Council of Europe postpones Loizidou decision
The Delegates Committee of the Council of Europe couldn’t reach a decision on the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) verdict on Greek Cypriot Titina Loizidou’s case on Tuesday. They decided to discuss the issue next week.
The ECHR ruled that Turkey should pay $640,000 in compensation to Loizidou, because she lost her property during Turkey’s intervention on the island in 1974.
Turkey recently pledged to comply with the verdict by Oct. 8 (yesterday), but in exchange for an agreement between Turkey and the European court. According to Turkish officials Turkey and the ECHR have not reached an agreement yet.
Turkey says it may comply with the verdict in exchange for the sending of similar cases to a court in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) that specializes in property claims, adding the Loizidou case should not set an example for property claims to be filed in the future and that similar cases should not be accepted by the European court.
Turkey accepted an approximately $900,000 judgement for Loizidou, including interest, in the Delegates Committee meeting on Monday.
The Delegates Committee, which has made two decisions in the last three years on the issue, takes every occasion to call on Ankara to pay the compensation.
Turkey insisted on putting a clause in the decision of the Delegates Commitee that the Loizidou case not set an example for property claims filed in the future, then this move caused the postponement of the decision said the Anatolia news agency.
