Agamemnon
2009-12-17 14:54:46 UTC
US COURT - GREEK CYPRIOT LAWSUIT - TURKEY
A lawsuit, relating to Greek Cypriot Turkish occupied property, has
been filed in the United States District Court of Columbia on behalf of
three Greek Cypriots against Turkey and the illegal Turkish Cypriot
regime in northern Turkish occupied Cyprus. The claim amounts to 400
billion dollars and relates to the loss of use and the exploitation of
their property, which has been under Turkish occupation since the 1974
Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
The lawsuit was filed on 19 October 2009 in the Washington D.C. court
by Mihalis Toumazou, Nicolas Kantzilaris and Maroula Toumpazou on their
behalf and on behalf of the group consisting of all individuals who had
property rights affected by the invasion and current occupation in the
north of Cyprus whose number exceed 200,000 individuals. Turkey is sued
as a foreign state in violation of its duty of care, arising from
commercial activity. The lawsuit is based on the fact that Turkey
invaded Cyprus in 1974 and is maintaining its illegal occupation in the
island with the use of American weapons, while according to US law
Turkey had the duty not to use the weapons obtained from the USA in
violation of international law or offensively. Persons whose rights are
affected by this violation can sue Turkey in the American courts.
The illegal regime in occupied Cyprus, not having recognition in the
USA, will be sued on US soil as a group of people for illegal
transactions, namely the use and sale of the infrastructure and
property of Greek Cypriots and occupied municipalities. As explained at
a press conference by the lawyer who filed the lawsuit Athan Tsimpedes,
in the USA one can file a lawsuit against a foreign government through
the exceptions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, one of which is
the commercial activity exception.
A lawsuit, relating to Greek Cypriot Turkish occupied property, has
been filed in the United States District Court of Columbia on behalf of
three Greek Cypriots against Turkey and the illegal Turkish Cypriot
regime in northern Turkish occupied Cyprus. The claim amounts to 400
billion dollars and relates to the loss of use and the exploitation of
their property, which has been under Turkish occupation since the 1974
Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
The lawsuit was filed on 19 October 2009 in the Washington D.C. court
by Mihalis Toumazou, Nicolas Kantzilaris and Maroula Toumpazou on their
behalf and on behalf of the group consisting of all individuals who had
property rights affected by the invasion and current occupation in the
north of Cyprus whose number exceed 200,000 individuals. Turkey is sued
as a foreign state in violation of its duty of care, arising from
commercial activity. The lawsuit is based on the fact that Turkey
invaded Cyprus in 1974 and is maintaining its illegal occupation in the
island with the use of American weapons, while according to US law
Turkey had the duty not to use the weapons obtained from the USA in
violation of international law or offensively. Persons whose rights are
affected by this violation can sue Turkey in the American courts.
The illegal regime in occupied Cyprus, not having recognition in the
USA, will be sued on US soil as a group of people for illegal
transactions, namely the use and sale of the infrastructure and
property of Greek Cypriots and occupied municipalities. As explained at
a press conference by the lawyer who filed the lawsuit Athan Tsimpedes,
in the USA one can file a lawsuit against a foreign government through
the exceptions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, one of which is
the commercial activity exception.