July 2016 Turkish military asylum incident in Greece

The issue of the eight Turkish servicemen that Ankara wants extradited continue to cast a shadow over Greek-Turkish relations as was evident during Tuesday's otherwise cordial meeting between foreign ministers Nikos Kotzias and Mevlut Cavusoglu.

The two men met during the inauguration of the renovated Greek Consulate building in Izmir.

Turkey's foreign minister has bemoaned Greece's decision to grant asylum to a group of servicemen who fled to Greece a day after Turkey's 2016 failed coup.

Mevlut Cavusoglu said that if the tables were reversed, Turkey would never "shelter" coup-plotters acting against Greece.

Greece has become a "safe haven" for Turkish criminals like the eight servicemen that fled to Greece after the botched coup in 2016, according to the country's foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglou.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry railed against Greece's supreme administrative court which granted asylum to one of the Turkish servicemen who fled to Greece after the botched coup in the neighboring country in 2016.

The Greek Council of State has rejected the government's objection againsts its earlier ruling that granted right of asylum to Turkish soldiers, who were accused by Turkey of participating in the 2016 coup attempt.

A Turkish court has released two Greek soldiers who were arrested in Turkey, pending trial.

Turkey has slammed Greece after it transferred a convicted murderer of Turkish diplomats to an open prison.

The new bill on animal rights will be approved by the parliament "very soon," the Turkish justice minister has said in a message posted on his Twitter account.

A Turkish court has ruled to keep two Greek soldiers in custody who were detained in Turkey in March.

Turkey's ambassador to Athens said that by granting asylum to eight Turkish officers Ankara accuses of participating in the botched coup of 2016, Greece is granting them impunity.