ATHENS - Greek counter-terrorism police detained nine Turks in Athens on Tuesday in an investigation connected with Turkish leftist militant groups, ahead of a scheduled visit next month by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
A police statement said the Turkish nationals -- eight men and a woman -- were detained in the central Athens areas of Neos Kosmos and Kallithea earlier Tuesday.
Police said the operation was not connected with suspected Islamist terrorism. The detainees are suspected of links with the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C, deemed a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.
Erdogan's visit, announced Tuesday, is set for December 7-8.