Report Date:

May 2011

Abstract:

If improved relations between Turkey and Greece simply meant the implementation of of modest CBMs, more trade and regular meetings between the leaders of the two countries then the bilateral relationship seems better than perhaps at any time since the 1930s. But in the context of the issues that have bedevilled bilateral relations for over thirty years, these changes have not been profound. This paper tries to answer why the ongoing dialogue between Ankara and Athens since 1999 has not led to reconciliation over differences in the Aegean.

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