As far as the adjudication of compensation for the non-pecuniary damage suffered by the enclaved persons (in the Turkish occupied areas) in the amount of 60 million euro, and in spite of the fact that the persecution and the suffering they have endured cannot be assessed in monetary terms, the Government of Cyprus welcomed the fact that the Court condemned, in this way, one more time, the Turkish policy of the violations of the human rights of the enclaved persons as well as the effort to change the demographic character of the occupied areas. 3. Consequences of the Turkish invasion and occupation - facts and figures u Over one third (36,2 percent) of the sovereign territory of the Republic of Cyprus remains occupied by Turkey. u About 200.000 Greek Cypriots, about one third of the total population at the time, were forcibly expelled from the occupied northern part of the island where they constituted about 70 percent of the population; they are still deprived of the right to return to their homes and properties. The Turkish Cypriots living in the free areas were forced by their leadership to move to the occupied areas. u Some 750 persons (among them several hundred civilians) are still missing, but the Turkish side refuses to fully co-operate in ascertaining their fate. u Less than 500 Greek and Maronite Cypriots enclaved in their villages in the occupied areas are still living under oppression, deprivation and intimidation. (At the end of 1974 there were 20.000 enclaved, most of whom were subsequently forced by the illegal regime to abandon their homes and became refugees). u A force of more than 43.000 Turkish troops, supported by the Turkish air force and navy, are still in the occupied areas of Cyprus. u More than 160.000 settlers from Turkey have illegally colonized the occupied areas, as part of Turkey’s policy to alter the demographic structure of the island. u More than 57.000 out of 116.000 Turkish Cypriots have emigrated since the invasion, according to Turkish Cypriot sources, because of the economic, social and moral situation prevailing in the occupied areas. The Cyprus Question| A brief Introduction 48
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