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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-09-21
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[01] Asylum service rejects one, shelves two applications by Turkish
officers
[01] Asylum service rejects one, shelves two applications by Turkish
officers
An asylum request by one of the Turkish officers who fled to Greece
after the failed coup attempt in Turkey in July was rejected by the
asylum service while two more requests have been shelved, the lawyer
assigned to them said on Wednesday.
A total of eight Turkish officers arrived in northern Greece after the
coup attempt and sought political asylum claiming their lives are at
risk if they return to their country. They have denied any involvement
in the coup plot.
Speaking to Athens-Macedonian News Agency after the decision, Stavroula
Tomara said the asylum service believes her client was involved in the
attempted coup but that he will seek to overturn it in the asylum appeals
board. "The decision is not based on facts, as the applicant described
them, but on general information and conclusions made by the person who
handled the case," Tomara said.
The two other decisions today didn't reject the applications but filed
them and her clients have the right to reopen them within nine months. The
two officers concerned refused to receive their decisions so they haven't
read its rationale, but have been informed orally that their applications
have been shelved.
The assessment of asylum applications for the other five Turkish officers
continues
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