in-cyprus 8 June 2025 - by Constantinos Tsindas
A Filenews report has been confirmed. The building housing the non-recognised ‘institutions’ of the breakaway illegal entity in the occupied territories of Cyprus was exclusively built on Greek-Cypriot property.
The complex was designed in Ankara, in line with Erdogan’s Palace, funded with Turkish money and inaugurated by the Turkish President himself during an illegal visit to the occupied territories on May 3rd, in yet another indication that the policy of usurping Greek-Cypriot land continues unabated.
Erdogan had promised the massive construction during an illegal visit in July 2021 and the work begun in the next year. Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, widely considered a moderate figure, had indicated back then that the ‘Palace’ was to be built on Greek-Cypriot property and at some point they would be reaction to this fact, warning of consequences.
‘Due to Greek-Cypriot reaction, no foreign dignitaries would visit the ‘palace’, Talat said in 2021. Meanwhile, the UN’s personal envoy on the Cyprus issue Anhela Olgin met with Tatar at the new building only last week.
Meanwhile, Nicosia continues to pursue legal action against usurpers, with new cases coming to light and currently under investigation, as Greek-Cypriot owners visit their properties and gather evidence against them.
The Green Party-Ecologists Movement recently informed President Christodoulides that it has evidence in its possession of at least 33 companies operating illegally in Greek-Cypriot real estate in the occupied territories, most of them Turkish owned. They will be handing over the evidence to authorities next week.
In light of these developments, most foreign usurpers are now abandoning the occupied territories and Ankara is encouraging Turkish investors to replace them. According to the Philenews report, the tactic of pursuing usurpers might eventually force the Turkish-Cypriot side to engage more seriously in negotiations.
The Nicosia line has damaged the Turkish rhetoric, with foreign minister Hakan Fidan putting the issue of property to the UN’s personal envoy when they met in Ankara last week, while also repeating the Turkish proposal to provide electricity from Turkey both to the occupied and the Republic-controlled territories.
Olgin returns to the island on July 3rd for a new round of talks, in preparation for the five party conference in New York on the 24th and 25th of the same month. Her goal is to maintain momentum until the so-called elections in the occupied north, scheduled for October.
