Issy1956 wrote:Dear Oracle,
Can you just explain to us how and when this will happen. I am not very clear on this. Are you waiting for the change in the balance of power so you can drive the invaders into the sea or are your legions of lawyers going to drive the Turks out for you in the law courts. By the way prior to 1571 the native Cypriots owned diddly squat -they were mere serfs, you have the Ottomans to thank for first giving you land rights.
We shall proceed as we are doing now. Nothing has been legally lost. ALL shall be regained by the rightful owners.
Since your history books do not stretch beyond 1571, it may shock you to learn that you had
nothing to do with setting up land ownership in Cyprus:
The patterns of individual ownership started to emerge, in Cyprus the period after the year 1050 BC. Before that period the system of land tenure was on a purely communal basis. An inscription of the 5th century BC excavated in Cyprus, and it can be described as a title to land. It mentions that the King of Idalio and the town itself rewarded a physician who had cured those wounded during a siege with the grand of royal lands, of a value of one silver talent, in full ownership. The inscription reveals certain important characteristics of land ownership in ancient Cyprus. It indicates that there were then not only royal lands but also private ownership, men-tioned by owner’s names. It also indicates the existence of land taxation and of inheritance in those days. The inscription mentions that it was placed under the protection of the priestess of goddess Athena, as a guarantee of title to ownership.
Source: Cyprus Country Report