Not so long ago, the numbers of applications to the IPC were trivial but this year they have skyrocketed. According to Mr. Gungor Gunkan over 5400 submissions have been launched with the Commission. If the economic austerity continues indefinitely, those applications will quadruple and effectively help Turkey establish a new Turkish Cypriot state; negotiations or not, the fate of Cyprus is caught in a Turkish mousetrap and nibbled away.
Source: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/01 ... ng-cyprus/