THE FEDERAL COURT OF USA REJECTED GREEK CYPRIOTS' REQUESTS TO RETURN NORTHERN CYPRUS OR TAKING COMPENSATION (09.10.2014):
The news of the decision of the Court: (13.10.2014): [
link to www.courthousenews.com]
The website of the case of the Court: [
link to dockets.justia.com]
The decision of the Court.....: [
link to docs.justia.com]
From the Court decision:
1. "..Greek Cypriots
CANNOT CLAIM that the government in control of Northern Cyprus gave their homes to Turkish Cypriots....
2. Although the United States does not recognize it as a state, the
TRNC purportedly operates as a
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC with a president, prime minister, legislature and judiciary...
3.
TRNC is
NOT VULNERABLE to a lawsuit in Washington"
NOTE: Previously,
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rejected Greek Cypriots' request to return Northern Cyprus.European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) (27.05.2010):
“The houses which the Greek Cypriots left in North Cyprus are not their homes any more because they have lived almost for all their lives in another place and they have no concrete and persisting links with the houses they claimed. Therefore Greek Cypriots have no right to return to the North.”