July 2016 Turkish military asylum incident in Greece

The Supreme Court is expected to decide in the next few days, possibly before the end of the week, whether eight Turkish military officers who landed their helicopter in Alexandroupoli hours after an attempted coup in their homeland should be extradited.

Turkey has criticized a decision by a Greek appeals court to reject an extradition request for five Turkish soldiers who fled to the country after the failed coup of July 15, repeating its call for the extradition of a total of eight Turkish military personnel. 

Two of the eight asylum-seeking Turkish military officers involved in coup attempt won’t be extradited.

A Greek court has rejected the extradition request by Turkey of the last two of eight Turkish servicemen who fled to Greece after a failed July military coup in Turkey, their lawyer Christos Mylonopoulos says.

Three out of the eightTurkish officers who sought asylum in Greece after July's botched coup in Turkey will be extradited, a Greek court ruled on Tuesday. The decision, which was appealed by all three, follows the court's rejection of Ankara's extradition request for three other Turkish servicemen on Monday, which was also appealed by a prosecutor.

In a decision today, the Greek Appeals Justice Council has agreed to turn over three of the eight military personnel who fled to Greek following a failed coup attempt against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in July , while they declined Turkey’s request for the extradition of another three on Monday.

A Greek court decided on Dec. 6 to extradite three Turkish soldiers out of eight who fled to the country after the failed July 15 coup, one day after it refused to extradite three other soldiers.

On Dec. 5, a Greek court ruled against the extradition of three Turkish soldiers on the grounds that their lives were under jeopardy.

A Greek court has agreed to the extradition of three of Turkish servicemen from a group of eight who fled to Greece after a failed July 15 military coup, a day after rejecting Turkey's extradition request for three others.

All eight helicopter crewmen deny participating in the coup and a plot to assassinate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

A Greek court on Dec. 5 ruled against the extradition of three Turkish soldiers out of eight who fled to the country one day after the failed July 15 coup attempt, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The three soldiers will not be extradited on the grounds that their lives are under jeopardy, according to the court ruling.

A Greek court on Nov. 28 held the first hearing in a case regarding the potential extradition of eight Turkish military pilots who fled to the country a day after the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey.