{"id":50469,"date":"2014-05-13T15:30:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T12:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=50469"},"modified":"2014-05-13T15:30:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T12:30:06","slug":"turkish-government-rejected-court-order-to-pay-compensation-to-cyprus-breaking-news-50469","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/turkish-government-rejected-court-order-to-pay-compensation-to-cyprus-breaking-news-50469\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish government rejected court order to pay compensation to Cyprus \/ Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Turkish government is playing a dangerous games, they\u00a0has no plans to pay 90 million euros ($124 million) to Cyprus as ordered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday.<\/h1>\n

The money was ordered in compensation for Turkey’s invasion of the island 40 years ago.<\/p>\n

The East Mediterranean island has been split since 1974 – when Turkey sent in troops after a brief Greek Cypriot coup staged by supporters of unification with Greece. It comprises a southern Greek Cypriot state recognized worldwide and a breakaway Turkish Cypriot entity in the north recognized only by Ankara.<\/p>\n

Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey, which is seeking to join the European Union of which Cyprus is a member, sees no obligation to pay the compensation to a country that it does not formally recognize.<\/p>\n

“In terms of the grounds of this ruling, its method and the fact that it is considering a country that Turkey does not recognize as a counterparty, we see no necessity to make this payment,” Davutoglu told reporters.<\/p>\n

“Yesterday’s ECHR ruling consists of some legal contradictions and therefore we don’t see it as at all binding, in terms of payment,” he said.<\/p>\n

Cyprus brought the case to the Strasbourg-based ECHR 20 years ago, demanding financial compensation over missing Greek Cypriots, the property of displaced people and violations of other human rights.<\/p>\n

The ECHR is responsible for adjudication of the European Convention on Human Rights, to which Turkey is a signatory via its membership of the non-EU Council of Europe.<\/p>\n

The court ruled largely in Nicosia’s favor in 2001, but took more than a decade to decide on the sum to be paid, a delay Ankara, whose aspirations to join the European Union have long been frustrated by the issue, says is aimed at undermining a fresh peace drive on the island.<\/p>\n

“We think that this ruling has been the biggest blow to this process. If a comprehensive solution is desired, then everyone should be aware of their responsibilities. When looked at the history of this problem, the timing of this case is meaningful,” Davutoglu said.<\/p>\n

The Cyprus question has defied a small army of mediators over the years, amid disputes between estranged Greeks and Turks over power-sharing arrangements and the claims of thousands of people from both sides uprooted by the conflict.<\/p>\n

Turkey’s attitude towards international organizations is changing every day,\u00a0The United Nations organization has long criticized Turkey’s spoiled attitude, began to take reaction in the Western World.<\/p>\n

A new round of peace talks resumed in February. U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden is expected on the island on May 21-23 to try to spur on the process, Cypriot official sources said.<\/p>\nError, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 8)<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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