Credit: Mevlut Cavusoglu / TwitterMevlut Cavusoglu, the Turkish Foreign Minister, arrived on Sunday morning in Greece, ahead of a two-day visit that aims to boost the turbulent relations between Ankara and Athens.Cavusoglu landed in Alexandroupolis, a northeastern Greek city in the region of Western Thrace. Western Thrace is home to the Muslim minority of Greece.Cavusoglu…
Mevlüt Çavuşoglu’s comments on the Turkish minority in Thrace provoked the response of the Greek Foreign Ministry, which spoke of continuous efforts by Turkey to distort reality.
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The intervention of former prime minister Kostas Karamanlis in response to an article in Kathimerini by his predecessor Kostas Simitis brought to the fore the significant differences over the best strategy for managing our difficult relationship with Turkey. The dispute not only concerns the history books; it laid bare something far more important, the almost endemic absence of a united internal front on national security issues. This is a serious impediment to an effective foreign policy.