Warning issued to Brits in Cyprus – ‘You could end up in court!’ | World | News
The British are warned that in Northern Cyprus, property can go to court if they buy a house where they buy a house where they are cheaper than 50% than the south.
Undoubtedly, retired, who dream of a house in the sun because they retired, can discover that the purchased person does not have the soldier.
The reason for this is that Cyprus is an illegal occupied since an invasion in 1974 and is not recognized within the scope of international law.
During the invasion that divided the island into two, the amount of private property of the Cypriot Cypriots in the North North was 84%.
More than 160,000 had to flee to the south, now the Republic of Cyprus has left their homes and territory behind.
At that time, most of the 45,000 Cypriot Cypriots, who lived in the south, went in other directions and moved to some empty properties, such as settlers from Türkiye.
Now the Republic of Cyprus went on vacation of 1.3 million British every year, forcing the criminals who sell the properties where the fleeing Greek Cypriots are forced to leave behind.
In May, two Hungarian women were imprisoned for advertising the sale of Greek properties in online.
Now four people, a Ukrainian man, a German citizen and two Israelis are waiting for a various charges, including the sale and illegal ownership of a Greek Cyprus property.
Warnings are given about websites such as ‘overseas and overseas abroad’, which encourages Kyrenia, which is the capital of “Northern Cyprus’s tourism capital”.
A video titled ‘8 things you need to know about Cyprus’ on the website does not even mention that the island has been painful for half a century.
Instead: “Discover Kyrenia, an ideal place to live, invest or retire for Cyprus – Expatriates. Affordable living costs, quality health services and everything you need to know about your next home.”
The property in Northern Cyprus is significantly cheaper than the Republic of Cyprus, prices are usually 30-50% lower, mainly due to higher development and tourism and different currencies in the South.
The north uses Turkish Lira for British buyers that may be more favorable than the euro in the south.
Menelaos Menelaou, the chief negotiator of the Republic of Cyprus, warned the British not to be fooled by the purchase of a property in the occupied north.
He said: “They should definitely be careful, because they go to a place where a profession, a illegal profession and property, including the sale and purchase of a illegal regime, including any legal action.
“If illegal is a legal owner, which is a legal owner, but another title deed, which is a legal owner about the ownership of a Greek Cypriot, and that is a process that makes illegal activities.”
When asked whether a British person who bought such a property will be taken to court, “If the legal owner starts legal proceedings, they may find themselves in case of legal consequences. He cannot exclude this possibility, yes.
“Even if they do not buy the property on purpose, it will not constitute an excuse, because the buyer will have to check if the sale of the property is legal.
At the beginning of this week, the Financial Times reported that the government in Northern Cyprus had come to the fore to double the number of casinos and demanded fears between the Turkish Cypriots ‘dark economy’.
The region is exempt from EU legislation, including anti -money laundering directives.
Local residents expressed the fear that the region suffered from a capital flow of money laundering from Russia and Iran.
One said: “He is gambling in illegal casinos, real estate through the industrial exploitation of property, as well as the trafficking of human beings. These are three main ways to undertake illegal activities here.”
