>I made my way out of the village and towards Long Beach, and as I progressed further down that road, the Russian language and occasionally the Arabic language began to appear on signs on the front of offices and shops.
Most likely those signs were not in Arabic, but in Farsi (Persian language).
> According to Vladislav, around 70 per cent of people who own or reside in the new buildings in Long Beach and Bogazi are Russian, with the others largely being made up of nationals of other former Soviet states, Eastern European countries, Israel and Germany.
That guy has a bias because he caters for the Russians-speaking audience. There are a lot of Russians but they are not THAT dominant. And he totally forgot to mention the Iranians which are the second large immigrant group in Iskele/Trikomo. Since he probably does not speak Turkish, he has no contact to Turkish mainlanders who also buy those flats.
>Some of the owners will likely have been compensated by the Immovable Property Commission and will have handed their title deeds over, but given the scale of construction, it is inherently possible that multiple Greek Cypriots are unknowingly the legally recognised owners of some of the tallest buildings on the island.
I don’t believe that any of the land in Iskele which is now built on went through the IPC. Otherwise they would advertise it. While most Russians do not care, for other groups a “clear” status or even title is a selling advantage. Some high rise buildings in Famagusta city are built exactly on the Turkish-title land for that reason.
Also, there is surely no GC who is “legally recognised owner of some of the tallest buildings on the island”. They own the land, not the building. Like you don’t get to claim a car that parks on your property.
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>I made my way out of the village and towards Long Beach, and as I progressed further down that road, the Russian language and occasionally the Arabic language began to appear on signs on the front of offices and shops.
Most likely those signs were not in Arabic, but in Farsi (Persian language).
> According to Vladislav, around 70 per cent of people who own or reside in the new buildings in Long Beach and Bogazi are Russian, with the others largely being made up of nationals of other former Soviet states, Eastern European countries, Israel and Germany.
That guy has a bias because he caters for the Russians-speaking audience. There are a lot of Russians but they are not THAT dominant. And he totally forgot to mention the Iranians which are the second large immigrant group in Iskele/Trikomo. Since he probably does not speak Turkish, he has no contact to Turkish mainlanders who also buy those flats.
>Some of the owners will likely have been compensated by the Immovable Property Commission and will have handed their title deeds over, but given the scale of construction, it is inherently possible that multiple Greek Cypriots are unknowingly the legally recognised owners of some of the tallest buildings on the island.
I don’t believe that any of the land in Iskele which is now built on went through the IPC. Otherwise they would advertise it. While most Russians do not care, for other groups a “clear” status or even title is a selling advantage. Some high rise buildings in Famagusta city are built exactly on the Turkish-title land for that reason.
Also, there is surely no GC who is “legally recognised owner of some of the tallest buildings on the island”. They own the land, not the building. Like you don’t get to claim a car that parks on your property.