Enes Kanter to Kathimerini: Erdogan feeds on conflict

Greeks and Turks ought to double their efforts to build friendship bridges, despite the policy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who feeds on conflict, top Turkish basketball player and NBA star Enes Kanter tells Kathimerini English Edition.

The Portland Trail Blazers player, who has long been persecuted by the Erdogan regime and whose family back home have suffered due to his daring to express his views, explains that Erdogan has constructed a climate of conflict with Greece and other countries, as well as within Turkey, so as to hold on to power. He says that if there was ever a free and fair election, Erdogan would not stand a chance of being elected.
 

What is the perception among ordinary Turks of Greek people? Do they see the Greeks as age-old enemies?

There are nationalist groups in Turkey, as I'm sure is the same in Greece...