Baku-APA. Athens promised to extradite to Ankara eight alleged participants of the military coup attempt who fled to Greece, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday, APA reports quoting Anadolu.
Earlier in the day, a helicopter with eight alleged coup supporters on board landed in Alexandroupolis. Turkey asked Greece to return them.
The Greek authorities replied that they will return the helicopter but will apply general procedure to the detained passengers who intend to ask for asylum in the country.
"I had a phone talk with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. He told me that eight rebels who fled to Greece would be returned shortly," Cavusoglu said in his Twitter account.
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