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| Greece snubs Turkey soldiers' extradition | Greece snubs Turkey soldiers' extradition |
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| Greece's Supreme Court has ruled against extraditing eight Turkish soldiers whom the Turkish government accuses of being involved in last July's attempted coup. | Greece's Supreme Court has ruled against extraditing eight Turkish soldiers whom the Turkish government accuses of being involved in last July's attempted coup. |
| The eight men fled in a helicopter to Greece after the coup attempt but say they were not involved. | The eight men fled in a helicopter to Greece after the coup attempt but say they were not involved. |
| Turkey has demanded they return to stand trial. The soldiers say their lives would be in danger. | Turkey has demanded they return to stand trial. The soldiers say their lives would be in danger. |
| The case has presented a diplomatic dilemma for Greece. | The case has presented a diplomatic dilemma for Greece. |
| Senior prosecutors had argued against agreeing to extradition on human rights grounds. The court's decision is final and cannot be appealed against. | |
| The eight soldiers - three majors, three captains and two sergeant majors - have been labelled traitors by the Turkish government. | |
| The issue has created new tensions between the Nato allies, who are currently working together to help negotiate a peace deal in divided Cyprus. | |
| In the wake of the coup attempt, tens of thousands of people from every level of Turkish society have been purged from their jobs, including military officers, government officials and schoolteachers. | |
| Critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan say he has used the failed uprising as a way of removing his opponents and tightening his hold on power. |