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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey says it won't pay Cyprus invasion damages |
| 2014-05-14 |
| [Al Ahram] Turkey said Tuesday it will defy a European court order to pay 90 million euros ($124 million) in compensation to Greek Cypriots over its 1974 invasion of the island. The European Court of Human Rights ordered Turkey to pay the damages this week, 13 years after finding it guilty of "massive and continuous" rights violations against Greek Cypriots on the island. The court ruling said 30 million euros should go to the families of people who disappeared after the invasion, and the rest to enclaved Greek Cypriots in the north of the divided island. But Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his country would not be bound by the ruling. "Considering the grounds of this ruling, its method, and the fact that it is a country that Turkey does not recognize, we do do not find it necessary to make this payment," he said. "We do not see the ruling as binding in terms of payment as it consists of legal contradictions," he said without elaborating. The eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus has been divided since Turkish troops occupied the northern third in 1974 in response to an Athens-engineered coup aimed at uniting it with Greece. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Once untethered from EU dreams, the Turks may go for best two of three, winner take all. |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-05-14 13:51 |
| #6 Cypress is still a festering boil on Europe I see. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-05-14 11:54 |
| #5 And if they paid, and the money deposited into Cypriot banks, they'd probably be screwed again. |
| Posted by: Raj 2014-05-14 09:04 |
| #4 Now the question is how long will there be an EU? Hopefully, not much longer. |
| Posted by: Lemuel Smith6287 2014-05-14 08:48 |
| #3 Turkey sure seems to have given up on joining the EU. Now the question is how long will there be an EU? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-05-14 07:27 |
| #2 Counter sue for the coup which triggered the invasion. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-05-14 02:17 |
| #1 So any EU country that owes Turkey should use the same logic not to pay? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-05-14 00:54 |