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Greece snubs Turkey soldiers' extradition Greece rejects 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. Presiding judge Giorgos Sakkas said the men were unlikely to receive a fair trial in Turkey.
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. But the court's decision is final and cannot be appealed against. Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis said before the verdict that he would respect the decision and not intervene.
The eight soldiers - three majors, three captains and two sergeant majors - have been labelled traitors by the Turkish government. Turkey has demanded the men, who it calls traitors, be returned to stand trial. The soldiers - three majors, three captains and two sergeant majors - argue their lives would be in danger.
The issue has created new tensions between the Nato allies, who are currently working together to help negotiate a peace deal in divided Cyprus. The issue has created new tensions between the Nato allies, who have a complex relationship and are currently working together to help negotiate a peace deal in divided Cyprus.
Turkey is expected to react strongly to the court's decision.
Turkey's post-coup purges convulse society
A tricky dilemma for Greece
The eight soldiers in Greece have said that their relatives in Turkey have lost jobs and had their passports confiscated.
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.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.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.
The Turkish government says that it has taken legitimate action to root out "terrorist" groups that had infiltrated the state.
It blamed US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, who leads a mass movement in Turkey, for the bloody coup attempt. He denies any involvement.
Soon after the soldiers arrived in Greece, they were given two-month suspended prison sentences for illegally entering the country.