No Turkish President Had Gone to Greece in 65 Years. So Why Now?
He wants to make Turkey great again, he wants to make it a star country, which is why he is now directing his attention to the Balkans," said Mr. Cagaptay, who recently wrote a book on Mr. Erdogan titled "The New Sultan: Erdogan
and the Crisis of Modern Turkey." In the 65 years since Turkey’s last president visited Greece, tensions have peaked several times.
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8, 2017
Recep Tayyip Erdogan became the first Turkish president to visit Greece in 65 years
when he arrived on Thursday and met with the Greek prime minister and president.
" Mr. Erdogan said in an impromptu speech, adding that the region was "a bridge between two neighbors." The last president of Turkey to visit Greece, Celal Bayar in 1952, promoted the stabilization of borders.
that You have been fighting for survival, and I congratulate you for this,
Kadir Has University said that I don’t think that Greece has carefully thought about what an ‘update’ of the
Lausanne treaty would mean for the country, as it does not consider this to be a matter for deliberation,
Mr. Erdogan had twice visited Greece as a prime minister,
but this was his first visit as a newly empowered president, and it came at a time of increasing diplomatic isolation for Turkey.