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Athens Disproves Reports on Turkish Military Officer's Escape to Samos Island

© AP Photo / Antonis PasvantisA Turkish military officer is transferred to a court hall in the city of Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, Thursday, July 21, 2016
A Turkish military officer is transferred to a court hall in the city of Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, Thursday, July 21, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The Greek government has disproved the information that a Turkish military officer, allegedly linked to a recent coup attempt, escaped from Turkey to the Greek island of Samos.

ATHENS (Sputnik) — On Wednesday, reports emerged that the Turkish military officer, allegedly involved in the recent military coup attempt in Turkey, reached the Samos island by a jet ski and applied for asylum.

"There is no such Turkish national in Greece," a source in the government told the Skai television broadcaster.

Two of the eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece in a helicopter and requested political asylum after a failed military coup against the government, are brought to prosecutor by two policemen in the northern Greek city of Alexandroupolis, Greece, July 17, 2016. - Sputnik International
Greece Receives Turkish Request to Extradite Eight Fugitive Servicemen
On July 15, a coup attempt took place in Turkey suppressed by the following morning. A day after the coup attempt, eight Turkish servicemen flew a helicopter to the northern Greek border town of Alexandroupolis where they sought political asylum out of fear for their lives. Turkey demanded their extradition, while the men in question denied any involvement in the coup attempt.

The eight men are accused by Turkey of violating the constitution, attempted assassination of the president, crimes against the legislative body and the government and robbery, and are facing jail terms ranging from five years to life sentences for those crimes.

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