Is it safe to buy property in Northern Cyprus?
During the last 34 years (from 1974 to 2008) so many people asked this question. And, the Turkish Cypriots answered YES, while the Greek Cypriots answered NO. The last 30 years showed that the Turkish Cypriots' answer applies. Yes, it is safe to buy in Northern Cyprus. Whoever bought a property within the last thirty years is still the owner. We have our title deeds issued by our government and we have been paying tax for it.
Moreover, after the referandum on 24 April 2004 for the United Nations (Annan) Plan which offerred a fair solution to both sides and fanatically refused by 76% of the Greek Cypriot population, the Turkish side proved that it is not the Turkish Cypriots who have been dividing the island. By accepting the Annan Plan (Kofi Annan: the UN General Secretary) with a 65% vote, the Turkish Cypriots accepted the unification of the island. Turkey's and Greece's troops would go back to their mother lands, both sides would give back some land or compensate accordingly in a fair way, and the island would enter into EU as a whole.
However, by trusting the Greek Cypriot politicians the EU countries made the same mistake as the Turkish Cypriots did in 1960. The EU countries were 100% sure that the Greek side would accept the Annan Plan, and therefore they signed the acceptance of the Greek side into EU before the referandum of the plan. And, of course after the referandum they were shocked by the results. Now the big bosses feel cheated. The Greek side who refused the plan was mistakenly awarded by the EU, but there is no way back. The only way is to recognise and lift the isolations on the Turkish Cypriots; the 200.000 unfairly punnished peacful people of the island. We can see from their recent talks that the Great Powers of the world have a more clear mind about the "Cyprus Problem", and are working towards a solution.
Unfortunately, by refusing the United Nations' Unification Plan, the Greek Cypriots refused their rights to claim on land in the north of the island and moreover, they prevented the Turkish Cypriots to claim on their lands in the south. Even more important, for a long time, they caused the doors of unification to be closed. We believe that, the refusal to the Unification Plan of UN is the second biggest mistake of the Greek side since 1974 - the biggest mistake was to attack on the Turkish Cypriots in 1974, and to try to apply the Akritas Plan (greek nationalists' plan to integrate the island to Greece). It's a shame that Turkish and Greek Cypriots cannot peacefully live together. It is hard to explain, why, instead of sharing the beauties of this planet people prefer fighting each other. WE are sad that we lost the chance, but at least, as Turkish Cypriots, we are now more legal than any other nation in the world, because we accepted the peace, the unification and whatever the United Nations offered, and we have been doing our best to peacfully join the rest of the world.
Yes, it is 100% SAFE to buy property in Northern Cyprus.
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