Greece–Turkey relations

Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler hailed the good state of relations with Greece on Wednesday, expressing Ankara's desire for peace, but also noting that it will not back down on the Cyprus issue.

All in all, Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Athens was positive. The Turkish leadership had a deliberate effort to keep a moderate tone and not provoke a reaction from the Greek side, as it did in 2017.

Washington has expressed its support for Greece-Turkey talks, following a meeting on Thursday in Athens between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Athens meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, anticipated with cautious optimism by Greek media, has for the most part also made a positive impression on their Turkish counterparts.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated their commitment to "calm waters" in the Aegean and agreed on the need for a gradual transition to a next stage, where difficult bilateral differences can be discussed without the threat of a total collapse of Greece-Turkey relations.

Greece and Turkey on Thursday agreed to reboot their relations, establishing a roadmap designed to usher in a new era of closer ties between the two NATO allies but historical foes.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed to open a "new era" in relations with Greece, marking his first official Athens visit since 2017 to meet with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

The visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Greece echoes the ongoing detente in Greek-Turkish relations. This year has been characterized by some stability as tensions are much lower in comparison to the past. Both countries and their peoples benefit from this situation.

The new tone adopted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his interview with Kathimerini is positive, as he talks about a "new page" in relations with Greece and the benefits to both countries, while stating that we should not allow the issues on which we disagree to cause tension and contention between our governments and people.

Dimitris Kairidis, the Greek minister for migration, said late Tuesday that the number of migrants arriving on Greece's islands illegally had dropped by about 60% over the past two months thanks in large part to better coordination with Turkey's coast guard.