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[insan]

Confused, exactly WHO is suing the Turks???

And if by a miraculous miracle the lawyer won, and even by a bigger miracle Turkey actually paid, to whom would this money goto??

I think it is just more yankee postiering !

It will die very quickly unfortunately.

Hey, there's no harm in trying a? At least some attention may be brought to the invading, murdering antics of the Turks.

perhaps the Yanks would suddenly realise that there are more people on the planet other than themselves

Go for it!

Yanks? The owner of the law firm is a Greek American.

All citizens of the USA are Americans under the US constitution no matter what ones ethnicity may be.!

@B25,

Class action lawsuits are very common occurrences in the USA and often in large amounts. The recipients of such awards are divided amongst the victims who sign up to be part of the class action suit after the lawyers take their 40% of the award. It costs nothing for the victims to go forward with such suits.

Considering the North Americans were being called as Yanks during the American civil war and the first phase of Greek emigration to America took place after some decades of the American civil war; seems Greek Americans have nothing to do with Yanks except living in the same country.

Insan, stop being such a prick.

I used the term Yanks to denote Americans, USA, or whatever, why do you need to give us an American civil war lecture FFS.

Would you like me to rephrase my original post??????

Kik, thanks man, I understand now, how can I sign up or do you need to be an American Citizen??

Ey be yarrak.

[Kikapu]

Kik, thanks man, I understand now, how can I sign up or do you need to be an American Citizen??

Call the man directly and they will be happy to include you in the Class Action suit. The more the merrier as far as the lawyers are concerned. I do not believe you need to be an American to be part of the suit, but they will be happy to make you one if you win a lot of money for sure.

Just as the case against Libya over the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie did not require one to be an American to be part of a class action suit. They all got $10 million US Dollars for each victim.

All questions or requests are to be directed to Athan Tsimpedes at 202-772-3159 or 202-345-4318

[Tim Drayton]

Yes it would Tim, but in all reality, he will hope to settle out of court at far less then the original amount asked for. Even 1 1/10th would be a lot of money to go all around that would make the victims very happy as well as the law firm involved, which would require a very large team of lawyers to handle such a case. And yes, unimaginable bonuses and partnerships will be given to many lawyers if such a case was to be won by the law firm in question.!

Other ancillary professions like legal translators may even get the odd crumb or two!

[Kikapu]

Yes it would Tim, but in all reality, he will hope to settle out of court at far less then the original amount asked for. Even 1 1/10th would be a lot of money to go all around that would make the victims very happy as well as the law firm involved, which would require a very large team of lawyers to handle such a case. And yes, unimaginable bonuses and partnerships will be given to many lawyers if such a case was to be won by the law firm in question.!

Other ancillary professions like legal translators may even get the odd crumb or two!

Yes, sad but true, Tim.!

[RAFAELLA]

Greek Cypriots in US sue Turkish Cyprus

Friday, October 23, 2009
SEFA KARAHASAN
NICOSIA – Milliyet

Greek Cypriots living in the United States have opened a court case against Turkey and Turkish Cyprus at a District of Columbia Court. They claim their property rights have been violated and are seeking $400 billion in compensation, according to reports from the Greek press.

Representing Greek Cypriots Mihalis Tumazos, Nicolas Kancilaris and Marula Tumasoz, Greek-American lawyer Athan Chimbidis delivered the lawsuit petition to the D.C. court. In the petition, Chimbidis referred to the law that allowed opening a court case against another country in the United States. The lawyer said Turkey could not be present in court as the case was opened in the United States.

Greek press reported that the case’s reasoning also said, “Turkey and the Turkish Army carried out and maintained the ‘occupation’ with American equipment it bought/was provided by the United States,” and that such an occupation is in violation of U.S. law.

Greek press said the Greek Cypriot applicants asked for nearly $400 billion in compensation. It was also reported that the application claimed that international real estate company RE/MAX International and HSBC Bank aided in and benefited from the illegal use of Greek properties in Turkish Cyprus.

On the other hand, in an article on Oct. 4, Greek daily Politis wrote that the Greek Land Registry Administration had announced the total amount of compensation to be paid for Greek property in Turkish Cyprus as 4 billion euros. The report said 81.4 percent of the land on the island belonged to Greeks and 16.8 percent belonged to Turks, while Turkish Cyprus maintains that 71.5 percent of the land belongs to Greeks and 26.7 percent belongs to Turks. The remaining 1.8 percent belongs to other property holders.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php? ... 009-10-23#

[Gasman]

My Southern American pal tells me that they are quite used to being called 'Yanks' by people from outside the US and that it is within the US that the distinction is more often used.

[Pax]

A couple of straightforward questions needs answering : Why in district of Columbia ? Under what jurisdiction ? And alleging what violation/s of which instrument/s ? Unless there's a clear answer to these, all the rest is speculation.

[T_C]

Why would they do that while there's negotiations going on?

We don't even know what they're discussing so why would they take Turkey to court now?

I hope the Turks can see through this and don't react negatively. Its blatantly a GC trap to get Turkey as agressive and uncompromising as possible so that the talks will eventually fail...

[YFred]

Why would they do that while there's negotiations going on?

We don't even know what they're discussing so why would they take Turkey to court now?

I hope the Turks can see through this and don't react negatively. Its blatantly a GC trap to get Turkey as agressive and uncompromising as possible so that the talks will eventually fail...

Their aim is to stop the talks.

[MR-from-NG]

Confused, exactly WHO is suing the Turks???

And if by a miraculous miracle the lawyer won, and even by a bigger miracle Turkey actually paid, to whom would this money goto??

I think it is just more yankee postiering !

It will die very quickly unfortunately.

Hey, there's no harm in trying a? At least some attention may be brought to the invading, murdering antics of the Turks.

perhaps the Yanks would suddenly realise that there are more people on the planet other than themselves

Go for it!

Yanks? The owner of the law firm is a Greek American.

All citizens of the USA are Americans under the US constitution no matter what ones ethnicity may be.!

@B25,

Class action lawsuits are very common occurrences in the USA and often in large amounts. The recipients of such awards are divided amongst the victims who sign up to be part of the class action suit after the lawyers take their 40% of the award. It costs nothing for the victims to go forward with such suits.

Considering the North Americans were being called as Yanks during the American civil war and the first phase of Greek emigration to America took place after some decades of the American civil war; seems Greek Americans have nothing to do with Yanks except living in the same country.

Insan, stop being such a prick.

I used the term Yanks to denote Americans, USA, or whatever, why do you need to give us an American civil war lecture FFS.

Would you like me to rephrase my original post??????

Kik, thanks man, I understand now, how can I sign up or do you need to be an American Citizen??

Ey be yarrak.