Some Turkish soldiers seek asylum: NATO chief

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday that some Turkish soldiers who are working for NATO sought asylum.

Stoltenberg also said that he will raise the issue of human rights during a visit to the Turkish province of Istanbul on Sunday.

The NATO Chief didn't elaborate further, saying asylum requests were a matter for national authorities.

Aside from Stoltenberg not mentioning whether the asylum requests are related with the foiled coup of Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), many FETÖ members have been reportedly seeking asylum in many countries, particularly Germany, Sweden and Austria.

In October, Swedish local media reported that 176 people who fled Turkey sought asylum in Sweden in two months.

Also, the asylum seeking application of three of eight soldiers, who escaped to Greece from the failed coup plot of July 15 that they orchestrated, was rejected by Greek officials.

Turkey is fighting against the terrorist organization FETÖ within the country and abroad after the bloody coup bid that killed 241 people.

Turkish President Erdoğan previously said Ankara has been putting all its efforts into being able to show the real face of the FETÖ organization to the world's nations, by conducting 7,150 discussions with many parties all around the world as Turkey invites all countries to cooperate in its fight against terrorism.