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Greek Army on Full Combat Readiness Following Coup Reports in Turkey

© AFP 2023 / SAKIS MITROLIDIS A Greek army female soldier parades in Thessaloniki on October 28, 2013, during the military parade marking Greece's National 'Oxi ' (No) Day, commemorating Greece's refusal to surrender to Benito Mussolini's Italy in 1940 during World War II
A Greek army female soldier parades in Thessaloniki on October 28, 2013, during the military parade marking Greece's National 'Oxi ' (No) Day, commemorating Greece's refusal to surrender to Benito Mussolini's Italy in 1940 during World War II - Sputnik International
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Greece put the national army on high alert following reports of a military coup attempt in Turkey, a source in the Greek Defense Ministry told RIA Novosti.

ATHENS (Sputnik) — According to the source, Athens is concerned over "what is happening in Turkey."

"Defense Minister Panos Kammenos informed Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on all the actions of the Ministry of Defense and the Army. The forces was put into a state of combat readiness. There is great concern about what is happening in Turkey," the source said.

On Friday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that a group of servicemen attempted a military coup d'etat in the country.

A defense ministry source told RIA Novosti that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is holding an emergency meeting on Greece.

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