Yet not everybody on the Turkish side supports the plan. In particular, it is opposed by settlers from Turkey who make up about half of the population of the Turkish Cypriot region.
For the Greek Cypriots, reunification would be costly, as they would be forced to pour money into the impoverished Turkish side.
It's a price they might be prepared to pay for an end to the uncomfortable tension of the past 30 years, but if they don't get the right of return for refugees, they say they are prepared to walk away.
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