The Cyprus conflict has been on the world's political agenda for more than fifty years. Regardless of other events, the property issue will likely to dominate the conflict. So, there has been great effort to solve the property issue in the Cyprus conflict. Settlement of the Cyprus conflict and solution to the property issue will affect the interrelationship between the communities and their living. In this context, people who are dealing with the issue need to clearly understand the spirit and the boundaries of the property rights.
However, this issue is very complex and approaches of both parties to the issue are very different. After allocation of the properties there will be heterogeneous mixture of population and as they highly differ along the custom, religion and language that it will not be easy to establish a homogeneous structure. As the world's attraction points changes in the international dimension more attention needed in order to reach a settlement on the island.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF CYPRUS
2.1. The Ottoman Rule
2.2. The British Rule
2.2.1. The 1878-1954 Period
2.2.2. The 1955-1959 Period
2.3. Cyprus In the 1960's
2.4. The 1974 Intervention Of Cyprus
2.5. The Post 1974 Intervention Period
3. ACTORS OF THE CYPRUS CONFLICT
3.1. The United Nations
3.2. The Ghali Set of Ideas
3.3. Recognition
3.4. The Security Council Resolutions
3.4.1. The Security Council Resolution
3.4.2. The Security Council Resolution
3.5. Internationalization of the Conflict
3.6. The European Union
3.7. Developments in Eastern Mediterranean
4.NEGOTIATIONS
4.1. The Negotiations Before the Ghali Set of Ideas
4.2. Troutbeck and Glion Negotiations
4.3. New York and Geneva Meetings
4.4. 2000s Negotiations Process
4.4.1. The Christofias-Talat Period
4.4.2. The Christofias-Eroğlu Period
5. THE ANNAN PLAN
5.1. The Annan Plan Foundation Agreement
5.2. The Annan Plan Provisions
5.2.1. Dispossessed Owners
5.2.2. Current Users
5.2.3. Territorial Adjustment
6. THE PROPERTY ISSUE
6.1. Scope of the Concept
6.2. The Pious Foundation In Cyprus:Evkaf
6.3. Turkish Cypriot Proposals On Property
6.4. Greek Cypriot Proposals On Property
6.5 Analysis About Proposals
7. LEGAL BASIS OF THE PROPERTY ISSUE
7.1. International Covenant of Civil And Political Rights
7.2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
7.3. Law For The Compensation, Exchange and Restitution of Immovable Properties
(Law No. 67/2005)
7.4. The European Convention For The Protection
Of Human Rights And Fundamental Freedoms
7.5. The Property Board
7.6. The 1/3rd Rule
7.7. The Immovable Property Commission In Northern Cyprus
7.8. The Pinheiro Principles
8. THE ECHR AND CASES ABOUT CYPRUS
PROPERTY
8.1. The ECHR
8.2. Turkish Cypriot Cases To The ECHR
8.3. Greek Cypriot Cases To The ECHR
9. CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDICES
Appendix A London-Zürich Agreements
Appendix B Treaties Concerning the Establishment
of the Republic of Cyprus
Appendix C Population Exchange Agreement
Appendix D Law 67/2005
Appendix E Application Form of TRNC IPC
The Cyprus conflict has been on the world's political agenda for more than fifty years. Regardless of other events, the property issue will likely to dominate the conflict. So, there has been great effort to solve the property issue in the Cyprus conflict. Settlement of the Cyprus conflict and solution to the property issue will affect the interrelationship between the communities and their living. In this context, people who are dealing with the issue need to clearly understand the spirit and the boundaries of the property rights.
However, this issue is very complex and approaches of both parties to the issue are very different. After allocation of the properties there will be heterogeneous mixture of population and as they highly differ along the custom, religion and language that it will not be easy to establish a homogeneous structure. As the world's attraction points changes in the international dimension more attention needed in order to reach a settlement on the island.
