The Rambler
Injustice and racism in the TRNC
No one can argue that the TRNC is riddled with corruption, a society which runs on the premise of corrupt Government, whose corrupt tentacles reach deep into Turkish Cypriot society, why would I say such a thing, because I have seen it and suffered as a result of it, as have many thousands of foreigners.
Many will have read the Ramblers statements on the HBPG site, some may agree or not, but the letters written have been proven time and time again to be true.
We can now reveal who the Rambler is, due to the fact that we can no longer be threatened, or abused by the Turkish Cypriot State.
We are Don and Sheila Vango, just two of the many thousands of foreign victims of the injustices perpetrated by antiquated property laws, which have not been remedied by Turkish Cypriot State. A state that allows crimes under Turkish Cypriot law to go unpunished, a state that has admitted to breaking its own laws for economic reasons, a state that has promised under its many governments, to stop the abuses against foreigners.
From the reports we have received they have done nothing, indeed by their non action, are creating even more victims and the situation just gets worse.
Many will know of us, though friendship, or as HBPG members and helpers, or the court case which we won so convincingly, where we were awarded £175,000 + interest, by two Girne Magistrates.
During our case it was proven that Mr Beydola committed crimes under TRNC law (we have the court transcript to prove it), by admitting to these crimes, he has admitted to fraudulently signing a contract with us, as did his son Ugar Beydola as guarantor, which under contractual law means that he committed fraud, deception and misrepresentation.
Mr Beydola was a good friend and a client of our Solicitor at the time, Advocate Peymen Erginal which of course we did not know. This at best is a conflict of interest; does that mean conspiracy by our then advocate? Were our best interests paramount?
It took three and a half years to get our case to court. At a meeting with the (then) Supreme Court Justice Hakki, witnessed by Marian Stokes our case was discussed, he ascertained our case had had 41 hearings and therefore 41 adjournments. He stated no case should take that long. So Mr Hakki why did it?
At a meeting with the new Supreme Court Justice Nolan, once again witnessed by Marian Stokes, he stated no case should take more than 18 months to two years which would include the judgement, so again why did our case take 5 years?
Why was our judgement not enforced by the courts?
Why did a Girne Magistrate grant Mr Beydola a Stay of Execution, Mr Beydola should have provided the money to do this, he did not.
A short while later another Magistrate stated that this Stay of Execution should never have been granted. Why was it granted?
At a closed session in the High Court Judges chambers, our advocate was put in a position of trying to re fight our case, she was asked why we would not accept the deeds that Mr Beydola was willing to give us, we had proved in the lower court that Mr Beydola could not give us the deeds as per our contract! Besides which, why would we want a property that had been condemned by the Turkish Cypriot Government experts. This judge clearly did not read the transcript of the case; he acted with prejudice and discrimination.
Why did we settle for the crumbs thrown to us by Mr Beydola - £115,000 far less than the judgement £175.000 + interest, and less than our investment in the property. It should be noted that this judgement of £175,000 was decided by prices from Mr Beydola’s own web site. So how can the Supreme Court judges say it is too much?
We were informed by our Advocate that the High Court Judges were not happy about the amount awarded us, we were informed that Judges were likely to overturn the Judgement, we would have to go for a retrial, given the fact that my heart attack was directly caused through hypertension and stress according to the heart doctors in the TRNC, my wife decided to seek a settlement, having no faith left in the justice system.
Not one Judge, Magistrate or Advocate has said Mr Beydola is innocent, all clearly have accepted his guilt which would be impossible to deny given the evidence and admittance by Beydola himself, yet he is free to carry on his activities, no doubt to create more victims.
A state and system that acts with prejudice, discrimination and racism whilst denying foreigners the basic right of justice, while protecting Turkish Cypriot criminals, brings shame on the Turkish Cypriot people.
I believe that we have shown clearly that there is no justice in the TRNC we have gone right through this corrupt system, we have a lot of evidence, as does Marian Stokes, of the misery and despair created by this corrupt state and its organs, we can assure Marian and the HBPG of our support.
The Rambler
Don Vango
05 May 2010
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