Greece will not extradite Turkey the fleeing militarists
The Supreme Court of Greece decided not to give Turkey the eight Turkish soldiers who fled their country after the coup attempt in the summer of 2016, reported Reuters, citing a source in the court. The military are the Air Force officers who had fled to Greece by a military helicopter and requested asylum.
Today in Turkey about 100,000 people accused of involvement in a greater or lesser extent to the movement "Khizmat" Fethullah Gulen have been brought to trial. About 15.000 are soldiers, many of whom were arrested. -02D-
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