Friday, 24 February 2017

136 diplomats and relatives seek Germany asylum



   Germany says it has received 136 asylum requests from Turks holding diplomatic passports since the July coup attempt against the Turkish president.

   The figure is a total for the period August 2016 to January 2017, German media reports.
  Turkey has urged Germany not to grant asylum to any military officers.
  In Greece, two more Turkish soldiers have requested asylum.
The pair, reported to be commandos, are believed to have taken part in the failed coup against President RecepTayyipErdogan.
   They are in Greek police custody, having applied for asylum last week in Orestiada, a small border town near Turkey.
  However, it is not clear if any of them have been granted asylum yet.

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