Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES-JIS, cilt.20, sa.1, ss.27-51, 2024 (Scopus)
This article considers the nature of Turkish-Greek relations, focusing
on the question of how these should be characterized. This is an
important topic not only because there is a lack of a clear definition
of the situation between the two countries in the literature, but also
because providing a greater clarity of the issues about Turkish-Greek
relations can assist in the long-term envisioning of a possible path that
the two countries might take in the future. Employing a descriptive
analysis, the article shows that a state of conflict rather than cooperation
has determined the evolution of relations between Turkey and Greece.
This sheds light on the intractable nature of the problems between
the two countries, whether in Cyprus, the Aegean Sea, or the Eastern
Mediterranean. The article concludes that Turkish-Greek relations are
characterized by a historically grounded condition of fragile stability, with permanent tension and possible crisis prevailing, even if conflicts
are frozen and war is not foreseen.