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Greek-Turkish relations took a turn for the worse on Wednesday, with the Turkish Foreign Ministry and other senior officials accusing Athens of violating the Geneva Convention and of protecting terrorists.

Suleyman Ozkaynakci, the Turkish serviceman who piloted the helicopter in which he and seven other Turkish officers fled to Greece following Turkey's failed coup in 2016, could be eligible to receive travel documents, according to the decision in May by the Council of State to grant him asylum.

Suleyman Ozkaynakci, the Turkish serviceman who piloted the helicopter in which he and seven other Turkish officers fled to Greece following Turkey's failed coup in 2016, could be eligible to receive travel documents, according to the decision in May by the Council of State to grant him asylum.

The United States Department of Justice has spent most of its time on Turkey's request for the extradition of U.S.-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen compared to other extradition requests, a U.S. official has said, underlining increased cooperation between law enforcement officials of the two countries in the past few months.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call July 16 and discussed a road map for the Syrian city of Manbij, bilateral issues including jailed American pastor Andrew Brunson, who is set to appear in a Turkish court for the third time on July 18, and Fetullah Gülen, whom Turkish authorities want the U.S. to extradite.

Two residents of a town in Pennsylvania, United States claimed the local administration has a corrupt relationship with U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen and his followers, who are trying “to seize” the area, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported on July 3. Click through for the story in photos...

In the second major operation against the group led by the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen after the June 24 elections in Turkey, detention warrants have been issued for 99 people by the Chief Prosecutor's Office in Ankara on June 27.

Turkish deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said Monday that Ankara's policy is to "detect and destroy" terrorists inside Turkey and in nearby states, adding that authorities were determined to bring the leader of FETO (an abbreviation standing for the "Gulenist Terror Group," which is how Ankara refers to Gulen's movement) to justice over his role in the 2016 failed coup.

Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Valentin Radev, on Thursday said Sofia would investigate 14 organisations, including colleges and trade representatives, for ties with Turkey's so-called FETO movement, led by the exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen - which Ankara blames for the failed 2016 coup attempt in Turkey and accuses of terrorism.

Turkish daily Hurriyet reported this on Monday.

The court also sentenced 21 people to 20 years in prison for insulting the president and 31 people to 10 years and six months for membership in a terrorist organization.