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A government spokesman in Ankara has threatened the possibility of an abduction of eight Turkish servicemen that have sought refuge in Greece, after arriving in the country in the wake of a July 2016 coup in Turkey.

Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Bekir Bozdag denied rumours on Easter Sunday that the two Greek soldiers being held in a Turkish maximum security prison in Adrianople would be used as leverage for an exchange with 8 Turkish servicemen in Greece who had fled Turkey during the 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag falsely accused Greece of imprisoning Muslim Imams, despite the country being a member of the EU which “in theory” upheld the notion of religious freedoms.