Kürşat was extradited from Italy, where he was arrested on New Year’s Eve. He is accused of providing legal counsel to Gary Robb, a British national, who was convicted of fraud in 2011. The court released him on bail after he pledged a 75,000 euros (US$80,685) bond. The Greek Cypriot owners of those properties were displaced in 1974 by Turkey’s military when it took control of the island’s north in response to a Greek-backed coup aimed at annexing the whole island with Greece.
Source: Written by Esra Aygin, 2024-02-10; https://www.occrp.org/en/daily//en/daily/18458-turkish-cypriot-lawyer-pleads-not-guilty-for-usurping-greek-cypriot-land