Greek 'Ban' on Selling Property in the Turkish Cyprus
 

The Greek-Cypriot Administration has put a former law from 1970 into practice and banned the selling of 'Greek property' to Turkish people to prevent Greek goods from being sold in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

According to the news in Greek press, the law known as 1970/49 gives the Interior Ministry authority to ban the transformation of sales of property "in case the person who purchased the property is persuaded that he/she has the probability to use the purchased goods to affect the public security."

The Greek Interior Ministry is investigating a Greek's demand to transfer the rights to five square meters land in Girne (Kyrenia) he owned before 1974 to an English company in the context of the 1970 immovables law.

Greek Land Office Manager Andreas Hristodulu has commented on transferring formerly Greek property in TRNC to a non-Greek saying, "The position that will give confirmation in the basement of 1970/40 numbered law on state security is Interior Ministry."

Hristodulu has said that the former Greek properties in the North are allowed to be sold only to Greeks. However, the Greek press has stated that the law is opposed to the constitution and the European Human Rights Convention.

Dr. Yesim Sahiner says "this is a part of ethnic cleansing against the Turkish Cypriots. The Greek administration tries to clean all Turkish traces on the island and tries to maintain the island Greek forever."