Greece rejects asylum request by three Turkish soldiers, they can appeal decision: police sources
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has rejected the asylum requests from three Turkish soldiers who fled to the country after a failed coup attempt in Turkey, police sources said on Wednesday.
They can appeal the verdict, one of the officials said.
The three were among eight members of the Turkish military who flew a Black Hawk helicopter to northern Greece on July 16, hours after a foiled coup attempt against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
The decision was taken by a first-instance asylum board. Under Greek law, the verdict can be appealed.
(Reporting by Renee Maltezou)
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