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[repulsewarrior]

...he is building his own home on his own land, the former home demolished. Thanks to the IPC it is a solution for this man which has no denial, "Title Deeds" were issued. And yet, after years of planning, shock from his neighbours, those who likely fear any change, react with threats and disdain.

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/06/01/gree ... the-north/

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/05/31/elde ... s-outrage/

...a Cypriot, as Patriots go.

...your comments,

[Lordo]

come on rw you should know better than this.


“Villagers in Kozanköy say they will petition to stop an elderly Greek Cypriot building a house on his pre-1974 land, returned to him under a settlement through the IPC – but insist they would oppose the construction, whoever was behind it. Police were called to calm angry scenes last Friday after diggers moved in to start work on 78-year-old Nicolas Skourides’ ‘dream house’, on a near-one-donum plot, where his family’s home once stood. Mr Skourides, 78, a self-confessed former EOKA fighter and patriot, was not present at the time.”
According to the report the village muhtar Hatice Besiktepeli, who came from Paphos to settle in the village said: “The land adjoins a newly built house and also has a dirt road running through it to other properties.
“They put in markers for the construction of a big house that will almost touch the neighbouring house, and it completely takes in the dirt road. This has made the residents angry… the house is being built wrongly, and the authorities are to blame. They don’t regulate constructions”, she said.
Mrs Besiktepeli said that after last Friday’s protest, which resulted in the Lapta municipality officials being called in, the work had been halted because there is no building permit. She added that villagers’ reactions had been wrongly portrayed as anti-Greek Cypriot. “This is not true. It would have been the same had it been a Turkish Cypriot person doing this”, she said.
Lapta mayor Fuat Namsoy has confirmed that construction had been stopped because of the lack of a permit. He said however, that an application had been made and “procedure is being followed”.
Diyalog, Cyprus Today

Do not jump to conclusions.

[Lordo]

there are 8 other gcs who have had their properties returned in this particular village.

http://www.yeniduzen.com/kozankoy-ilk-iade-karari-degil-103196h.htm

[repulsewarrior]

...thanks Lordo, interesting read.