Greece Warned Turkey Hours before the 2016 Coup Attempt


Date posted: July 18, 2020

Former military chief and defence minister Evangelos Apostolakis says Greece warned Turkey hours before the 2016 coup attempt after receiving information about plan.

English translation

Source: Twitter , July 15, 2020


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