Turkish jets violate Greek air space amid spike in aggressive rhetoric from Ankara

Greek defense authorities recorded seven violations of national air space in the space of under half an hour on Tuesday morning by a formation of four Turkish fighter jets.

The formation of F-16s entered Athens's Flight Information Region (FIR) 10.35 a.m. and split off into two pairs, conducting seven unauthorized overflights in the southeastern Aegean area. The last Turkish jet departed the FIR at 11.03 a.m.

The violations come in the wake of aggressive rhetoric emanating from Ankara in response to the release by Greek judicial authorities of the last four of eight Turkish servicemen wanted in that country over an attempted coup in the summer of 2016.

Following the announcement of the officers' release into protective police custody following the expiry of their maximum pretrial detention period on Monday night, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag accused...

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