Turkish coup d'état attempt

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has reportedly assured Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that anyone implicated in the July 15 failed coup attempt in Turkey was not welcome in his country, amid reports Athens has already rejected the asylum demands of a number of Turkish coup attempting soldiers who escaped to the neighboring country. 

The leaders of Turkey's ruling and main opposition party disagreed over the government's plan to extend the state of emergency for another term at a face-to-face meeting on Sept. 22, when the latter raised his concerns over the growing number of complaints of "reckless measures" resulting from decree laws in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt of July 15. 

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has sought to defuse the concerns of the Republican People's Party (CHP) head after the main opposition leader gave voice to thousands of people who have suffered from the government's zealous efforts to clear the civil service of suspected members of the Gülenists after the July 15 coup attempt. 

The states of emergency in Turkey and France should be lifted, former Turkish President Abdullah Gül has said, adding that Turkey's future promises "strong democracy with reforms and universal standards." 

The states of emergency in Turkey and France should be lifted, former Turkish President Abdullah Gül has said, adding that Turkey's future promises "strong democracy with reforms and universal standards." 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has gone to the U.S. for the first time since the July 15 failed coup attempt. The New York trip has special importance because the person Erdoğan declares is behind the coup attempt, Fethullah Gülen, is living and being protected in the U.S.

There has been no change in U.S. companies' investment plans in Turkey since the failed July 15 coup attempt, said the head of the Turkish-American Business Association-U.S. Chamber of Commerce (TABA-AmCham), adding that the companies were now working on completing procedures to realize $350 million worth of investments. 

Greece has rejected asylum requests from three of a group of eight Turkish soldiers who fled there after the failed coup attempt in Turkey in July, police sources said on Wednesday.

Turkey has formally sought the men's extradition, calling them "traitors" and "terrorist elements".

The soldiers deny involvement in the coup.

Greece's political asylum commission on Sept. 21 rejected the asylum application of three of the eight coup plotter soldiers who escaped to the country after the failed coup attempt of July 15, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Greek authorities on Wednesday detained ten Turkish citizens who allegedly arrived on the Dodecanese island of Rhodes after crossing from Turkey on a speedboat. The Turkish citizens, two couples with their children, told authorities they were seeking asylum in Greece.