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Supreme Court rejects extradition request for all eight Turkish servicemen

Supreme Court rejects extradition request for all eight Turkish servicemen

The country’s Supreme Court has rejected the extradition request for all eight Turkish servicemen who fled to Greece in a helicopter in the wake of a failed military coup in July.

Presiding judge Giorgos Sakkas, reading out the decision on Thursday, said the eight were unlikely to face a fair trial if returned to their home country.

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