The case had further soured relations between Athens and Ankara.
The Edirne court ruled on Tuesday that there was no evidence of espionage and ground to detain them any longer, therefore they should be released from jail until their trial on charges of illegally entering a military zone, Greek national news agency AMNA reported, citing Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency.
Despite being NATO allies, Turkey and Greece have a relationship strained, among others, over disputes in the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas over islets and gas drilling rights and over Greece's refusal to extradite eight Turkish soldiers suspected of involvement in the coup bid in Turkey in July 2016.
"Diplomacy was the big winner," commented Greece's Foreign Ministry in a statement on Tuesday evening, stressing that the development will help to improve Greek-Turkish ties.
"To the same direction will contribute the official inauguration in September of the historical building of the Consulate General of Greece in Izmir, which had been postponed due to the detainment of the two military men," added the ministry's statement.
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