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TRNC Denies Claims of Citizenship for Property Buyers

Published January 16, 2026, 13:18
TRNC Denies Claims of Citizenship for Property Buyers

The 'president' of the Turkish Cypriot Contractors' Union, Jafer Gurjafjer, has strongly denied reports that the Turkish Cypriot side intends to grant citizenship to Turkish citizens who purchase property in the occupied territories. Gurjafjer described these reports as a deliberate provocation and emphasized that no such request had ever been made by their side. The denial followed reports in the Turkish Cypriot press about the possible granting of 'citizenship' to buyers of properties worth $150,000. Gurjafjer linked the emergence of the reports to the recent visit of Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz to the occupied territories.