After increasing numbers of Turks requested asylum in Greece, Turkey has warned its neighbor not to become a "safe haven" for opposition leaders who were responsible for the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey.
The Turkish Foreign Minister said that 995 people had requested asylum in Greece, according to a report by Reuters.
"We would not want our neighbour Greece, with whom we are improving our ties, to be a safe haven for Gulenists [supporters of cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is blamed by Turkey for masterminding the attempted coup, ed]. We believe these applications will be evaluated meticulously and that traitors will not be given credit," Cavusoglu said.