"‘If my name was Maria, it would be fine’
By Simon Bahceli
Turkish Cypriot speaks out over discrimination in government offices
A TURKISH Cypriot resident of Larnaca complained yesterday her three-year struggle to regain access to the property her family abandoned in 1974 had been met with consistent stonewalling by the Guardian of Turkish Cypriot properties.
Single mother Halide Ali said yesterday she was considering taking the Cypriot government to court over continued delays in returning her property in Larnaca.
“I’ve been trying for three years to gain access to my family house, but I’ve been continually fobbed off by the government,” Ali told the Cyprus Mail yesterday.
According to Cyprus law, Turkish Cypriots who live permanently in the government-controlled areas have the right to apply for reinstatement to properties they or their parents abandoned after the 1974 Turkish invasion led to ethnic partition of the island."
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