PROPERTY
Audit records gaps in the allocation of Turkish Cypriot properties
The Interior Ministry reported 20,093 active leases; the Audit Office found that 35% of professional-premises parcels were not leased to refugees.
11 July 2025
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A 11 July 2025 Ministry of Interior statement reported 20,093 active leases over Turkish Cypriot property, 86.5% held by displaced persons. The Audit Office separately reported that, of 8,880 parcels allocated as professional premises, 5,746 were leased to refugees and the remaining 35% to non-refugees and local authorities.12
Sources
- Ministry of Interior press conference on the reform of Turkish Cypriot property management, 11 July 2025A — primary / documentaryAn official press-conference statement by the Republic of Cyprus Ministry of Interior presenting its 2025 reform of Turkish Cypriot property management.Official announcement, 11 July 2025 — the duty-bearer's own statement: 20,093 active leases (86.5% with refugees), 2025 expected revenue EUR 6.5m, points-based eligibility system, enforcement figures; a stated position, not an independent findinghttps://www.gov.cy/esoterika-themata/parousias…https://www.gov.cy/esoterika-themata/parousiastike-i-metarrythmisi-tou-tropou-diacheirisis-kai-diathesis-tourkokypriakon-periousion/
- Audit Office special report TTP/01/2023 on Turkish Cypriot properties allocated as professional premisesA — primary / documentarySpecial report TTP/01/2023 of the Audit Office of the Republic of Cyprus on Turkish Cypriot properties allocated as professional premises.Special report TTP/01/2023, 24 May 2023 — of 8,880 parcels allocated as professional premises as of 31.12.2021, 5,746 (65%) were leased to refugees; the remaining 35% to non-refugees and local authoritieshttps://www.gov.cy/audit/documents/eidikes-ekt…https://www.gov.cy/audit/documents/eidikes-ektheseis-elegktikis-ypiresias/