Prominent Greek Americans in the New York Times: US to prevent the escalation of tensions attempted by Turkey Search for: December 17, 2020 Prominent Greek Americans in the New York Times: US to prevent the escalation of tensions attempted by Turkey *Image Credit: CretaPost Five prominent Greek Americans have called on the US government to take action and not allow Turkey to escalate tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, with a full-page sponsored editorial in Tuesday’s issue of the New York Times. The op-ed published under the title “Turkey and Greece can and must live together,” is signed by John A. Catsimatidis, Andrew Liveris, Dennis Mehiel, Michael Psaros and George P. Stamas.