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Athens Disproves Reports on Turkish Military Officer's Escape to Samos Island
Athens Disproves Reports on Turkish Military Officer's Escape to Samos Island
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The Greek government has disproved the information that a Turkish military officer, allegedly linked to a recent coup attempt, escaped from Turkey to the Greek... 25.08.2016, Sputnik International
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Athens Disproves Reports on Turkish Military Officer's Escape to Samos Island
05:55 GMT 25.08.2016 (Updated: 05:56 GMT 25.08.2016) The Greek government has disproved the information that a Turkish military officer, allegedly linked to a recent coup attempt, escaped from Turkey to the Greek island of Samos.
ATHENS (Sputnik) — On Wednesday, reports emerged that the Turkish military officer, allegedly involved in the recent military coup attempt in Turkey, reached the Samos island by a jet ski and applied for asylum.
"There is no such Turkish national in Greece," a source in the government told the Skai television broadcaster.
18 August 2016, 11:33 GMT
On July 15, a coup attempt took place in Turkey suppressed by the following morning. A day after the coup attempt, eight Turkish servicemen flew a helicopter to the northern Greek border town of Alexandroupolis where they sought political asylum out of fear for their lives. Turkey demanded their extradition, while the men in question denied any involvement in the coup attempt.
The eight men are accused by Turkey of violating the constitution, attempted assassination of the president, crimes against the legislative body and the government and robbery, and are facing jail terms ranging from five years to life sentences for those crimes.