Ankara - Turkey said yesterday a European court ruling that it must compensate a Greek Cypriot refugee for loss of land during fighting in 1974 was a hindrance to solving the division of Cyprus.
In a ruling, dated July 28th, the European Court of Human Rights ordered that Turkey pay 300,000 Cyprus pounds ($574,500) for depriving the refugee of her ownership rights, 20,000 pounds in personal damages and 137,000 pounds in legal fees.