"South Cyprus uses the property issue as a political weapon," said academic Emete Gözügüzelli.

International law expert Emete Gözügüzelli stated in an interview with KIBRIS TV that the policy of "two equal sovereign states" pursued on behalf of Northern Cyprus has weakened the Greek side's position. Gözügüzelli emphasized that the Greek administration has turned the property issue into a political tool and is trying to extend the concept of single sovereignty to the north.

Gözügüzelli said that with such steps, South Cyprus aims to sow fear, anxiety, and uncertainty among the population and added: “They try to plant fear in citizens’ minds: ‘Will I be arrested tomorrow?’. This is psychological warfare.”

Gözügüzelli also pointed out that the Greek Cypriot administration lost its property card when the Immovable Property Commission, which began operating in 2005, came into play as a domestic legal remedy recognized by international law.

"The Greek Cypriot side repeatedly appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to question the legitimacy of this commission, but they failed," said Gözügüzelli, claiming that the Greek Cypriot administration then developed countermeasures by manipulating its own domestic law.

Gözügüzelli stated that the Greek Cypriot administration of South Cyprus is trying to intimidate foreign investors and real estate agents by threatening them with arrest, and that a law passed in 2006 provides for criminal sanctions against real estate agents working specifically in the northern part of Cyprus, which poses a serious threat.

Gözügüzelli also evaluated President Ersin Tatar’s statement that “if the arrests do not stop, there will be no trilateral negotiations,” stating that there is serious diplomatic justification behind such a stance. She noted that the Greek side has always disrupted negotiations through debates on property and sovereignty issues.