RECENT FACTS, FIGURES 
AND STATEMENTS 
EVIDENCING ILLEGAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
1. Imports of construction materials into the occupied territories 
 
IRON TONNES
IRON VALUE
(US$)
CEMENT TONNES
CEMENT VALUE (US$)
YEAR        
2001
17,856
3,672,000
50,914
2,654,000
2002
23,848
(+33.6%)
5,528,000
50,950
(+0.07%)
2,570,000
2003
38,222
(+60.3%)
11,392,000
85,268
(+67.4%)
4,366,000
2004 (until July)
42,335
(+10.8%)
17,979,000
106,200
(+24.5%)
5,489,000
(Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris, 2 August 2004)

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 2. Applications lodged with the occupation regime by foreign nationals for the "purchase" of immovable properties in the occupied territories:
 
YEAR
APPLICATIONS
2000 228
2001 309 (+35.5%)
2002 591 (+91.3%)
2003 955 (+61.6%)
2004 (until 8 September) 1,701 (+78.1%)
N.B.: The so-called "minister of interior" of the puppet regime, Mr. Ozkan Murat, predicted that by the end of 2004 the number of applications for the said year will match the total number of applications for ALL previous years taken together! 
(Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeni Düzen, 
3 October 2004).
(Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeni Düzen, 9 September 2004)
3. Referring to the intense land development being observed in the occupied territories since 2002, Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister, Mr. Abdullatif Sener, stated, inter alia, that:
 
  • . in 2001 foreigners "purchased" 63,000 square meters ("s.m.") of land,
  • . in 2002, 290,000 s.m.,
  • . in 2003, 613,000 s.m.
Mr. Sener admitted that Greek Cypriot properties are involved in the abovementioned transactions.
(Turkish newspaper Milliyet, 23 August 2004).

4. The so-called "finance minister" of the puppet regime, Mr. Ahmet Uzun, admitted that the property provisions of the Annan Plan gave investors the incentive to build on Greek Cypriot properties and observed that construction activities will make the return of Greek Cypriots to the northern part of Cyprus more difficult.
(Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibrisli, 20 August 2004).

5. Turkish Cypriot politician, Mr. Izzet Izcan, stated on 2 September 2004 that in the period April-September 2004 the value of property "sales" in the occupied territories reached $2 billion.
(Phileleftheros, 4 September 2004).

6. Noting that the sale of residences in the occupied territories had reached 10,000 the former chairman of the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Eren Ertanin, stated that over the past two years the prices of immovable properties there have doubled.
(Turkish newspaper Milliyet, 12 October 2004).

7. The chairman of the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Industry, Mr. Salih Tunar, stated that the on-going construction of 4 large hotels in the vicinity of the occupied Greek Cypriot village of Vokolidha will substantially increase the already existing number of tourist beds in the puppet regime.
(Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris, 12 October 2004).
 
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