Fleeing Turkish troops fear death if sent home from Greece

Eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece in a military helicopter after last week's failed coup fear they will be killed if they are sent back home, one of their lawyers said on Thursday. "They believe that, one way or another, they will lose their lives (in Turkey)," said Vasiliki Ilia Marinaki, a lawyer representing four of the men, as they appeared in court with their faces covered. "Regardless of whether the death penalty is imposed or not, they believe that in the end they will be killed," she said.

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Turkey / GREECE :Soldier's extradition or asylum?

The eight Turkish soldiers who fled to GREECE and sought asylum on Saturday were in court in Alexandroupoli again on Thursday. The soldiers deny ...

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10 great Greek films

Greek national cinema, as a business and as an art, has been characterised by opposition and struggle for the past half-century. While other national cinemas bloomed – often in spite of dictatorial regimes and wartime chaos – the film industry in ...

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Turkey arrests 'indiscriminate': officer on Greek trial

[A Turkish officer who fled after the coup is escorted by Greek police officers into the courthouse of Alexandroupoli, on July 21, 2016, to face trial for illegal entry]A Turkish officer on trial in Greece after fleeing last week's failed coup on Thursday said he did not want to return home owing to "indiscriminate" arrests by Ankara authorities.

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US Treasury Chief Lew Calls for Greece Debt Relief, Austerity Too

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew July 20 stressed the importance of making Greece's debt sustainable but backed austerity too.

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Greece Puts Turkish Asylum Soldiers On Trial

Eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece a board a helicopter after a failed coup are being tried for entering the country unlawfully.

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Greek MPs set to lower voting age, abolish bonus seats

ATHENS Greece's lawmakers were poised … coalition partner, the right-wing Independent Greeks, are clinging to a narrow … ending this crisis and restoring Greeks' relations with politics,…

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