The registration of property in Varos will take from six months to a year, EVKAF General Director Ibrahim Fatih Bender told Yeni φάafak, adding that they have already decided which land they consider their own and that they are now investigating which buildings exist on that land. what is their infrastructure status. As he said, an E / C who had invested in that land will be able to rent it.
The General Director of EVKAF claimed that the title deeds showing that the land belonged to them belonged to him by chance in a building in Varosia in 1990, while he also claimed that there was a document proving that the British had not given 1.5 million pounds to buy the property. of the bakufis but for their repair. On the other hand, Professor Ata Atoun claims that the Greek Cypriots during the period of British rule forged property titles from Varosia to Larnaca.
Specifically, the Turkish newspaper Yeni φάafak, with the headline "The ownership of the Varosians is ours", writes that Ankara and the pseudo-state have the titles of ownership of the Varosians in their hands, claiming that during the Ottoman period Varosias belonged entirely to the vakufia. According to the newspaper, a team of experts studied the property titles one by one and that according to international law, one cannot touch the properties of the bakufis.
"The registers were found by chance"
According to the same sources, in 2009 a group of experts who knew the Ottoman Empire came from Turkey and studied all property titles from 1571 to 1974. In particular, they studied 2.443 registry books, 13 thousand files and 8 million documents. This research resulted in 20 million data which were converted into electronic form. An additional 424 thousand documents and thousands of photos were stored in electronic form so as not to be damaged.
According to information given to the Turkish newspaper by the General Director of EVKAF Ibrahim Fatih Bender and the then advisor of Rauf Denktash Professor Ata Atun, as part of that investigation, the recording work began in Varosia.
Ibrahim Fatih Bender stated that according to the works, most of Varosia is the property of the Waqf.
"We know that the closed city of Varosia belongs to three Vakoufia. The registers are in our hands, they are Vakufi Lala Mustafa Pasha, Vakufi Abdullah Pasha and Vakufi Bilal Aga. After the "Operation Peace" (invasion 1974) entry to Varos was limited. In the 1990s, the Varosia registers were accidentally found in a building. These documents were wanted by the Greek Cypriots but they were arrested. "All these documents were submitted to the court and it was decided that they are the property of Vakoufion", the General Director of EVKAF claimed in statements to the newspaper.
According to Ibrahim Fatih Bender, the registration work is carried out on the property titles that they submitted, stating that "if the work is done at a fast pace, the registration will take six months to a year". "We know which land is ours but there are issues, such as the research of buildings on this land and the state of infrastructure. This is our area closed for 45 years that has been destroyed. "After the end of these works, if there is a purchase of services by large companies with acceleration of procedures, Varosia can return to its old days", said the General Manager of EVKAF.
"Possibility to rent in Greece"
Bender said that there will be the possibility of renting the land of Varosia to E / k that had invested there. "In case an E / K comes and says' I had a hotel there and I accept that it is vakufi land. "I am ready to sign a rental contract. 'Then we will tell him okay, he signed the contract and we will give you the building for which you invested for rent," he said.
The General Director of EVKAF claims that "the claim of the Greek Cypriot side that the area had been bought by the British for 1,5 million pounds is unfounded". "At the time when the property of the bakufis was managed by the British, the cost of rent was decided by the British. For years the British administration kept rents very low.
Because the British administration kept rents low, revenue was insufficient and Turkish areas were neglected. To repair the damage to low-income buildings due to a mistake made by the British, who admitted their mistake, they gave the Turkish administration 1,5 1960 million. This text is referred to in the XNUMX Appendix U Agreement and is mentioned in the document as to why this money was given. "The misconception that prevails in the community is that the money was given for the fortunes of the vakufis that had been looted and that these fortunes cannot be taken back," he said.
"The Greek Cypriots forged securities"
Professor Ata Atun claimed that "after the British seized the island, they filled the public services with Greek Cypriots who started making fake property titles". "Especially these forgeries were made for the waqfs of Abdullah Pasha and Lala Mustafa Pasha in Varosia and in lands that reach as far as Larnaca. In 1915 the British issued decrees and in complete contradiction with the regulations of the bakufis allowed those who used the properties of bakufis to sell them.
Nevertheless, the Lak Mustafa Pasha and Abdullah Pasha vakufs in Varosia are Mülhak (sacred). That is, the Mülhak waqfs are those that are dedicated to Allah, they can not be sold, donated or made, "he said.
Source: KYPE