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A Turkish court has begun extradition proceedings for Turkish former international football player Arif Erdem, who faces a possible 15-year prison sentence in Turkey for alleged membership of the outlawed Gülen religious movement, Turkish news site Diken reported.

Another negative response was handed by the Council of Appeals to a request by Turkey for the extradition of Turkish citizen of Kurdish origin Mehmet Dogan.

Turkey insists on and awaits the extradition of the 8 soldiers who have fled to Greece "as soon as possible", Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Beqir Bozdag said, as reported by the state news agency Anadolu.