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Are talks between Greece and Turkey around the corner following elections?

With Turkey’s President Erdogan securing reelection, and Greece’s Mitsotakis on the path toward a win this month that will secure his party a majority, there seems to be an effort afoot to bring both leaders to the negotiating table. Constanitnos Filis, the Director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an Associate Professor at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to look at what Erdogan’s re-election and his new cabinet mean for Greek-Turkish relations, and spell out what it would take for any potential talks between Athens and Ankara following Greece’s elections this month to be successful.

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Greeks welcome continuity in Erdogan’s re-election in Turkey

Greece’s new interlocutors in Turkey

EU makes fresh attempt to overcome yearslong crisis over migrants

‘Everything is still up for negotiation’: Migration reform hangs in the balance

Analysts: Investment grade within reach

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