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Cyprus RightsThe Republic of Cyprus claims the whole island, and owes every right that claim implies to every Cypriot. Cyprus Rights documents where that duty goes unmet for Turkish Cypriots — with sources.

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The law routes all receipts from Turkish Cypriot property into a special Fund. Section 9 of Law 139/1991 suspends payment of any amount owed to the owner while the abnormal situation lasts. The House of Representatives approved the Fund's 2026 budget with revenue of EUR 17.6 million, expenditure of EUR 19.9 million, and a reserve of EUR 5.85 million at the end of 2024. In one documented case, compensation for a compulsory acquisition was credited to the Fund, but payment to the owner was suspended. No cumulative income figure since 1991 has been published. No total ever paid to owners has been published either. The account an owner could draw on is not shown in the public record.12345

Basis and sources

Legal anchor Law 139/1991 (custodial administration); Article 1 of Protocol No 1 ECHR

Sources for this criterion

  1. 1. House plenary approval of the Turkish Cypriot Properties Fund budget for 2026B — institutional / reported · Cyprus Times (Cyprus News Agency wire) · 2025-12-04
  2. 2. Ministry of Interior press conference on the reform of Turkish Cypriot property management, 11 July 2025A — primary / documentary · Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Interior · 2025-07-11
  3. 3. Kazali and Others v. Cyprus, decision of 6 March 2012A — primary / documentary · European Court of Human Rights · 2012-03-06
  4. 4. Law 139/1991 consolidated text (CyLaw)A — primary / documentary · Republic of Cyprus / CyLaw · 2025-07-22
  5. 5. Turkish Cypriot Rights Issue Register and Legal Framework Register (Cyprus Rights reference corpus)D — open source · Cyprus Rights · 2026-08-24

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Sources

  1. House plenary approval of the Turkish Cypriot Properties Fund budget for 2026B — institutional / reportedCyprus Times (Cyprus News Agency wire) · 2025-12-04A Cyprus News Agency wire report carried by Cyprus Times on the House of Representatives plenary's approval of the Turkish Cypriot Properties Fund's 2026 budget.Cyprus Times/KYPE, 4 December 2025 — Plenary approves the Fund's 2026 budget: expenditure EUR 19,856,444, revenue EUR 17,642,828; accumulated reserve EUR 5,847,952 as of 31 December 2024https://cyprustimes.com/politiki/me-kritiki-egkrithike-o-proypologismos-tou-tameiou-t-k-periousion/
  2. Ministry of Interior press conference on the reform of Turkish Cypriot property management, 11 July 2025A — primary / documentaryRepublic of Cyprus, Ministry of Interior · 2025-07-11An 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/parousiastike-i-metarrythmisi-tou-tropou-diacheirisis-kai-diathesis-tourkokypriakon-periousion/
  3. Kazali and Others v. Cyprus, decision of 6 March 2012A — primary / documentaryEuropean Court of Human Rights · 2012-03-06Decision of the European Court of Human Rights declaring the joined applications in Kazali and Others v. Cyprus inadmissible for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies, 6 March 2012.Kazali and Others v. Cyprus, nine joined applications, lead no. 49247/08, ECtHR (Fourth Section), decision of 6 March 2012, HUDOC ref. 001-109812 (declared inadmissible for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies; not a merits ruling)https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/docx/pdf?library=ECHR&id=001-109812&filename=KAZALI+AND+OTHERS+v.+CYPRUS.pdf
  4. Law 139/1991 consolidated text (CyLaw)A — primary / documentaryRepublic of Cyprus / CyLaw · 2025-07-22The consolidated text of Law 139/1991, as amended through Law 136(I)/2025, on CyLaw.Law 139/1991 as consolidated through Law 136(I)/2025, especially ss. 6, 6A and 9https://www.cylaw.org/nomoi/enop/non-ind/1991_1_139/full.html
  5. Turkish Cypriot Rights Issue Register and Legal Framework Register (Cyprus Rights reference corpus)D — open sourceCyprus Rights · 2026-08-24Cyprus Rights' own internal reference corpus of registers tracking Turkish Cypriot rights issues and the applicable legal framework.Cyprus Rights reference corpus, compiled 24 August 2026: internal/reference/rights-issue-register-turkish-cypriot.md and internal/reference/legal-framework-register.md. Cited for duty-bearer positions as the registers record them and for documentation-gap statements; each register entry carries its own underlying sources