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How the four categories differ →Themis Center Famagusta is a project that NorthernLAND, a North Cyprus construction company, lists as completed, with a map pin in central Famagusta (Gazimağusa). This guide to Themis Center Famagusta reports what the developer publishes, which excludes any price, delivery date, unit count, size or title-deed category, and adds sourced material on the city, the purchase process and the checks for a mixed-use building. Rules are stated as of 25 October 2026; several depend on a decree whose validity ends about 5 November 2026 unless Parliament enacts it.

The English page for the project on northernland.com carries the title “Themis Center Apartments for Sale in Northern Cyprus”, a one-line description of modern apartments in the city centre of Famagusta, a map and three photographs. The developer’s projects page, which lists the scheme among its completed projects, describes it differently: a mixed-use project with commercial and residential opportunities in a central location. One description speaks of apartments only and the other of two kinds of space. This guide keeps both statements and does not choose between them.
Everything else on the page is shared text. A general paragraph about customer satisfaction and delivery “as planned” appears on most NorthernLAND project pages, so it says nothing specific about this building and is not repeated here as a fact. The table below records what the pages show on 25 October 2026. Where a cell says “not published”, the developer’s pages in English, Polish, Turkish and Russian contain no figure for it.
| Themis Center Famagusta key fact | What the developer’s pages show | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | NorthernLAND Construction Ltd, North Cyprus | About page |
| Status | Completed (listed under completed projects; no completion year given) | Projects page |
| Location text | English: city centre of Famagusta. Polish: centre of Famagusta. Turkish: Gazimağusa. Russian: central part of Northern Cyprus, no town named | Project page, four languages |
| Map label | “Themis Center, İlker Karter Cd, Gazimağusa 99450”; pin about 35.11789 N, 33.94391 E (centre of the embedded map, not a surveyed boundary) | Embedded map |
| Unit types | Apartments (page title) or commercial and residential space (projects page) | Projects page |
| Number of units | Not published | Project page |
| Unit sizes and bedrooms | Not published; no floor plans | Project page |
| Price | Not published (as shown on 25 October 2026) | Project page |
| Delivery date | Not published | Project page |
| Payment plan | No payment plan is published for this project | Project page |
| Title-deed category | Not stated | Project page |
| Images | Three exterior photographs; no interior, site plan or floor plan | Project page |
“Completed” is the developer’s own classification. The page does not say when the building was finished, whether a final approval certificate exists, whether units remain with the developer or how many were ever for sale. For a completed project the plain reading is that availability and prices are not published and that units may only be obtainable on the resale market. That makes the seller’s identity and the state of the title, not a developer’s price list, the first things to establish.
The remaining sections follow the questions that arise from the gaps. Section 2 lists the unit statements and what to request in writing. Section 3 places the pin in Famagusta. Section 4 is about a building that may contain both shops and flats. Sections 5 and 6 cover the purchase sequence and the risks, and section 7 compares the other NorthernLAND projects on this site.
The developer gives no unit cards, no bedroom counts and no plan labels such as 1+1 or 2+1 for this project. The only evidence about unit types is the short descriptive text in the page titles and meta descriptions, plus the projects-page blurb. The table sets these statements side by side so that the differences are visible.
| Statement about the unit types | Where it appears | What it says | Gives a size or count? |
|---|---|---|---|
| English title and description | Project page | Modern apartments for sale in the city centre of Famagusta | No |
| Projects-page blurb | English projects page | Mixed-use project with commercial and residential opportunities in a central location | No |
| Polish description | Polish project page | Modern apartments in the centre of Famagusta | No |
| Turkish title and description | Turkish project page | Apartment (daire) for sale in Gazimağusa; comfortable living | No |
| Russian description | Russian project page | Modern residences in the central part of Northern Cyprus; no town named | No |
| Photograph 1 | Image set, hero image | Curved cream facade of the building with arched windows against blue sky | No |
| Photographs 2 and 3 | Image set | Rounded corner with classical window surrounds; facade with pilasters and cornice seen from below | No |
| Floor plans | Not present | None published | No |

Three things follow. First, the word “commercial” appears only on the projects page, so the existence of shops or offices rests on a single line of marketing text. Second, the apartment descriptions are generic and could fit almost any building. Third, none of the statements allows any ratio to be calculated: there is no figure for flats or for shops, nor for the share of the building used for each.
That matters because size is not a cosmetic detail in the TRNC rules. The VAT regulation updated on 7 October 2026 puts housing with a closed area up to 300 m² in the 5% schedule and housing of 300 m² or more in the 10% schedule, as summarised in the Tax Department document. A buyer who does not know the closed area of a unit cannot tell which schedule is relevant.
Floor area also drives the annual property tax, which the 2025 schedule sets per square metre of housing, with a separate rate for a swimming pool. The 2025 schedule is the latest found, and no 2026 schedule was located, so no current rate is quoted.
The developer also does not say whether any area it eventually quotes is gross or net, or whether balconies and terraces count. For a unit that is resold, the area on the condominium title and the area measured on site are the numbers to compare. The Statistical Institute’s construction cost for an apartment block, TL 43,408 per m² in 2025 according to its 2025 bulletin, is a cost used for statistics and not a market price, so it should not be mistaken for one.
Because nothing is published, the information has to be requested. A written list should cover at least the following points, and the answers should be checked against the Land Registry record rather than accepted from the seller alone.
The developer’s English, Polish and Turkish pages name Famagusta (Gazimağusa); the Russian page names no town. The embedded map carries a label with a street, İlker Karter Cd, and the postal code 99450. No parcel number, ward name or surveyed boundary is published.
This guide therefore measures from the map pin, 35.11789 N, 33.94391 E, which is the centre of the embedded map view and not a surveyed point. Straight-line distances are calculated from that pin to the reference points used for Famagusta in the research behind this guide; road figures come from the public routing service OSRM queried on 25 October 2026 and are indicative only.
The pin lies 0.8 km in a straight line (0.79 km, calculated) from the Walled City reference point used for all distances here, Namık Kemal Square, and 0.8 km from the point of the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque. The municipality’s account of the city names the walled Suriçi as the historic centre and says that growth after the university became a state institution in 1986 turned north and north-east, into Sakarya, Karakol, Baykal and Tuzla.
A pin this close to the walls therefore fits the developer’s word “centre” in the historic sense better than it would a northern ward, although the page does not name the ward and OpenStreetMap assigns ward names inconsistently.
The Walled City has Lusignan walls of the 14th century redesigned by Venice, and Othello Castle stands 1.1 km from the pin (calculated). The Famagusta Free Port, the TRNC’s largest port and only free port according to the municipality, is 1.7 km away in a straight line and 3.2 km by road. The Statistical Yearbook records 107 ship calls in 2023, with 421,398 tonnes unloaded and 413,344 tonnes loaded. Heavy vehicles on the approach roads are a point to judge on site.
The closed area of Varosha (Kapalı Maraş), south of the Walled City, is 3.1 km from the pin in a straight line, measured to the OpenStreetMap reference point used here, and 5.5 km by road. That point is not the boundary of the closed area, so the distance to its edge could be shorter.
The Secretary-General’s report S/2026/550 of 6 July 2026 records that no steps were taken on the Security Council’s call for reversal of the steps taken since October 2020 and that the 3.5% of the area announced as lifted from military status in July 2021 shows no significant change. Nothing on the Themis Center page mentions Varosha, and this guide makes no claim about title there.
| Nearby place for Themis Center Famagusta | What it is | Straight-line from the pin (km, calculated) | Road from the pin (km, OSRM estimate) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walled City reference point | Historic centre, Suriçi | 0.8 | 1.9 (about 3 min) | OpenStreetMap, OSRM |
| Othello Castle | Lusignan castle by the harbour | 1.1 | Not queried | OpenStreetMap |
| Famagusta Free Port | TRNC’s only free port | 1.7 | 3.2 (about 4 min) | Municipality, OpenStreetMap |
| City Mall | Shopping centre; 65 stores per its operator | 2.3 | 3.3 (about 5 min) | OpenStreetMap |
| Varosha (Maraş) reference point | Closed area; UN position applies | 3.1 | 5.5 (about 8 min) | UN report, OpenStreetMap |
| Eastern Mediterranean University campus | State university | 4.5 | 5.1 (about 8 min) | OpenStreetMap |
| Gazimağusa State Hospital | About 160 beds, Salamis Road | 5.5 | 6.3 (about 9 min) | Hospital page, OpenStreetMap |
| Salamis ancient city | Archaeological site | 8.5 | 10.5 (about 15 min) | OpenStreetMap |
| Ercan Airport | Northern Cyprus airport | 40.2 | 55.7 (about 55 min) | OpenStreetMap, OSRM |
| Larnaca Airport | Republic of Cyprus airport | 40.4 | No road figure given | OpenStreetMap |
| Nicosia (Lefkoşa) | City point | 53.1 | 68.7 (about 69 min) | OpenStreetMap |
| Kyrenia | Town point | 61.8 | 79.8 (about 73 min) | OpenStreetMap |
On population, the 2011 census counted 40,920 residents in Famagusta municipality, the latest full count, and the State Planning Organisation projection quoted by the municipality is 55,868 for 2020. The municipality adds that more than 20,000 university students and staff live in the city for most of the year. Enrolment at Eastern Mediterranean University was 15,729 in 2024-25 according to the yearbook, 5.5% below the 16,640 of 2021-22 (calculated: 911 / 16,640).
For health care, the State Hospital on Salamis Road has about 160 beds and is the second-largest state hospital in the TRNC. The distance from the pin is 5.5 km in a straight line.
Ercan Airport is 40.2 km away in a straight line and about 56 km by road. Larnaca Airport lies 40.4 km away in a straight line; no road figure is given because it depends on the crossing used and on who may use it. The Highways Directorate calls the Nicosia-Famagusta road the busiest in Northern Cyprus, with average daily traffic reaching 40,000 vehicles.
Climate figures come from the nearest official series, the Republic of Cyprus station at Paralimni, 6.6 km from the pin (calculated). WMO data for 2002 to 2011 give a mean daily maximum of 15.9 °C in January and 33.3 °C in August, and annual rainfall of 331.1 mm (sum of monthly means), with 97.3 mm in January and none in July. It is not a Famagusta station. For the wider region and legal framework, this site’s Famagusta page and Northern Cyprus page give more background.
A building that contains both shops or offices and flats is not one kind of purchase. The developer’s two descriptions of the scheme leave open which it is, so this section sets out the questions that would apply if the commercial side exists, using only what the sources read for this guide establish, and says where they establish nothing.
The first question is what the title records. The foreign-purchase rules in Law 52/2008 require condominium title (kat mülkiyeti) or condominium easement (kat irtifakı) for the unit before a permit application. Selling without it is an offence with a fine of up to 500 times the gross monthly minimum wage, which at the July 2026 wage of TL 70,893 (Tax Department) is TL 35,446,500 (calculated).
The sources read do not describe how the register records the use of a section, so the use shown on the deed is something to read, not to assume.
The second question is whether a commercial section fits the buying limits. As of 25 October 2026, Decree-Law 89/2026 (Resmi Gazete No. 147, 7 August 2026) lists land, apartments, a detached house on land and villas in mass-housing projects. It does not mention shops or offices.
The sources read do not say whether a commercial section counts against the apartment limit or needs a different permit. That is a question for a lawyer and the Interior Ministry’s Property Unit, whose document list covers petitions for apartments, houses and land.
The company route has its own rules. A company with any foreign shareholder is a foreign legal person and needs a Council of Ministers permit and a positive security check. The decree sets a minimum of EUR 10,000,000 for “investment” purchases in tourism, education, health, industry, agriculture or technology, with build-and-sell housing excluded, while the consolidated 39/2024 text still says EUR 20,000,000. Whether a single shop bought through a company is an investment purchase is not established in the sources read.
Taxes are the third question. The VAT regulation of 7 October 2026 lists 5% for housing up to 300 m² closed area, 10% from 300 m² and 0% for renting immovable property, with 16% as the general rate for other supplies. The sources read do not say which schedule applies to the sale of a shop, nor whether a resale carries VAT; agencies say it does not, but that is unverified.
Land Registry fees in the Resmi Gazete No. 197 of 7 October 2026 run at 4%, 5.5% and 6% by the number of properties a foreign buyer holds, valid to 5 January 2027 inclusive. Whether a commercial section counts as a property for that tally is not stated.
On a later resale, the Income Tax Law deems the gain to be 20% of the higher of the assessed value and the price, exempts 30% of that gain and withholds 20% of the rest, an effective 2.8% of the value (20% × 70% × 20%, calculated).
A seller of more than three properties in a calendar year, or more than five in three years, is treated as a trader on a different basis, a test more likely to matter to the owner of several shop units than to one flat.
Letting differs by use. Ten per cent of gross rent is withheld as the final tax for individuals, whether the premises are furnished or not, and renting immovable property is at 0% VAT. The Holiday Houses Law covers tourism lets of up to 60 days in a unit built as housing, with registration before the first guest, so it is a route for a flat and not for a shop. This site’s article on renting through Airbnb gives a wider overview.
The fourth question is how a shared building is run. In a block that mixes uses, the service charge has to cover lifts, stairs, façade, security and perhaps car parking, and shop owners may bear a different share from flat owners. The page publishes nothing on this, so the management regulation and the accounts are the only evidence.
Until all taxes and fees on a transfer are paid, local authorities may not connect water and the electricity authority may not give a connection, so utility status is a check on the seller’s past dealings.
Finally, building quality. The Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Engineers and Architects said in 2023 that structures need static calculations to the earthquake regulation and that project approval checks seismic compliance (Yenidüzen, a secondary source). The Statistical Institute counts only buildings that hold a final approval certificate, as the 2025 bulletin explains. The three photographs show the exterior only and give no information on the common areas or the commercial frontage.
| Question for a mixed-use section | Why it matters | Where it can be verified |
|---|---|---|
| Use recorded on the title | Decides whether the section is housing, commercial or something else | Land Registry research document, Gazimağusa district office (Land Registry announcement) |
| Condominium title or easement | Required before a foreign buyer’s permit application | Law 52/2008, art. 8(2); decree |
| Fit with the quantity limits | Decree lists apartments, houses and villas; shops are not mentioned | Not established in the sources read; ask the Property Unit in writing |
| VAT schedule | 5% and 10% apply to housing by closed area; shops are not addressed | VAT regulation, 7 October 2026; Tax Department for shops |
| Land Registry fee tally | 4%, 5.5% or 6% by number of properties, valid to 5 January 2027 | Resmi Gazete No. 197 |
| Service-charge split | Shops and flats may share costs differently | Management regulation and accounts from the seller |
| Rental regime | Holiday-house rules cover housing only; 10% rent withholding applies generally | Holiday Houses Law; Income Tax Law |
| Final approval certificate | Shows the building was approved as completed | Seller, municipality; Statistical bulletin |

The checklist below puts these points in the order in which they can be settled, before any deposit is paid.
This sequence starts from the paper that identifies the unit and ends with the registration of title, because every later deadline runs from a document that has to name the property correctly. Limits: as of 25 October 2026, Decree-Law 89/2026 lets a foreign buyer hold up to 3 apartments, or 6 for nationals of states that recognise the TRNC, while the consolidated Law 52/2008 on mevzuat.gov.ct.tr still shows 1 apartment, or 3 for recognising states.
The decree is a Council of Ministers instrument, a re-issue of Decree-Law 63/2026 (Resmi Gazete No. 87, 11 May 2026). The decree lapses about 5 November 2026 unless Parliament enacts it, counting 90 days from 7 August. The sources read did not establish whether Parliament has acted, so each deadline below is given in both versions where they differ.
| Step | Who acts | Time limit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Identify the section: number, floor, use and area on the deed | Seller and buyer’s lawyer | Before any deposit | Land Registry announcement |
| 2. Obtain a Land Registry research document at the district office of registration | Lawyer | No statutory period; since 15 July 2025 transactions are handled temporarily only at the registering district office | Land Registry announcement |
| 3. Check the building file: final approval, condominium title, mortgages, arrears | Lawyer | Before signing | UK Government guidance |
| 4. Sign and stamp the sale agreement (0.5% of the stated sum up to TL 89,000,000, paid by the buyer unless agreed otherwise) | Buyer and seller | Stamping at the Tax Department | Stamp Duty Law |
| 5. Register the stamped agreement at the district Land Registry and apply for the purchase permit | Lawyer | 1 month, after taxes and fees on the sale are paid, or the contract is void | Resmi Gazete No. 147 |
| 6. Council of Ministers decision, published in the Resmi Gazete | Council of Ministers | No statutory decision time | Resmi Gazete No. 147 |
| 7. Pay the transfer fees | Buyer | 75 working days from publication (decree) or 60 (39/2024 text) | Resmi Gazete No. 147; Law 52/2008 |
| 8. Sign the transfer declaration at the Land Registry | Buyer and seller | 1 year from publication (decree) or 6 months (39/2024 text) | Resmi Gazete No. 147; Law 52/2008 |
| 9. Title registered; utilities and management transferred | Buyer | After fees are paid | Resmi Gazete No. 147 |
Fees: the Land Registry schedule of 7 October 2026 sets 4% in total for the first property (3% transfer, 0.5% Immovable Property Commission, 0.5% Housing Acquisition Unit), 5.5% for the second and 6% for the third.
For nationals of recognising states the rates are 4% for properties one and two, 5.5% for three and four and 6% for five and six. The schedule is valid until 5 January 2027, so a purchase that straddles that date may face a different rate. Agency pages quote 6%, 9% and 12%; those figures were not matched to an official table.
The fee is paid by the person registering title in his or her name, and Law 52/2008 says that all other taxes, duties and fees on a transfer are paid by buyer and seller according to the legislation in force.
A foreign buyer’s permit application needs the petition, an information form, passport copy, title copy, location plan, original police record and the sale contract. Permit processing time is not set by law, so no duration is given here. No official statement on bank lending to foreigners was found, and agency pages disagree on loan-to-value ratios (75% against 50%), so no financing assumption is made. Mortgage registration costs 1% of the secured debt.
One consequence of the order of steps deserves emphasis. The one-month registration period in step 5 runs while the buyer is also expected to have paid the taxes and fees on the sale, so the identity checks in steps 1 to 3 cannot wait until after signing. A buyer who signs first and checks later has one month in which to discover a problem and still keep the contract alive.
The main risk with this project is not a specific defect but the absence of anything to check. The page publishes no address beyond a map label, no parcel, no count, no area and no document. Every risk below follows from that, and each can be reduced only by documents that the seller or the Land Registry supplies.
Identity risk comes first. The name Themis Center appears on the developer’s site beside several other NorthernLAND names, and the map pin for NorthernLAND Center sits 4.4 km away with a label that may be the company’s own place entry. A buyer should tie the name to a street address and a parcel number, in writing, before relying on any photograph or description.
Title risk is general to the north. The UK Government guidance says that ownership of many properties is disputed and that the European Court of Human Rights has treated pre-1974 owners as continuing legal owners. The Grand Chamber’s Demopoulos decision of 1 March 2010 treats the Immovable Property Commission as the remedy to use first, and the Commission’s site shows applications are accepted until 21 December 2027.
The Court of Justice held in Apostolides v Orams that Republic of Cyprus judgments on land in the north can be enforced in other member states. A listing page cannot remove any of this.
Instrument risk is specific to 2026. The purchase limits come from a decree that may lapse or be enacted, the fee schedule ends on 5 January 2027, and the consolidated law on the official portal still shows the stricter text. Currency risk is real as well: the TRNC consumer price index rose 35.02% in the twelve months to September 2026 (Statistical Institute), and the effective selling rate was TL 66.10 to the pound on 17-19 October 2026 (Central Bank).
Lastly, advice. The UK guidance names lawyers who act for both seller and builder, building without correct permits, payment plans not written into contracts and difficulty obtaining completion certificates and title deeds as recurring problems in Cyprus. It recommends independent legal advice and notes that each district, including Famagusta, has its own bar association.
| Document or check | Issuing office | Why it matters | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land Registry research document | Gazimağusa district Tapu Amirliği | Shows registered owner, mortgages and restrictions | Land Registry announcement; Tekce guide (secondary) |
| Title copy showing the deed category | Land Registry | Turkish, exchange or other category affects restitution risk | UK Government guidance |
| Condominium title or easement | Land Registry | Required before a foreign buyer’s permit application | Law 52/2008 |
| Final approval certificate | Municipality or planning authority | Confirms the building is approved as completed | Statistical bulletin |
| Stamped sale agreement registered within 1 month | Tax Department; Land Registry | Otherwise the contract is void under the decree | Resmi Gazete No. 147 |
| Purchase permit published in the Resmi Gazete | Council of Ministers | Starts the fee and transfer deadlines | Resmi Gazete No. 147 |
| Management regulation and service-charge accounts | Management company or owners’ body | Shows how costs are divided and whether arrears exist | Seller; no official tariff found |
| Utility bills and connection status | Water and electricity authorities | Connections cannot be given until taxes and fees are paid | Resmi Gazete No. 147 |
NorthernLAND’s project list includes twenty-three projects. Seventeen are listed on this site as new pages, and the table below covers all of them. Status is the developer’s classification; “units” are as printed on the developer’s page, and where languages disagree the conflict is noted. The last column is a straight-line distance from the Themis Center pin, calculated from the centres of the embedded maps, which are not surveyed points.
| Project | Status | Town | Units as published | Price and delivery | Pin distance from Themis Center (km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Sapphire Blu Iskele | Ongoing | Iskele (Long Beach) | Not stated in English; the Russian page prints 2,345 | Not published | 15.3 (shared resort pin) |
| Grand Sapphire Phase 4 Iskele | Ongoing | Iskele (Long Beach) | “6 blocks” on the English page | Not published | 15.3 (shared resort pin) |
| Grand Sapphire Resort Iskele | Ongoing | Iskele (Long Beach) | 1,630 apartments plus a hotel | Not published | 15.3 (shared resort pin) |
| Kentplus Famagusta | Completed | Famagusta | 336 (English and Turkish pages only) | Not published | 6.3 |
| NorthernLAND Center Famagusta | Completed | Famagusta | Not published | Not published | 4.4 (label may be the company’s own entry) |
| Alasya Park Famagusta | Completed | Famagusta | Not published | Not published | 2.8 |
| Themis Center Famagusta (this page) | Completed | Famagusta | Not published | Not published | 0 (reference pin) |
| New Life Famagusta | Completed | Famagusta | Not published | Not published | 2.0 |
| Via Park Famagusta | Completed | Famagusta | Not published | Not published | 2.6 |
| Sakli Kent Famagusta | Completed | Famagusta (area) | Not published | Not published | 9.5 |
| NorthernLAND Premier Famagusta | Completed | Famagusta | Not published | Not published | 2.9 |
| Pearl Village Iskele | Completed | Iskele (Yeni Iskele) | Not published | Not published | 18.6 |
| Uptown Park NorthernLAND | Completed | Town not published | Not published | Not published | No pin |
| Northern Park NorthernLAND | Completed | Town not published | Not published | Not published | No pin |
| Northern Garden NorthernLAND | Completed | Town not published | Not published | Not published | No pin |
| 5 and 6 Palms NorthernLAND | Completed | Town not published | Not published | Not published | No pin |
| Subway Park NorthernLAND | Completed | Town not published | Not published | Not published | No pin |
The site also carries six developments that appear on NorthernLAND’s project list under other names. In each case the developer’s page for the project and the listing on this site share specification text and renders; the listings do not name NorthernLAND as developer, and the match for Çatalköy is probable and not proved.
| NorthernLAND project name | Listing on this site | What is shared |
|---|---|---|
| Casa del Mare (Esentepe) | Via Mare Esentepe | Unit typology and two renders |
| NorthernLAND Villas: Alsancak | Arslan Villas Alsancak | Text on 12 villas and renders |
| NorthernLAND Villas: Esentepe | ESVillas Esentepe | Seven villas, text and two photographs |
| Emerald Villas: Tuzla | Emere Villas Tuzla | Copy on 19 villas and 12 photographs |
| Emerald Villas: Yeni Bogazici | Emere Villas Yeni Bogazici | 47 villas and photographs |
| NorthernLAND Villas: Catalkoy | CataLux Villas Catalkoy | Near-verbatim specification text; areas and prices differ |
Among the Famagusta projects, Themis Center is the only one whose map pin lies within a kilometre of the Walled City reference point: the nearest of the others, New Life, is 1.6 km from it, and Kentplus and Sakli Kent are 5.9 and 9.0 km away (all calculated).
NorthernLAND Center is the only other page whose projects-page blurb describes a mixed-use scheme, and the two share the same boilerplate paragraph. None of the Famagusta pages in the table carries a price, a delivery date or a unit size, so the comparison rests on location, status and the type of building. A site-wide pop-up on the developer’s pages carries a payment plan headed for a different project, and it is not read as terms for this one.
The developer’s About page says that NorthernLAND started its activities in 2003 with the goal of “quality life” and that it builds in Northern Cyprus. The page also uses superlatives about the company’s own record and a figure of 23 years; these are the developer’s marketing statements and are not repeated as findings. The footer names the legal entity as NorthernLAND Construction Ltd.
The Group of Companies page lists several related businesses: NorthernLAND Holiday Rentals and NorthernLAND Rentals for short- and long-term lets; Grand Sapphire Resort & Casino; Grand Sapphire Residences at İskele Long Beach; Grand Sapphire City Hotel in Famagusta; the FitPlus Fitness & Wellness Center, with two branches in NorthernLAND Premier and Via Park; Cyprus Ways Rent a Car; and the Pera Mackenzie restaurant at İskele Long Beach.
The pages do not state how many units the developer has built, which of its buildings are managed by group companies, or whether any of them manages the building discussed here. A buyer who wants to know who runs the common parts of this building should ask the seller for the management contract.
Themis Center Famagusta is a project that NorthernLAND lists among its completed projects, with a map label in Famagusta (Gazimağusa). Its English page describes modern apartments in the city centre, while the projects page calls it a mixed-use project with commercial and residential space. The page publishes no price, unit count, size, delivery date or title-deed category, only three exterior photographs and a map, so every other detail has to be requested in writing.
The developer lists the project under completed projects but gives no completion year. It does not say whether any units remain unsold or whether it is still selling. For a completed building the usual position is that units may only be obtainable on the resale market, with a private owner or company as seller. The seller’s identity, and proof of registered ownership at the Land Registry, should be established before any deposit is paid.
No price is published on the developer’s pages in English, Polish, Turkish or Russian, and no starting price or price list exists on the project page. This guide therefore gives no figure and calculates nothing from one. A buyer should obtain any price in writing, with the currency stated, and check it against the area recorded on the title, because size and use change both the VAT schedule and the fees.
The developer’s statements differ. The page title and descriptions in English, Polish and Turkish speak of apartments, while the English projects page calls the project mixed-use, with commercial and residential opportunities. The Russian description speaks of residences without naming a town. None of the pages gives a count of flats or commercial units, so the use of any specific unit has to be confirmed from the title deed.
Neither is published. There are no floor plans, no bedroom counts and no unit totals on the page, and the three photographs show only the exterior. Every area figure has to come from the seller in writing and be checked against the area on the condominium title. Closed area also matters for tax, since the VAT regulation of 7 October 2026 places housing up to 300 m² in a lower schedule than larger housing.
The developer’s map is labelled “Themis Center, İlker Karter Cd, Gazimağusa 99450”, with the centre of the embedded view at about 35.11789 N, 33.94391 E. That pin is 0.8 km in a straight line from the Walled City reference point used throughout this guide. No ward, parcel or Land Registry number is published, so the exact plot has to be taken from the title deed and not from the map.
None is stated on any language version of the page. The category matters because the UK Government guidance warns that exchange or gift land that was Greek Cypriot-owned before 1974 can carry a restitution risk. A buyer should ask for a copy of the title, ask a lawyer to read the category and the history of the land, and obtain the Land Registry research document for the district of registration.
As of 25 October 2026, Decree-Law 89/2026 lets a foreign buyer hold up to 3 apartments, or 6 for nationals of states that recognise the TRNC, with a Council of Ministers permit. It is a decree whose 90-day validity ends about 5 November 2026 unless Parliament enacts it, and the consolidated law still shows 1 apartment. The sources read do not say how a commercial section is treated, so that must be asked.
For a foreign buyer, the Land Registry fee schedule of 7 October 2026 sets 4% for a first property, 5.5% for a second and 6% for a third, valid to 5 January 2027 inclusive. The sale agreement itself carries stamp duty at 0.5% of the stated sum, which falls on the buyer unless the parties agree otherwise. Whether VAT applies depends on the schedule and the seller, and no official statement on resales was found. Legal fees have no official tariff.
Not automatically. Under the 5 October 2026 Residence and Visa Regulation, a property-based permit requires a home suitable for residence; a title deed with total property value of GBP 300,000 or more gives a 10-year permit, and a lower value gives a 5-year permit. Permanent residence needs housing worth at least EUR 125,000, guaranteed income and six years of residence. TRNC citizenship by ordinary naturalisation needs five years of continuous residence.
Last checked: 25 October 2026. Sources:
This is not legal, tax or financial advice.
