#Turkish Cypriot property

Business owners operating out of Turkish Cypriot properties expressed growing anger on Wednesday over steep rent increases imposed under amended legislation governing Turkish Cypriot properties, according to the small shopkeeper’...

The government has terminated more than 300 rental contracts for abandoned Turkish Cypriot properties after it was found that tenants were violating their terms. Details of an audit of the Turkish ...

The House refugee committee has requested that the Turkish Cypriot property management service director submit the points used for allocating TC housing and business premises, citing transparency concerns, committee chairman ...

Lefkara mayor Sophocles Sophocleous accused the interior ministry on Thursday of ignoring illegalities involving Turkish Cypriot properties in the town. “They are turning a blind eye,” he said. Speaking on ...

The interior ministry has dismissed allegations that it had mishandled Turkish Cypriot property in Lefkara, saying that on the contrary it showed “zero tolerance for the illegal appropriation of Turkish ...

Mismanagement of Turkish Cypriot homes in Pano Lefkara has been highlighted as a long-standing issue, with some houses reportedly used simply for storage, the town’s mayor has said on ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Friday hailed the changes to the laws surrounding the use of Turkish Cypriot-owned property in the Republic, which were passed by parliament on Thursday night. ...

Parliament on Thursday wrapped up its review of new regulations governing the assignment and use of Turkish Cypriot properties in the south, promising a fairer and more equitable system for ...

Turkish Cypriot property in the south will no longer be made available through bidding, a practice that in the past allowed them to be allocated as holiday homes, the House ...

Another decision was issued by the European Court of Human Rights, after an application by the owner of an apartment block in Varosha. It ordered Turkey to pay compensation of €18,000 ...

Turkish Cypriot properties available for use by Greek Cypriot refugees will be made public every three months on the website of the service that manages them, the House refugee committee ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Tuesday called on the state to expropriate Turkish Cypriot buildings that are in bad shape, in a move that would revitalise the old part of ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Tuesday said the Turkish Cypriot authorities would begin to issue arrest warrants for people they accuse of using Turkish Cypriot property in ...

There is “no reason for concern” among Greek Cypriots living on land owned by Turkish Cypriots who are now demanding that the land be returned to them, the interior ministry ...

The managers of a property in the Paphos village of Timi have moved to initiate the eviction of Greek Cypriot refugees whose homes were built on land belonging to a ...

Allegations about shady dealings and corruption at the interior ministry’s service administering properties owned by Turkish Cypriot are nothing new. We have been hearing them for years. Administration of ...

Civil servants are said to have made millions virtually overnight by appropriating Turkish Cypriot properties and taking advantage of the lack of supervision by the interior ministry run guardian of ...

The House refugee committee wrapped up its discussions on the management of Turkish Cypriot properties on Tuesday, having decided on regulations for the distribution of residences, business establishments and agricultural ...

Regulations governing the concession of Turkish Cypriot properties by the guardian and their management by refugees will be submitted to the plenum on March 27, officials on the House refugees committee ...

MPs on Tuesday decided to give the attorney-general’s office a fortnight for feedback on some loose ends relating to a bill changing the way in which Turkish Cypriot properties ...

A bill providing for the visual inspection of Turkish Cypriot properties by a civil engineer before being allocated to eligible refugees received mixed reactions from MPs on Tuesday. The bill ...

Large corporations are running Turkish Cypriot properties in Larnaca’s Mackenzie area, raking in profits while not paying a single cent in fees for the privilege, MPs said on Tuesday. ...

Members of the House refugee committee on Tuesday highlighted the need for rationalising legislation concerning Turkish Cypriot properties, as discussions began a bill regarding their management. Laws regulating the management ...

Designated users of Turkish Cypriot properties on Mackenzie beach, Larnaca protested outside the interior ministry on Wednesday over plans by the government to sign contracts with people subletting their properties. ...