Turkish Cypriot property stands empty in the south.
No one is allowed to build on Turkish land. Some Turkish land is being farmed by Greek Cypriots who know that the Turkish owners may one day come to reclaim it.
Also in some villages where there are many Turkish houses Greek Cypriots are allowed to occupy them for a peppercorn rent but know again that the owneres may one day reclaim them. These houses are being kept in good habitable condition so the Turkish owners will actaully benefit from the fact that they are being lived in and not standing empty and falling down like most Turkish owned houses in the South are.
We have only heard of a very small handful of case where Greek developers tried to build on Turkish land but they were forbidden by the land registry.
If there are any cases of Turksih land being built on we have not heard of them.
I must also add that I too lived here before the split and had many Turkish Cypriot friends. It is not the Turkish Cypriots who are the problem but the Turkish government and the Turks who were brought over from Turkey to swell the Turkish population.
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