Turkey accuses Greece of ‘protecting terrorists’ as it grants asylum to alleged coup soldiers
Turkey accused Athens of protecting “terrorists” after a Greek court granted asylum to a Turkish serviceman who Ankara claims was involved in the country’s failed coup, threatening to increase simmering tension between the two NATO countries. The Turkish foreign ministry stated on Thursday that Greece "protects and shelters putschists” and the ruling went against international law. "We hope that the Greek judiciary will refrain from repeating the same mistakes," the statement added. The ruling by Greece’s…