Transport Policy Energy Judiciary and Fundamental Rights Justice , Freedom and Security Education and Culture Free Movement of Workers Foreign , Security and Defence Policy blocked by Greek Cypriots
One of the problems addressed in the “ Human rights and the protection of minorities ” section of progress reports on Turkey concerns property rights and refugees . As a result of the intercommunal conflict and military actions of 1963 and 1974 , many people had to be uprooted from their homes and move from one side of the island to the other . Consequently , there are around 228,000 IDPs ( both Greek and Turkish ) on the island 39 . The displacement of people caused loss of property for both sides and after the precedent set by the Loizidou v . Turkey case , some IDPs began presenting a claim to their properties in the north of the island . By the Loizidou v . Turkey case Turkey was claimed to be responsible for compensating the damage done to applicants . After its success , many Greek Cypriots began to apply to the ECHR and to avoid similar applications to the ECHR , the “ TRNC ” introduced a “ Property Compensation Commission ” in 2003 as a domestic remedy to be exhausted before applying to the ECHR 40 . However , it did not work properly so in 2005 the “ Law for Compensation , Exchange and Restitution of Immovable Properties ” was adopted which defined that all natural and legal persons could apply to the Immovable Property Commission ( IPC ) “ requesting restitution , exchange or compensation ” for their property 41 . As of April 2021 , 6,825 people have applied to the Commission and it has paid around € 366 mln as compensation 42 .
In general , the problems originating from the Cyprus conflict – communication and transportation , the property problem , and IDPs – have also
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Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre . ( 2019 ). Cyprus : Country Information . IDMC . https :// www . internal-displacement . org / countries / cyprus
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Xenides-Arestis v . Turkey ( admissibility ), No . 46347 / 99 ( European Court of Human Rights 2005 ), 23 , https :// sites . manchester . ac . uk / aog-judgements / wp-content / uploads / sites / - 155 / 2019 / 10 / Xenides-Arestis-decision-2005 . pdf
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Law for Compensation , Exchange and Restitution of Immovable Properties , no . 67 / 2005 ( 2005 ), 2 , http :// www . tamk . gov . ct . tr / dokuman / 67-2005yasaING . pdf
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Immovable Property Commission . ( 2021 ). Immovable Property Commission . http :// www . tamk . gov . ct . tr / english / index . html
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