Eight coup plotters appeared before a prosecutor on July 17 in Alexandroupolis on charges of illegally entering Greece and putting the friendship of the two countries into jeopardy.
Vasiliki Marinaki, the lawyer representing four of the men, told Greece's Skai TV the men were following orders by their superiors to transport injured people from the streets of Istanbul via helicopter to ambulances elsewhere, as reported by Reuters.
"That's what they did until they came under fire by police," Marinaki said.
"They did not know a there was a coup and they were not involved in it," Marinaki added.
The plotters will appear before the court on July 18 at 12 p.m., Hurriyet Daily News reports.
