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Turkey Claims Kurdish Rebel Chief Is in Greece

February 02, 1999| Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey warned Greece on Monday not to grant refuge to Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, who Turkish authorities claimed had landed at the Athens airport.

Greek authorities denied that Ocalan was in the country.

Earlier, Dutch authorities refused to allow Ocalan's private plane to land at the Rotterdam airport.

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