Before the noise of the provocative allegations of the General Director of EVKAF, that they hold property titles that show that part of the enclosed city is owned by the Turkish Cypriots, the narrative developed by the Turkish side is demolished. The well-known lawyer Achilleas Dimitriadis, with many years of experience in property issues of the occupied territories, presented unshakable evidence that the allegations of the Turkish side are not true. The second important issue raised by him is the way the people of Famagusta themselves react to what is provocatively supported in the occupied territories.
Mass appeals
At a time when the illegal regime of the occupied territories seems to be preparing to make moves with the closed city of Famagusta, but also the allegations of possession of titles that show, according to the Turkish side, that EFKAB is the owner of property inside the closed city, Mr. Dimitriadis puts on the table the mass reaction of Famagusta residents by appealing to the Committee on Real Estate Occupation of the Occupied Territories. Specifically, Mr. Dimitriadis proposes that E / K property owners, within the city of Famagusta, appeal to the Committee of the Occupied Territories in response to a possible opening of the fenced city. The appeal, as he clarifies, will concern exclusively the requirement for restoration and for loss of use from 1974 until today. In this way, Mr. Dimitriadis argues, the Turkish side will be forced to restore these properties to its owners without being able to do anything else.
State assistance
According to figures released by the Occupied Territories Commission, of the approximately 6 appeals before it, 500 relate to the property of the fenced city. The reactionary framework that Mr. Dimitriadis puts on the table, provides for the timely preparation of the E / k owners, if and when the Turkish side implements the threats for opening the city under T / C administration. Here, Mr. Dimitriadis asks for state aid in order to assess the value of the specific properties. It is important, the state notes, to submit the Cadastral estimates for this property that is in the fenced city. The Turkish side presents the values of the fenced city much lower than those calculated in the free areas. "And the reason is that we rely on the prices of the free zones and they rely on the prices of the occupied territories," he added.
Half a million pounds
The photo shows the signatures of Rauf Denktash and Fazil Kutsiuk for the half a million pounds that the British government has deposited in their joint account for the claims of the Turkish Cypriots and EFKAB.
The other important element that sees the light of day and can be used against Turkish claims is a document-proof of payment, half a million pounds from London to Rauf Denktash and Fazil Kτσιç .k. That amount is part of the εκα 1,5m set by the British government to fully and ultimately meet all the demands of the Turkish community, including the high council of EFKAB, of which Dr. K Κçούk was the president. And the Turkish Cypriots also assumed that they would not have any claims in the future after this payment. A third element that refutes the Turkish claims for property rights has to do with the ECtHR and its decision in the Xenidis Aresti case. Explaining the legal dimension of the whole issue, Mr. Dimitriadis reminded that the ECtHR rejected EFKAB's claim that its property belonged to Aresti. According to Mr. Dimitriadis, this decision is doomed. Since then, as he added, the Turkish side has corrected its narrative and has taken proceedings in the occupied territories, EFKAB against the subordinate administration where it allegedly says that it has a court decision that finds the ownership of EFKAB for the fenced city. Of course, we do not accept these, he noted.
Source: KATHIMERINI / Apostolos Tomaras