Greek-Turkish tensions run further

The tension between Greece and Turkey, partly because of the refusal by Athens to extradite eight Turks, Thursday continued to rise.

Shortly after the refusal to extradite eight Turkish soldiers perform there Sunday suddenly Turkish navy vessels in some disputed rocks between the Greek island of Kalymnos and the coast of the Turkish province of Mugla. Athens sent a frigate. The uninhabited rocky islands called Imia islets in Greece and Turkey Kardak islets.

The Greek defense minister Kammenos this week itself to the area, about 320 kilometers southeast of Athens, flown and inspected it from the air. This led to anger in Ankara, where Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned that 'unwanted accidents may have undesirable consequences for the relationship between the two countries. '

Greece has refused to extradite eight Turkish soldiers. They weeks mid July during an attempted coup in Turkey. Ankara suspects them of complicity.