"Cyprus 1974" Wood Engraving, Refugee Fund, Republic of Cyprus

"Cyprus 1974" Wood Engraving, Refugee Fund, Republic of Cyprus

Postage stamps--Cyprus--History

Γραμματόσημα--Κύπρος--Ιστορία

Titina Loizidou, a Greek-Cypriot refugee from Kyrenia, filed a case in 1989 in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), against the Turkish government, stating that it had denied her access to her home in Kyrenia after the Turkish invasion of northern Cyprus in 1974. Having produced sufficient documentation and witnesses, and with the support of the Cyprus government in 1998 (nearly ten years later), she won a decision of monetary compensation from the Turkish government, as well as the right to free access and resettlement. On December 3rd 2003, Turkey was ordered by the Council of Europe to pay C£1,100,000 (US$2,310,000, C£1=US$2.10) to Mrs. Titina Loizidou. The order by the Council of Europe followed the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Loizidou v Turkey. Turkey handed over a cheque for 1.2 million euros to the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Walter Schwimmer. Turkey had been refusing to comply with the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for five years. Turkey has still to comply with the second part of the decision demanding Turkey to provide Mrs. Titina Loizidou free access and resettlement in her home in Kyrenia.

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus

Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus

Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology

20th March 2003

Designer: A. Tassos

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