The validity of records of property ownership in northern Cyprus prior to 1974 in the hands of the land registry was called into question during Tuesday’s hearing of the trial of Israeli property developer Simon Aykut, accused of developing and selling €43 million worth of property on Greek Cypriot land in the north.
Defence lawyer Maria Neophytou cross-examined land registry officer Chrysovalanto Kyprianou, stressing the difference between a title deed
