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Ankara has excceeded all limits of provocation, as in a letter to European Parliament President Antonio Tajani, the country for the first time officially links the 8 Turkish officers seeking asylum in Greece directly with the two Greek soldiers detained in Adrianople's prison.

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.

The eighteen-month period, which is the highest limit of detention, has past and now the eight Turkish officers that sought asylum in Greece are free.