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The Administrative Court of Appeals has accepted the request for the temporary suspension of the asylum procedure on grounds of public interest but also for the interests of the Turkish officer himself, as stated in the decision.

A hearing on the government's request to cancel the asylum granted to one Turkish serviceman by an independent asylum committee last year concluded at the Athens' Administrative Court of Appeal on Friday.

One of the eight Turkish military officers who sought had sought protection in Greece following their escape to Greece after a failed coup in Turkey in the summer of 2016 was granted asylum on Saturday.