Agios Ermolaos
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Agios Ermolaos is a village in Kyrenia District
Kyrenia District
Kyrenia District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is Kyrenia . It is the smallest of Cyprus' districts, and is the only one fully controlled by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognised only by Turkey....

 located 5 km east of Kontemenos
Kontemenos
Kontemenos is town located in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus, 7 km northwest of Skylloura.Since the Turkish invasion in 1974, the village has been solely inhabited by Turkish mainland settlers....

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Since the Turkish invasion in 1974
Turkish invasion of Cyprus
The Turkish invasion of Cyprus, launched on 20 July 1974, was a Turkish military invasion in response to a Greek military junta backed coup in Cyprus...

, the village has been solely inhabited by Turkish mainland settlers. Turkish settlements are illegal under the municipal law of Cyprus. Judge Loukēs G. Loukaidēs claims that such settlements are also illegal under international law
International law
Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...

 and the Permanent Court of International Justice
Permanent Court of International Justice
The Permanent Court of International Justice, often called the World Court, was an international court attached to the League of Nations. Created in 1922 , the Court was initially met with a good reaction from states and academics alike, with many cases submitted to it for its first decade of...

stated that repartition of Turkish settlers must take place to eliminate consequences of the "illegal act" of settlement.
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