It's clear that the silent majority of Cypriots who may not have access to internet and to these columns,have a desire to be part of Europe and live like true Europeans.
Most of the postings though,give the opposite impression which cannot materialise because the destination that all of us want to arrive,cannot accept deviding lines and abuse of human rights.
So,you wise guys save your breath and leave politics to the professionals.
Don't you all agree that we should give a chance to the two Leaders to see what they can do about it?

Michael A
I think the turks prefer to keep the money and stay put !
Thank you for your kind input .
I think there is as much chance of turks going back to turkey as there is off the greek cypriots going back to arab land which is were you originally came from.

Christoph@ said "When Cyprus is reunified"
I am looking up at the sky, to see if elephants are flying.

"To be reassumed when Cyprus is reunified"
And Christmas will be in August this year!

Emir Soler (Fri, July 30th 2010 at 13:16 ) Here is a good story about banks reluctant to lend.

Necmi Sıdık, the director of Kumsal Emlak, said there is not much interest in properties that Turkish Cypriot refugees from Greek Cyprus received as compensation after the division of the island in 1974 because many banks do not grant mortgages for these properties.

"People are cautious, and driven more to buy properties that belonged to Turkish Cypriots [also prior to 1974],” he said.
Mustafa Metiner, Director of Boray Emlak, emphasized the lack of interest from foreign buyers as one of the important reasons for the stagnation in the market.

"While in Nicosia property prices are high, in Kyrenia the property market is suffering from a shortage of originally Turkish-owned properties," he said. Metiner also reiterated problems some foreign buyers have faced in northern Cyprus when lawyers had not researched properly if the property they bought was subject to a court order or mortgage.

"Measures have now begun to be taken, however slightly too late. These kinds of situations have arisen also in property markets in Spain and the United Kingdom," he said.

Erman Ertuna, a sales representative at Noyanlar Construction, said the number of British customers in particular has dropped due to the effects of the economic crisis in the U.K. "There is uncertainty in the market.

In addition, banks are not making getting loans easy and do not accept compensation property [given to Turkish refugees by the Turkish Cypriot state after 1974 for the property left on the Greek side] as mortgage lien," he said.

One of the reasons for the stagnation in the market is that northern Cyprus is not known well enough overseas, Ertuna said, adding that buyers should thoroughly investigate the title deeds of the property they are about to buy before proceeding with the purchase.

All of this is a well deserved millstone around the neck of Turkey.

To all the genuine turkish cypriots on this forum, i am neither pro greek or turkish as a country of conflict myself i appreciate both sides have done wrong, i have met many turkish cypriots myself and find them to be an amazing people,i also beleive the turkish culture is part of a bi culture of cyprus, when i hear turkish music it reminds me of cyprus as much as greek music. however we have to acknowledge right and wrong, what happened to the greeks in 1974 was wrong,the turkish cypriots in the sixties was wrong, the attitute and behaviour of the uk, the greek nationalists the list goes on......But we have to respect some form of law and order, the greek cypriots like it or not make up 82 percent of the islands population,and an agreement must be found that they also can live with and find just. at the end of the day they are offering a bi zonal communal federation within the eu, and joint presidency etc why is it anytime someones mentions 1974 or the settlers or varosha,there is a constant leaving of hate messages of what happened in the past and comments like long live the "TRNC" and constant gloating about how they will never return to the north. turkish culture and identity is part of that island through the turkish cypriots, you can have your rights without the demands associated with victory hate and revenge.

val hehe

OOps Did I do Wrong posting the facts ???

I am Sorry, My Fault I thought the ROC was A European Countryie EU, Nobody Explained Rustefeti !!!

Even When the Ministry of Interior Announced there investigation Results Declaring the House I Bought Was Not from the Sellers,

From this point The Ministry Went into RUSTAFETI MODE to the EU

Its Laughable How many thousand Scammed And Skimmed. And the Rustafeti Republic of Cyprus defense is Silence ??????

Sensible comment from Paul in Ireland. JH still carping on about robbing lawyers and property (repetitive theme) and Evagoras should crawl back under the stone he normally inhabits.

Burt serioualy neds to read up a litte about 74 and displacement.

Incidentally, although currently in the UK I was born in Cyprus and spent the first 20 years of my life there, leaving in 1969. I am therefore well placed to speak on the issue. I am English.

Evagoras, I have news for you: there will be no reunificaton. That way you can keep on raping, killing and stealing entirely on your own in South Cyprus.

Will the RoC compensate the Turkish Cypriots for the occupation of their land by Greek Cypriots?

Serves the greedy donkeyettes right.

I want to Enter my House in the ROC ie EMBA

But I have been a Bad boy I Exposed & beat 2 lawyers in Court, So my House is now Robbed And there is no record of a Police Case number or investigative Officer.

Oh Now I found the House I Bought That Both Sets of lawyers Insisted The Couple Selling it Where the owners NOPE wrong on that.

The Paphos lawyers have been forgetting to register House transactions after Deducting the Taxes from the Sales price.

Oh what the Hell They need the money to Fight To reclaim houses in the North ??

Paul , your statment 'More importantly greek cypriots would happily vacate such properties if they could have there ancestral homes back in the north.' Please identify the source of this information.

"200.000 greek cypriots left the north of cyprus not of there own choosing"
No, but by the wrong choice of the Greek junta, Mr. Sampson and his Greek Cypriot supporters.

I wonder what property they use in the south??

What does that mean in a year of global downturn?

Yes, Emir, I have seen Mykonos offered on ebay.

Quite funny to read both sides trying to justify their stances and the outcome of this case. Simple fact is that it is going to cost the greek cypriot government and the turkish cypriot government huge sums of money to settle these cases. Money they haven't got.

I hope their childish negotiations continue for a very long time and that both governments are bankrupted by the claims on them.

Original claim from IPC in TRNC was 24 Million

my ardent desire is that the property issue is fairly resolved by the two negotiators of Cyprus with the consent of the original owners.
However , it seems that the knot is very difficult to unravel.
Turkish Cypiots also lost their properties from 1958-63-67-74 and Greek Cypriot authorities or individuals usurped the toils and revenues. They, too, have to pay large amounts of compensation to Turkish Cypriot victims who are queuing before the ECHR. The courts will handle thousands of complaints and demands for compensation or return of properties to their lawful owners through many more years to come.
It is an extremely complicated problem.
Let Christofias and Eroglu spend the rest of their lives trying to find ways to resolve the property problems.
In the meantime, many legitimate owners pass away and the issue becomes more and more complicated for the heirs.
ozcanhan