PURGE UPDATE: Greece refuses to extradite officers back to Turkey.

Eight officers have sought asylum in Greece and argued that they would face threats to their personal safety if they were returned to Turkish custody.

The Greek court agreed with their claims, following a massive crackdown on Turkish authorities on suspected government opponents.

Lawyer Stavroula Tomara said the “humiliating” treatment and “torture” meted out to other coup suspects in Turkey had made an impression on the Greek court.

The court said that Turkish authorities have not presented sufficient evidence they were involved in the coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the source said, while Ankara could still appeal the decision.

Extradition would likely be a virtual death sentence for those eight officers, plus the painful indignities they’d first have to endure.

Erdogan’s Turkey brooks very little dissent.