Govt says Turkey uses IPC to avoid obligations

The government on Sunday said Turkey is using the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) to avoid its obligations to claimants who were displaced in 1974 and won cases in international courts.

The government cited the Xenides-Arestis group of cases, on which the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on various dates between 2007 and 2012 in favour of Greek Cypriot pre-1974 property owners who had demanded compensation for their losses.

With this in mind, they said they...