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Gürçafer Denies Reports of “Citizenship Grant” with Property Purchase in the Occupied Territories

Published January 16, 2026, 13:04
Gürçafer Denies Reports of “Citizenship Grant” with Property Purchase in the Occupied Territories

Jafer Gürçafer, “president” of the Turkish Cypriot “contractors’ union”, denied reports regarding the “grant of citizenship” to Turkish citizens who purchase property in the occupied territories. He argued that these claims arose from a distortion of an informal discussion and characterized their publication as a deliberate provocation, linking it to the recent visit of the Turkish Vice President to the occupied territories. Mr. Gürçafer assured that there was no request for the granting of “citizenship” and that he had not made any related statements.