text: by the Greek side of the Treaty of Guarantee, starting at the end of 1%3 and culminating in the rnup d'hat of 15 July 1974 and sub­ sequent events. upset the state of affairs created by the fundamental provisions of the Constitution. Turkish intervention in Cyprus could not be regarded as an act of "war ... Similarly. Turkey was not ··occupying·· Cyprus. nor was there an ··occupation force" taking over or seizing private property. Moreover. the Hague Rules regulate the conduct of war on land. It is submitted that they have no relevance in respect of administrative acts of the authorities of a state in peacetime regulating rights to private property. It must be remembered that Mr. Tornaritis cited the Hague Rules as a basis for his argument that the issue of "defi­ nite title deeds" of Greek Cypriot-owned immovable properties to Turkish Cypriots was contrary to international law. It is important that in this respect two points should be made clear. First. under the law in force in the Turkish Federated State of Kibris. it is not the "title .. of Greek Cypriot properties that is envisaged to be trans­ ferred. but only a possessory right. Secondly. the responsibility of Turkey or of the Turkish army is not involved or engaged as regards the issue of the above-mentioned certificates: Turkey cannot be held responsible for the laws and ndministrative actions of the Turkish Federated State of Kibris. It is not possible therefore to relate these acts of State of the Turkish Federated State of Kibris to the Turkish intervention of 1974 and invoke the provisions of the Hague Rules. Mr. Tornaritis has been ignoring completely the evolutionary con­ stitutional developments in Cyprus as a result of which the 1960 Constitution was implanted by two autonomous administrations. one ,if the Greek Cypriots in the south and the other of the Turkish 
analysis: The text appears to be a legal document discussing the implications of the Turkish intervention in Cyprus in 1974 and its relation to the rights of private property. It seems to be focused on the constitutional and international law aspects of the issue, rather than any specific economic, environmental, or social aspect.