Turkish soldiers

The asylum saga of eight former Turkish servicemen wanted by Ankara took another turn on Thursday with a request from a defense attorney to have their case heard by Greece's top court. An appeal by the defense team of one...

An Athens court on Tuesday upheld a decision to return former Turkish military pilot Suleyman Ozkaynakci into police custody. Ozkaynakci was the co-pilot of a military helicopter used by eight Turkish servicemen to flee the country and seek asylum in...

  Greece's government on Thursday came in for stinging criticism from a German media outlet for its handling of the case of eight Turkish ex-servicemen wanted by Ankara for their alleged role in the 2016 coup attempt. Spiegel Online carried a...

Turkish authorities on Monday arrested three wanted soldiers who had allegedly participated in the coup attempt and had fled to Greece. The arrest was made in Edirne, a city close to the Greek border. Turkish press reports said that...

Greece rejected the asylum requests of another four Turkish military officials on Tuesday, who were among the eight men who crossed into the country after the failed coup attempt in Turkey last July, the asylum service told Athens-Macedonian News...

A diplomatic incident was prevented at the last minute on Monday at the land borders between Greece and Turkey along Evros River, it was announced on Wednesday. Turkish soldiers, patrolling along the Turkish bank of Evros River at noon on...