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The proprietor of a hotel in Paphos is threatening to jump off its roof after the administration of Turkish Cypriot properties decided to take back the property, reports said on Tuesday.The man climbed on the roof after members of the administration went to the hotel in the morning to take possession of the establishment....

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If they decided to take back the property, then he shouldn't have had it in the first place. TC properties should only be occupied by GC refugees from the north until a solution to the Cyprus problem is found.
In the past TC properties have been rented to ineligible people due to a level of corruption. The current government are trying to sort this out.

Funny thing Flossie . I was having coffee with the owner this afternoon and I can say with fact it is not the agapinor hotel is privately owned by the family so people should go by factual information !
Regards Andrew

Thank you Andrew. Perhaps Flossie could pass on that info to whoever reported to her that it was the Agapinor.

The Kinyras is a great place for a meal and drinks. Hope they can solve it all amiably.

A.

It could never have been the Agapinor Hotel as it was built comparatively recently and long after after 1974. The Kinyras is a much older hotel in Makarios Ave, in the recently
pedestrian part which leads to the market. It is a nice old hotel with a lovely internal courtyard, very traditional in style. But, in my opinion money needs to be spent on it to modernise parts of it. Now it is clear why the present ‘owner’ presumably is reluctant to do so knowing its history.

The whole business of many buildings north and south who are presently occupied by people to whom they don’t belong is because the island is still divided. Unfortunately, this can only be properly sorted out if and when a proper settlement and a reunification of the island takes place.

Dee

Hotelier climbs down from hotel’s roof after threatening to jump over an eviction



A hotelier, tenant of Turkish Cypriot property in Paphos, has climbed down the roof of his hotel after he threatened to jump over an eviction of part of the property.

The man climbed on the roof of the two-storey hotel after employees of the custodian of Turkish Cypriot properties went to the location to retrieve a basement area and a storage space, adjacent to the hotel.

According to philenews, the man has been renting the building from Greek Cypriots who were given the property by the custodian.

The man climbed on the roof of the hotel around 7:30 in the morning and stayed there until 5 pm, claiming that authorities are targeting him and are trying to “financially strangle” him with the evictions and with roadworks that are currently conducted in the area of his businesses.

He said that he will only get off the roof if a court issues a decree to stop the eviction.

However, he was convinced to come down after he was promised a meeting with the director general of the Interior Ministry to discuss the issue.

Employees of the custodian of Turkish Cypriot properties changed the locks of the basement area and the storage space.

Philenews explains that the custodian and the municipality of Paphos want to retrieve these properties in order to create a square.

Under current law, property belonging to Turkish Cypriots permanently resident in the Turkish-occupied north is managed by the custodian of Turkish Cypriot properties which is under the Interior Ministry. Properties are rented by the Custodian, with priority going to refugees.

Custodian of Turkish Cypriot property’s response

The eviction of the businessman from the properties is perfectly legal, custodian of Turkish Cypriot property officer Maria Savvidou told CNA on Tuesday.

She said that the man did not sign a contract for the properties located next to his hotel, despite the custodian’s attempts to convince him to do so which started in 2016.

The custodian is taking legal action against the man for inflicting damage in Turkish Cypriot property, Savvidou said.

The properties in question have been donated to the municipality of Paphos after a court order and contracts have already been signed, Savvidou concluded.

https://in-cyprus.com/hotelier-threaten ... tels-roof/