Ankara tries to buy time in Greek Cypriot property cases before the European Court, lawyer says

Turkey was expected to submit earlier this week its observations to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), in Strasbourg, in relation to two Greek Cypriot property cases in the northern, Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus, but chose instead to acknowledge certain violations in a unilateral declaration, in a bid to close the cases before the Court. Achilleas Demetriades, the lawyer of the Greek Cypriot applicants, said the move was part of Ankara’s efforts to buy time.
 
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