Greek islet initiative fuels concern amid Turk officers' hearings

A Supreme Court prosecutor on Wednesday recommended that another two of the eight Turkish military officers who fled to Greece after a failed military coup in the neighboring country should not be extradited, citing concerns about their chance of a fair trial and potential treatment in Turkey.

"Even if they are Greece's greatest enemies, they must not be extradited," Haralambos Vourliotis told the court. "We cannot say we are washing our hands of this," he said. "We're kidding ourselves if we say that nothing is happening in Turkey."

In testimony before the court on Wednesday, one of the Turkish officers said they left their country "to avoid being killed or lynched." "If we had not come to Greece we would have been dead or in a very bad state," he said.

On Tuesday a different prosecutor, Vassiliki Theodorou, advised against extradition for another two officers,...