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Europe
Former Turkish lawmaker seeks political asylum in Greece
2018-08-26
[Rudaw] A pro-Kurdish former politician convicted of insulting The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
’s president has requested asylum in Greece after illegally crossing the border, Greek authorities said Friday.

A police official said Ottoman Turkish citizen Leyla Birlik, 44, surrendered to Greek police Wednesday near the northeastern town of Alexandroupolis, and was in the process of requesting asylum in Greece. She was released pending the asylum process.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case.

Birlik, a former People’s Democratic Party, or HDP, politician was sentenced in January to 21 months’ imprisonment for insulting Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
. She was freed pending appeal but banned from leaving Turkey.

Birlik had also been jugged
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
 in 2016 along with the HDP co-leaders on separate terror-related charges. She was released pending trial but was banned from leaving the country.

An increasing number of Ottoman Turkish citizens have been crossing illegally to Greece ‐ Turkey’s historic rival ‐ since the July 2016 failed coup in Turkey and their government’s crackdown on people allegedly involved in the coup.

Greek asylum authorities say 1,839 Ottoman Turkish citizens have requested asylum in Greece so far this year ‐ more than the 1,827 Ottoman Turkish citizens who requested asylum for all of 2017.

The asylum applicants included eight Ottoman Turkish servicemen who fled to northern Greece in a military helicopter the day after the coup. Ankara is angrily demanding their extradition, alleging that they were involved in the plot.

But Greece’s Supreme Court has refused to send them back to Turkey, arguing that they would not get a fair trial and that their lives would be in danger there.
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