ISTANBUL: Turkey yesterday said it will defy a European court order to pay €90m in compensation to Greek Cypriots over its 1974 invasion of the island.
The European Court of Human Rights ordered Turkey to pay the damages this week, 13 years after finding it guilty of “massive and continuous” rights violations against Greek Cypriots on the island.
But Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his country would not be bound by the ruling.
“Considering the grounds of this ruling, its method, and the fact that it is a country that Turkey does not recognise, we do do not find it necessary to make this payment,” he said.
AFP
