The Evkaf Administration has started to implement the first phase of its action plan regarding Varosha. This included an announcement in English in the local press to all holders of Evkaf property to apply to the Evkaf Administration within 30 days. In the event of these persons not applying to the Evkaf Administration within 30 days, the Evkaf Administration will have the right to rent these properties to third persons and anyone objecting to this will be able to apply to the TRNC courts.

In a statement issued, Taner Dervis, the Director General of the Evkaf Administration said: "As the first phase of the action plan an announcement will be made to the unlawful holders of Evkaf property in Varosha up until 1974. Through this announcement we plan to discuss the compensation rights of the Evkaf as the property owner with the unlawful holders of the said properties, their investments and landlord-tenant relations. In the second phase, depending on the outcome of the first phase, within the framework of the prepared master plan tenders will be open for local and international investors to invest in Varosha".

The statement added that the TRNC Government and UN were also recently informed about the Varosha Master Plan.

Under the heading, "Individuals, companies, corporations and other entities who were in possession of Evkaf properties in Varosha prior to 20 July 1974", the announcement said: "The Evkaf Administration as the true and legal owner of all immoveable properties situated in Varosha after many years of deprivation of its rights and ownership, is now in a position due to recent developments to seek and exercise its ownership rights of the said immoveable properties. We have established that the said properties have been in unlawful possession for many years without our permission and / or without paying any rent."

It was also stated that if concerned parties did not apply to the Evkaf Administration within 30 days the Evkaf Administration would feel free to let and / or lease the properties in question to third parties. It added that in this event if any party felt aggrieved they would have the right to resort to the Cyprus Turkish courts in the TRNC.

The TRNC New York Representative, Resat Caglar’s response to the Greek Cypriot Administration’s permanent representative to the UN has been published as a UN document.

In his response Caglar pointing out that all flights over the sovereign flight area of the TRNC were carried out with the knowledge and consent of state officials, stated that the Greek Cypriot Administration had no say whatsoever on this issue.

Stating that Greek Cypriot allegations that the TRNC was violating the flight area in question and not adhering to air traffic regulations were totally unfounded, Caglar said such accusations stem from illegal and incorrect allegations to the effect that the Greek Cypriot side’s sovereignty extends over the whole island.

In his letter, Caglar stressed that there exists two independent states on the island and each state has its own sovereignty and jurisdiction over their territories.

Underlining that the freedom of the press and speech were protected by the TRNC constitution, Caglar said, on the other hand, the Greek Cypriot Administration has a bad track record on human rights violations and this was even stated in a report prepared by the US Administration. He added that the violence carried out by the Greek Cypriots against the Turkish Cypriots between 1963-74 had not been forgotten.

The TRNC’s Ambassador to Ankara, Ahmet Zeki Bulunc pointing out that the national policy on Cyprus should be supported, said: "if the Turkish side weakened its stance on Cyprus then Turkey would automatically be confronted with the problem of the Pontus Greek Cypriots, the situation in Southeastern Turkey and the Aegean islands. Cyprus is a point of resistance for Turkey. Through international agreements it is acknowledged that there are two states in Cyprus with their own restricted independent structures. However, acting within the spirit of Enosis, the stance of the Greek Cypriot Administration started the 1974 Peace Operation."