Ozersay ally bailed after ‘forged’ signatures turn out to be father’s

A political ally of former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator Kudret Ozersay was released on bail on Monday after it turned out that the signatures on documents he had allegedly forged bore the signature of his father.

Ahmet Tokatlioglu, a member of Ozersay’s party the HP’s central executive committee, had been arrested last week and stood accused of forging nine power of attorney documents over a two-day period at the start