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Cyprus RightsThe Republic of Cyprus claims the whole island, and owes every right that claim implies to every Cypriot. Cyprus Rights documents where that duty goes unmet for Turkish Cypriots — with sources.

Property · Property owners

Money in lieu of the property

Report card / Property / Property owners

Living in the northLargely withheld25/100

In two documented cases, parts of Turkish Cypriot-owned properties were compulsorily acquired for public projects. The compensation was credited to the Fund, but its payment was suspended under the law. Since 2010 an owner can sue in the District Court; the European Court of Human Rights said it cannot exclude that this route works. Of the 45 custodianship applications the government reported deciding in 2010-11, only 3 sought compensation, and all three were withdrawn. No documented payment of money in lieu of property has been located for an owner resident in the north.12

Basis and sources

Legal anchor Article 1 of Protocol No 1 ECHR; Law 139/1991; Kazali and Others v. Cyprus, decision of 6 March 2012

Sources for this criterion

  1. 1. Kazali and Others v. Cyprus, decision of 6 March 2012A — primary / documentary · European Court of Human Rights · 2012-03-06
  2. 2. Turkish Cypriot Rights Issue Register and Legal Framework Register (Cyprus Rights reference corpus)D — open source · Cyprus Rights · 2026-08-24

Status litigated / stalledWeight 3/5Score 25

Sources

  1. Kazali and Others v. Cyprus, decision of 6 March 2012A — primary / documentaryEuropean Court of Human Rights · 2012-03-06Decision of the European Court of Human Rights declaring the joined applications in Kazali and Others v. Cyprus inadmissible for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies, 6 March 2012.Kazali and Others v. Cyprus, nine joined applications, lead no. 49247/08, ECtHR (Fourth Section), decision of 6 March 2012, HUDOC ref. 001-109812 (declared inadmissible for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies; not a merits ruling)https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/docx/pdf?library=ECHR&id=001-109812&filename=KAZALI+AND+OTHERS+v.+CYPRUS.pdf
  2. Turkish Cypriot Rights Issue Register and Legal Framework Register (Cyprus Rights reference corpus)D — open sourceCyprus Rights · 2026-08-24Cyprus Rights' own internal reference corpus of registers tracking Turkish Cypriot rights issues and the applicable legal framework.Cyprus Rights reference corpus, compiled 24 August 2026: internal/reference/rights-issue-register-turkish-cypriot.md and internal/reference/legal-framework-register.md. Cited for duty-bearer positions as the registers record them and for documentation-gap statements; each register entry carries its own underlying sources