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Sunday, July 17, 2016

Fleeing Turkish soldiers appear before Greek prosecutor

The Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece in a helicopter after a failed military coup against the government were brought before a prosecutor in the northern Greek city of Alexandroupolis on Sunday, accused of crossing into Greece illegally. The eight men have sought political asylum in Greece, fearing their lives would be in danger in Turkey, the lawyer representing four of them told Greek TV. Turkey has said it wants the "traitors" extradited soon.


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