The law concerning the placing of certain properties under the care of the guardian law 139/91 is a law that was passed under extreme circumstances when bicommunal broke out and turned violent a little while before and following the 1974 invasion of Turkey into the island, as many Turkish Cypriot’s were forced to move out of their properties in the southern part of the island to escape retaliation from Greek Cypriots and headed to the northern part which was controlled by the Turkish army, seeking protection therein. Asa result they never came back to the south since then and were not allowed to visit or live in the south for that matter until for more than three decades. Also, a lot of Greek Cypriots fleed their homes in the southern part for simmillar reasons as their Turkish Counterparts to seek safety in the south.
These facts spearheaded into motion the said law which claims to balance out the lng lasting effects that where created by the Turkish invasion, however it seems more than a political move rather than an act ….
