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Turkish Coup Suspects 'Want to Leave Greece'

Eight Turkish ex-servicemen who fled from Turkey after an attempted coup in July 2016 want to leave Greece once they are granted asylum, their lawyers told a news conference on Wednesday. Their legal teams also reiterated that gradually, in the...

Greek Court Strikes Out Government Appeal Against Turkish Soldier's Asylum

A Greek government appeal against a independent committee decision to grant asylum to a Turkish soldier in Greece has been dismissed. Athens Administrative Appeals Court on Monday turned down the appeal from the Migration Policy Ministry. The former Turkish soldier will...

Athens Appeals Against Granting Asylum to Second Turkish Soldier

Greece's government is appealing Tuesday's decision to grant a second former Turkish soldier asylum in the country. The Migration Ministry is understood to have filed the appeal against the independent Greek Asylum Committee's ruling, following a procedure first seen in December...

Greek Asylum Service Approves Second Turkish Soldier's Plea

Reports on Tuesday are claiming that a second former Turkish soldier seeking asylum in Greece has had his application accepted. The Greek Asylum Committee reportedly approved the application after deliberations last Friday in Greece's Council of State. Tuesday's decision would make him...

Greek Court Examines Turkish Soldier's Landmark Case

Legal deliberations in Athens on Friday could determine the fate of the eight Turkish ex-servicemen wanted by Ankara for their alleged involvement in the July 2016 coup in Turkey. Greece's Council of State is examining the asylum appeal of one...

Turkey Slams Greece over Coup Suspect's Release

Turkey has accused Greece of protecting those who sought to overthrow the Turkish government in July 2016's coup attempt. A Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement on Friday said Thursday's court decision in Athens to release one of the eight...

Greek Court Releases Turkish Soldier to Secret Location

One of the eight former Turkish servicemen who claimed asylum in Greece after Turkey's July 2016 coup attempt has been released from custody. The Council of State -- Greece's highest administrative court -- ruled on Thursday that the man should...

Turkish Soldiers Held in Greece 'to be Released in May'

The eight Turkish servicemen who are detained in Greece will be released in May, Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis announced on Monday. The eight have requested political asylum after a July 2016 coup in Turkey and they are reaching the maximum...

Erdogan Appears to Seek Exchange of Greek, Turkish Soldiers

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to have linked the fate of the two Greek soldiers being held in a Turkish prison with the eight former Turkish servicemen seeking political asylum in Greece. On his return from an EU-Turkey summit that took...

Video Records Turkish Soldiers Fleeing to Greece

Turkish authorities have made public a video apparently showing three Turkish soldiers minutes before they boarded helicopters to flee to Greece after the failed coup attempt in 2016. In the footage from a security camera some of the soldiers appear...