Greece-Turkey Relations

'What happened last year, when Ankara raised tensions, unnecessarily and without provocation, threatening confrontation between two NATO Allies, must not be repeated,' the PM said.

By denouncing the alleged mistreatment of Muslims in Europe based on Emmanuel Macron’s decision to project cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad on government buildings, Erdogan is posing as the only true and dynamic protector of the world’s two billion Muslims.

As a mature European democracy Greece must become an example and restart its relations with less mature Balkan democracies and with an authoritarian Turkish democracy.

The Turkish defence minister said that Ankara seeks a dialogue at every level and conducts talks and contacts with its neighbours, but will give the necessary response if provoked.