Nikitas wrote:Gasman,
Cyprus has a fairly good land registry backed by detailed topographic maps. Locating the real owners is not that hard.
The purchase of land which has been forcibly sold or exchanged in the framework of a settlement is a possibility that cannot be excluded. For instance, a GC who has been forced to accept a land exchange, in the future can purchase his original land. It will cost money, but if he wants to pay it, who can object? He will be duly registered as a new owner and that will be it. Attempting to regulate against such repurchases is contrary to EU regulations.
I have repeatedly said that in a post settlement Cyprus the notion of bizonality will be stressed to the point of non existence as people converge to areas where the jobs and money is. In the end we might be facing a TC constituent state with a majority of GCs living there, and the majority of TCs living in the GC constituent state. My opinion is that this state will occur wihin 5 to 10 years of a settlement.
This might be the case, but for one little thing ,Turkey and its eu entry ,the americans this week have been pushing the eu to move faster on turkey's entry, And if they do join the eu then freedom of movement will mean a big influx of turks into cyprus ,and a majority tc //turkish population in both states,Something to think about