July 2016 Turkish military asylum incident in Greece

The Greek government on Saturday filed a request with the Asylum Appeals Committee to take back a decision granting protection to one of eight Turkish officers who fled to Greece after last summer's failed coup in Turkey over fears of persecution.

A decision by Greece's asylum appeals committee to grant protection to one of eight Turkish officers accused by Ankara of participating in the botched coup of 2016, will have "negative impacts on bilateral relations," Turkey's Foreign Ministry was quoted by Daily Sabah as saying.

The co-pilot of a helicopter, who flew seven other Turkish military officers to Greece a day after last year’s failed coup in Turkey, has been granted asylum, Agence France-Presse reported on Dec. 30, citing a Greek judicial source.

One of eight Turkish servicemen who sought protection in Greece in the wake of a botched coup in Turkey in the summer of 2016 was granted asylum on Saturday.

A lawyer has said Serbia has extradited an asylum seeker, who fled Turkey after prosecutors sought 15 years in prison for him, to Turkey.

Ayaz has yet not received the decision on his extradition to Turkey, the agency said, quoting his lawyer Ana Trkulja.

Ayaz is a Kurd and a Turkish citizen who has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Turkey for undermining the country's constitutional order.

A Turkish police officer surrended to the Greek immigration police in Athens asking for political asylum.

The 35-year-old officer was serving in the Turkish police’s surveillance unit making his case quite interesting for the Greek authorities.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on June 19 stressed "respect for the judicial rulings" regarding the eight Turkish soldiers accused of taking part in last year's coup attempt, whose extradition to Turkey was previously rejected.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, however, once again stated that the soldiers "should not damage" the relationship between Ankara and Athens.

Turkey respects Greece's decision not to extradite eight soldiers who fled to Greece after last July's attempted coup, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Monday.

Turkey on Thursday slammed a Greek court decision to block a second extradition request for Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after last year's failed coup, calling it a political decision that would impact relations.