are these figures true ,,???

apc2010


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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 03:04

pre 1974 , According to data , prepared both under British rule and since Independence, the percentages of land ownership in Cyprus are as follows:



Greeks Turks Others State Land

60.9% 12.3% 0.5% 26.3%

"State Land" includes: communal properties (such as grazing areas), roads rivers, lakes, forests and other state owned lands.



The percentages of privately owned land are as follows:



Greeks Turks Others

82.7% 16.7% 0.6%

tonyhickey



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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 03:14

Check the 60s

Groucho



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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 07:20

Looks like the Greek Cypriots have taken all the state lands....



Don't know where you figures come from... but you will need to clarify. The ROC state that TC 37% land occupation is an abuse because before 1974 only 30% of land was occupied by TCs. This is even though in their heyday TC's were only about 20% of the population they were mostly rural farming communities and farmers tend to have larger land uses than other occupations.



Of course their numbers declined as they emigrated to avoid ethnic strife... Some TC lands were misappropriated by GCs acting with malice forcing 'sales' under duress.

andre514


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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 09:26

apc message 1:



without having seen the original figures I am unable to comment on your statistics as such



the general idea that ethnic gc's and their government usurped most of the land and businesses,

pre-1974 is a matter of fact



what ownership means today is far less clear than it may appear from some international edicts:



firstly much of the "former gc property" has now had one or more new generations in posession,

...and the ECHR for the first time in 2010 accepts they cannot simply be turfed out



secondly, without any agreement between the communities on a suitable settlement,

the practical chances of all cyprus departees returning to previous addresses seems most unlikely



a land for peace deal to resolve all outstanding "ownership" was roundly rejected in the 2004 vote,

besides the turkish cypriot leader eroglu has proved unwilling to renew any offers of trnc territory



so to sum up, time marches on in cyprus to the detriment of all "claimant" hopes

Pugwash


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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 18:24

I am sure it includes the land the GC's stole at gunpoint for beans, "sell me your land or your family will all be killed" type purchase.

cockneylondon



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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 19:39

i as a turk born in the limassol area can confirm that land that belonged to my grandparents is now registerd to gc .