What Public Spat Between Diplomats Tells About Turkish-Greek Ties

When diplomacy is reduced to tit-for-tat barbs in a press meeting, the mutual will to resolve intractable issues between two neighbors becomes increasingly elusive.

Abdullah Ayasun
5 min readApr 16, 2021

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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias (L) speaks during a press conference along with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara on Thursday (Photo: Ahval)

As Turkey and Greece took a recourse back to the channel of diplomacy this year…

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Abdullah Ayasun

New York-based journalist and writer. Columbia School of Journalism. 2023 White House Correspondents' Association Scholar. Twitter: @abyasun