Monday, June 26, 2006

Turkish land offer rejected by Greeks - World - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

"Turkish land offer rejected by Greeks

By Andrew Borowiec
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
June 26, 2006

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- The first tangible Turkish-Cypriot offer to compensate the victims of a 1974 invasion has caused a storm of derision among Greek Cypriots, who denounced it as a ploy.
Some politicians on the Greek-Cypriot side of the dividing line demanded that those accepting the proposed settlements by the Turkish-Cypriot property commission should be tried on charges of treason. Already one potential beneficiary has refused an offer of $500,000. "

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