Jery wrote:Lordo wrote:Jery wrote:Lordo wrote:https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-religion-2ba6f064df3964ceafb6e2ff02303d41
This item clearly is in the center of it.
This is what Israeli law causes.Settler groups say the land was owned by Jews prior to the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation.Israeli law allows Jews to reclaim such lands but bars Palestinians from recovering property they lost in the same war, even if they still reside in areas controlled by Israel.
We than have the Mayor of Jerusalem claiming that this case is a legal case and it has been going on for 50 years. How can a person not connected in any way with the properties lay claim to their ownership simply because they are Jewish. Only in Israel right.
This is a similar law also applied in the RoC regarding GCs and TCs. TCs living in Cyprus are also not allowed to claim their properties in the south whilst GCs are allowed to claim their properties in the North.
What is worse is the fact that TCs who left Cyprus before 1974 and are allowed to claim their properties in the south by law are also blocked from claiming their properties. So it seems RoC cannot even adhere to the laws it passes if they apply to the TCs.
But we are not really worried as the properties are only being protected for our own interests because if we get them back there is no knowing what we may do with them is what they are thinking. Right?
"whilst GCs are allowed to claim their properties in the North". You are joking, whilst GCs may be able to claimtheir property in the north they have zero chance of getting it back and wait for ever for compensation because the IPC has effectively ceased to function. How many TCs now live in the south of the ROC, how many GCs now live in the pirate state? Turkey is creating facts on the ground by colonising the "trnc" and now we are told we have to face the "new realities" in future negotiations. Steal somebody's land, breed on it for a generation or two and it becomes yours - that has been Turkeys plan since 1974. Bloody hypocrites!
Clearly Risk Management is not a subject my friend as zero chance means nobody would be allowed to return. As the report above clearly sows there are those who have been allowed to return, But this fills me with joy because I understand what it means to be kicked out of your home and have no chance of returning to it which is the situation in the south. Now that is zero chance.
Enjoy.
http://www.parikiaki.com/2019/10/greek-cypriot-rebuilds-home-in-his-native-village-in-the-turkish-occupied-northern-cyprus-decades-after-exodus/
And of course needless to say, you are obviously not aware of the GC policy of dring TCs from Cyprus through fear and economic starvation as well as the 100 Cyprus Lira they were paying TCs to sign a confirmation that if they return they will have no right to return. Of course not. Why would you be aware of this.
I really pity the average GC, I really do. I visualise them as that lost kid, sitting in the middle of the war zone, looking lost, unable to comprehend what is happening all around.
A handful out of 6000 applicants is very close to zero you ignoramus. I note you forgot to say how many TCs there are in the ROC. The GCs are being offered a fraction of what their property is worth but don't take my word for it. Old news but still valid today.
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BARÇIN YİNANÇ September 14 2017 By BARÇIN YİNANÇ [email protected]
Turkey needs to do some serious talking with Turkish Cypriots
Mustafa Akıncı, the president of Turkish Cyprus, is scheduled to speak today at a conference organized by the Economic Development Foundation (IKV).
Following the collapse of peace talks, it must be difficult for someone like Akıncı, who built his whole political career on the reunification of the island, to keep optimism high. His task was already complicated as he was sharing power with a government unenthusiastic about the peace talks and in favor of the continuation of the status quo.
The Turkish government probably is facing, on the one hand, a president who would prefer not to think about an alternative strategy and wait for the aftermath of the elections in Greek Cyprus with the hope of resuming talks, and on the other, a government that would see no problem continuing the status quo as the benefits of the system suits perfectly those at the ruling positions.
But the status quo is untenable, as Turkish Cypriots continue residing on legally controversial lands and properties.
For years the Turkish side was labelled as the one obstructing reunification talks. With the policies of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), this image was reversed and in the course of the last decade, the Turkish side has shown its good will for a permanent settlement.
In the absence of a settlement, now say some, it is time to take steps that will legitimize the situation with the help of Greek Cypriots who are willing to solve the problem of their remaining properties in the north on a unilateral basis. For there are many Greek Cypriots who are willing to turn their properties in the north into cash through the immovable property commission that was defined by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) as an acceptable domestic remedy.
Yet the commission stopped working effectively as the flow of cash from Ankara stopped with the expectation that intercommunal talks would end with a settlement. Following the collapse of the talks, the immovable property commission needs to be reactivated as its term is due to expire by the yearend. The issue, however, is not simply extending the term of the commission which requires a new law. The commission needs to work efficiently; its work should not be obstructed by the Turkish Cypriot government.
Let me explain. When a Greek Cypriot applies to the commission, he or she asks for a certain amount of money for compensation. This offer goes to the interior ministry, which makes a counter proposal that is usually much less than what the applicant originally asks for his/her property. What happens is that an agreement is reached on an amount that is usually much lower than the current value of that property.
In dire straits due to the economic crisis in the south as well as with no hope left for reunification of the island, the applicant accepts it probably thinking “it is better than having nothing.”
But instead of letting the commission do its work and solve the property issue on a case by case basis, the government in Turkish Cyprus started giving signs of reviving the “global exchange” option, which is the exchange of abandoned Turkish Cypriot property in the south with abandoned Greek Cypriot property in the north. But this is not a realistic option and it remains a mystery that makes the government in Turkish Cyprus believe that Greek Cypriots will accept such an option.
Nevertheless, the interior ministry has lately been offering such low amounts for compensation that the Greek Cypriot applicants find it impossible to accept. This is seen as a sign of the unwillingness displayed by the Turkish Cypriot government for the efficient functioning of the property commission.
But the continuation of this trend will jeopardize the recognition of the commission by the ECHR.
Apparently, some Greek Cypriots have already applied to the Strasbourg court, saying the commission no longer functions as an effective remedy. If the ECHR were to decide against the commission, this would be catastrophic because it will take a very important mechanism from the Turkish Cypriots’ hands to legitimize the current property situation in the island. This is a mechanism that is not only recognized by European law; it so far proved to be a rather “inexpensive” solution to the decades-old Cyprus problem. The Turkish Cypriot government so far paid 255 million pounds in compensation. When you do the maths and add together with the amount of the estate that has been subject to that compensation, sources familiar with the issue suggest that this amounts to only 15 percent of the real current value of these lands.
Ankara, which has been paying the compensation money, needs to do some serious talking with the Turkish Cypriot administration in order not to jeopardize this mechanism. But obviously such a conversation might turn one to be nasty since the government is expected to tell Turkish Cypriots to chip in too.
Jerry you are a serious man who was educated in the UK to a good standard I presume. You are taking the words of an ass who has not even been to Cyprus. The valuations are TRNC standard and the prices change according to where the land is.
Here is a real example of an exchange. Tell me this is unfair.
Lets look at the facts.
Greek Cypriot refugee Dr Mike Tymvios was offered 27 donums of land which included a school and an industrial unit in Larnaca. Now than RoC refused to hand over the properties in question and offered him 13 Million Euros in exchange instead. If the 27 donums in Larnca was less than 13 Million worth, surely they would have offered him the land but they did not. So as they offered him, 13 million that makes 22,666 Euros per donum in the north which is farm land by the way. Do you suppose what he got in Laranca was just worth 13 Million, like hell it was. Unless of course you do not believe in what RoC is doing either.
I don't need to read what some gaco wrote in Turkey. I look at the facts.
https://www.news.cyprus-property-buyers.com/2012/07/10/first-ever-land-swap-deal-approved/id=0012112?fbclid=IwAR2BsiAuP7-nG0CSo03Petrfx-uADesv76qPf9pq5Azgm7YxJJ0nkG-ct60