Hi Veronica,

Certainly don't want to get into a slanging match with anyone over this issue... but there are good and bad stories to be told/heard regarding both sides. If the press is to believed then Larnaca airport and some of Paphos airport are built on Turkish Cypriot land. I accept that some houses may be left standing and empty, but in an area such as Paphos, which had a strong Turkish Cypriot community, then it is obvious that the properties have not been left empty, the land has been built on and it will all have to be sorted out once, if ever, and agreement is made.
As I say, I don't want to get into a tit-for-tat arguement with anyone so this will be my last input on the subject, but everyone buying/retiring etc. to Cyprus, on either side of the border, should be fully aware of the potential problems associated with buying on either side.