Turkey are dangling the opportunity of letting some Greek Cypriots reclaim their former homes, but it comes with a rule that's sowing dismay and strife. 9News
Yet a rope line prevents theCypriot cardiologist from walking down a shrub-festooned side street to see the home he fled as a six-year-old refugee in 1974, while Turkish troops approached the Famagusta suburb.
Now, Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots are dangling the opportunity of letting at least some Greek Cypriots reclaim their Varosha property if they accept the rule of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state as legitimate — a move that's sowing consternation and discord.A wrecked, rusting traffic light stands next to abandoned, shuttered shops along a freshly repaved street to accommodate sightseers strolling through Varosha."There's tremendous anger about what has happened here.
After decades of fruitless talks, Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots last year changed tack on Varosha, under a major policy shift seeking to formally partition Cyprus between two "sovereign and equal states" — ignoring the agreed-upon framework for a federation of Greek- and Turkish-speaking zones.A faded shop sign is displayed above a rusting fence preventing access to the gutted souvenir shop in Varosha.
Applications must go to the Immovable Property Commission, a Turkish Cypriot legal body endorsed by the European Court of Human Rights. The IPC was created to adjudicate property cases of Greek Cypriots seeking to reclaim their property, as a first step before potentially reaching the ECHR.A rope barrier in the foreground prevents sightseers from nearing what used to be a Greek Cypriot high school for girls in Varosha.
Oz Karahan, the Turkish Cypriot president of the left-wing peace association Union of Cypriots, says Turkish Cypriots who lost property of their own in the south empathise with Varosha's refugees. He's among many Turkish Cypriots who consider Tatar's rule illegitimate, claiming his election followed unprecedented Turkish interference.
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