The researcher and writer Mete Hatay spoke about the issue of property in Cyprus in a post on his social media account.
Hatay criticized the Greek Cypriot administration’s approach to the remaining Turkish Cypriot buildings in the south and said, “The Republic of Cyprus spent 650 million euros and built roads, dams, ports, airports, centers power, car parks, churches, immigrant homes. , over 22 thousand decares of Turkish properties.” built shops etc.
Just for the Vasiliko Energy facility, 850 decares of Mari / Tatlısulu Turks property have been expropriated in the past years.
Disinfection fees remained only recorded. So the owners were not paid. “ said
Here is Hatay’s post:
After property-related arrests resumed, some Turkish politicians and journalists brought Turkish property in the south to the agenda. Let’s look at the situation of goods in the south. The Republic of Cyprus transferred the management of 470 thousand acres of Turkish property in the south to the temporary Protection of Turkish Property, which they established in 1990, unlike in the north. This Protection aimed to rent buildings, use and develop them in various ways, and of course, maintain them. On the other hand, until the Guardianship was established, I think that almost 10 thousand houses or workplaces were built on Turkish properties, sometimes illegally. About 5,000 of these are Greek immigrant homes. In addition, the Republic of Cyprus spent 650 million euros and built roads, dams, ports, airports, power plants, car parks, churches, immigrant homes, shops, etc. on 22 thousand decares of Turkish property. Just for the Vasiliko Energy facility, 850 decares of Mari / Tatlısulu Turks property have been expropriated in the past years. Disinfection fees remained only recorded. So the owners were not paid. Currently, 250 thousand decares of agricultural land (grains, citrus fruits, potatoes, vineyards, etc.) are leased by the Vasilik to Greek Cypriot farmers at a very low price. Farms and facilities are also developed on these lands. In addition, 7,500 jobs and houses belonging to the Turks were given to southern immigrants. Since this is the case, the Cypriot government has largely been successful in preventing Turkish Cypriots who want to access their property or seek compensation through temporary decrees and laws. At first, those who applied for their property had to stay in the area under the control of the Republic of Cyprus, but later it was announced that the property could be returned to Turkish Cypriots who left the island before 1974. But the bureaucracy of the Republic of Cyprus made a great effort to ensure that this would be done with a “friendly solution” after the court process. In other words, the applicant did not immediately give his property to anyone. Even a British citizen of Turkish Cypriot origin, whose wife was Greek Cypriot and who had been living abroad since 1951, caused serious problems in the Mackenzie Beach case until he was able to return the property. Another problem in gaining access to the affected property is that the applicants live in Greek property. In short, in the current situation, southern migrants who keep goods in the north are under legal threat at any time, while they are also prevented from accessing the goods have in the south. Currently, nearly 150 property cases filed by Turkish Cypriots continue in the courts. A further 100 files are held before the Guard. On the other hand, the Cyprus Administration fights like lions at all levels to prevent the exhaustion of the local law. Currently, I have not been able to find out if there is a case that could be brought to the ECHR by overriding the local law. Payments were made by making a “friendly” agreement with nearly 20 Turkish Cypriots living abroad. As far as I learned, a payment of 20 million euros was made. It is claimed that the unpaid compensation tax is about 600-650 million euros. Three properties were returned to their owners with “friendly solutions”.
