnt the RoC though who beat up your uncle but a GC so you cant sue the government directly. but i think you can stick with the property rights.

i mean if it was like that we could sue the turks for the crimes committed by the ottomans.

[Yiannis]

I am thinking of suing a country too, but it's RoC

Well my friend if u really think u can support this in ECHR then why dont you give it a try? Dont come crying though if they reject it for being ridiculous.
Especially this point:

On contrary, it advocates a legal prosecution for the G.C properties in North at the European level against Republic of Turkey.

Its like saying in the court i want to sue this guy for steeling my house but on the same time i dont want him to sue me for stealing his


Peace bro

[Svetlana]

Without moving this topic to CYPROB, if it is not there already, there are already anumber of cases where people in the North are being sued by GC. Also, now a number of 'Interpol' Arrest warrants issued against Estate Agents. Most are directed against Europeans, a very few against TC. There have also been a couple of cases of TC taking legal action against GC land occupiers.

Enter 'Orams' into your search engine of choice and you will see a very interesting case; now that the RoC is in the EU Court decisions can be enforced anywhere in the EU (in theory).

Lana

[garbitsch]

My uncle was beaten by RoC police. So it's like saying "you cannot sue Turkey, because Cyprus was occupied by the Turkish soldiers not the Turkish Republic itself".

Its like saying in the court i want to sue this guy for steeling my house but on the same time i dont want him to sue me for stealing his.

I didn't mean that. I just showed the controversial situation that the G.Cs are in.

i mean if it was like that we could sue the turks for the crimes committed by the ottomans

So what happened to T.Cs is as old as the Ottoman rule and deserves no sympathy, but what happened to G.Cs is so fresh that the ECHR is only looking at the cases related to them. Come on!

[Main_Source]

im all for TC taking RoC to ECHR if the case is legit...but on the other hand, how many TC can really prove that they were forced at gun point to leave there land, as opposed to willingly leave because the TMT told them to do so for the grand taksim idea.

but if any TC can take RoC to ECHR, then I havent got a probelm with it.

[magikthrill]

I was referring to suing Turkey not the TC population thoguh. Either way our house is occupied by gypsy like settlers who cant speak english.

[demetriou_74]

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[detailer]

im all for TC taking RoC to ECHR if the case is legit...but on the other hand, how many TC can really prove that they were forced at gun point to leave there land, as opposed to willingly leave because the TMT told them to do so for the grand taksim idea.

but if any TC can take RoC to ECHR, then I havent got a probelm with it.

How could you actually prove this one?