28 Jan, 2009
Greek Cypriots find justice in the European Court of Human Rights
The Court has asked all of the applicants three from villages in the occupied district of Famagusta on the east and five from villages in Kyrenia district on the north and the Turkish government to submit, within three months from the date the Court judgment becomes final, their written observations.
The Court also held that the heirs to these Greek Cypriots could continue the present proceedings, instead of the applicants themselves.
The Court rejected Turkeys argument that domestic remedies have not been exhausted and therefore the European Court should not have accepted the applications. Turkey maintains that a self-styled properties commission, set up by the illegal Turkish Cypriot regime in occupied Cyprus, is effective domestic remedy for property claims.
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