July 2016 Turkish military asylum incident in Greece

A Greek appeals court has blocked the extradition of the final two of eight soldiers who requested asylum after they fled to the country following the July 2016 coup attempt, in the second such refusal by Athens to extradite all the servicemen.

A Greek court ruled on Thursday against the extradition of two of eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece last July following a failed coup attempt against the Ankara government.

The court has already rejected the extradition requests for six of the eight men.

A Greek appeals court on May 3 rejected the extradition of three more Turkish soldiers out of eight who requested asylum in the country after the July 2016 failed coup attempt, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

It is the second such decision by the appeals court in Athens, with the extradition of six of the soldiers having been rejected.

A Greek court of appeals on Tuesday rejected the Turkish authorities’ request for the extradition of three of the eight Turkish military officers that illegally entered Greece using a Turkish military helicopter in July 2016, in the aftermath of the failed coup in Turkey.

The court ruled that the three officers will be not extradited and ordered their release.

A Greek appeals court on April 25 rejected the extradition of three Turkish soldiers out of eight who requested asylum in the country after fleeing following Turkey's failed July 2016 coup attempt, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

A Greek court ruled on Tuesday against the extradition of three of eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece last July following a failed coup attempt against the Ankara government.

Greece's top court blocked the extradition of all eight in January, angering Turkey which then issued a second extradition request.

A Greek appeals court will reconsider extraditing eight fugitive Turkish soldiers who requested asylum in the country after fleeing following the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, according to media reports.      

A total of 236 Turkish citizens have sought asylum in Greece since the July 2016 failed coup attempt, marking a rising trend in the number of requests compared to previous years.

A senior Turkish government official has slammed Norway, a NATO ally, for granting asylum to four Turkish soldiers and a military attaché allegedly linked to the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), which is accused of perpetrating the July 2016 coup attempt. 

The Greek authorities have finally received the official Turkish request for the deportation of the two commandos of the Turkish unit Bordo Bereli that had surrendered themselves to the Greek police last week.