[Hurriyet Daily News] Ankara will take "necessary steps" against Athens after a Greek court ruled not to extradite Turkish soldiers accused of involvement in last year’s July 15 coup attempt, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Jan. 27."There is a migration deal we signed, including a readmission deal with Greece, and we are evaluating what we can do, including the cancellation of the readmission deal with Greece," he said in an interview with TRT Haber.
Cavusoglu’s remarks came after the Supreme Court of Greece refused on Jan. 26 to extradite eight Turkish soldiers who sought political asylum after the failed coup.
"We gave Greece all the necessary documents, evidence and everything. We demanded that the eight soldiers be tried again. This is a political decision. Now Greece is in a position protecting and hosting coup plotters and terrorists. It also possessed forces of Evil like the DHKP-C and the PKK. It is also known that there are some DHKP-C camps in Greece." the minister said," in reference to two outlawed groups, the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
The soldiers, including two majors, flew helicopters to Alexandroupolis on July 16, 2016, prompting the Greek authorities to begin legal and diplomatic proceedings on charges of illegal entry into the country. "Greece condemned the coup attempt in
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on the very first day and the perpetrators are not welcome in the country," said the Greek Prime Ministry in a written statement. "However,
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the Greek judiciary is independent. The rulings are respected and binding," it said. The two countries play an important role in the handling of Europe’s worst migration crisis in decades, and the EU depends on Ankara to enforce a deal to stem mass migration to Europe.