Allegations of mismanagement in the allocation of Turkish Cypriot properties

On September 22, 2026, the Parliamentary Committee on Refugees in Cyprus discussed serious allegations regarding the management of Turkish Cypriot properties. Committee Chairman Nikos Kettiros reported that a public servant secured a large plot of Turkish Cypriot agricultural land and transferred it to his son, a physician working in Germany, who subsequently received agricultural subsidies from the Cyprus Agricultural Payments Organization (KOAP).

During the session, additional concerns were raised regarding transparency, including a case where an official of the Turkish Cypriot Property Management Service was granted 1,000 decares of agricultural land. Another instance involved a female official allegedly approving a property grant to her own son. While a representative from the management service claimed that internal procedures are orderly and that previous investigations cleared staff of wrongdoing, Kettiros criticized these assurances.

The committee also addressed broader issues, such as the understaffing of the management service and a lack of maintenance crews for property repairs. Senior official Giannos Sophokleous invited the submission of concrete evidence for further investigation into the newly raised allegations. The inquiry remains ongoing, with a focus on ensuring administrative accountability and proper oversight of state-controlled assets.