Question: On July 20, 1974, Turkey invaded Cyprus to "protect" its minority Turkish population, occupying approximately the northern third of the island nation. On November 15, 1983, following a failure of the negotiations between Turkey and Cyprus, the area under the control of the Turkish Army declared itself the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). To this date, only Turkey has recognized the TRNC. Assume that a large cache of precious metals belonging to the treasury of Cyprus was captured by the Turkish Army during its invasion and subsequently turned over to the TRNC. The TRNC has now contracted to sell the cache to a private buyer in Western Europe. The Cyprus government, learning of this, brings suit in the state where delivery is to take place, asking the court to either
(a) enjoin the sale and turn the metals over to Cyprus or
(b) require the buyer to pay Cyprus for the metals once they are delivered by the TRNC. How should the court rule? Discuss.