"‘I was born here. This is where I want to live’
By Constantine Markides
ARIF Mustafa yesterday did something that he has not done in over three decades: he opened the front door to his house.
In a landmark court decision on Monday, Turkish Cypriot Mustafa won the right to move into his old home after the government withdrew its appeal against a September 2004 Supreme Court ruling that gave him the right to return.
The case is particularly sensitive because the Greek Cypriot refugee family living in Mustafa’s house had to be relocated. But the family, which initially opposed leaving the house, has consented to the move, apparently because the new residence satisfied them. "
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