Article: Olive branches.(Turkey's relations with Greece)(Brief Article)

Greece and Turkey

ATHENS

ONLY eight months ago, when Turkey was denouncing Greece to the world as a sponsor of terrorism, nobody but the giddiest of optimists could have imagined hands of friendship being stretched across the Aegean Sea. But a huge change in public sentiment, after deadly earthquakes in both countries, has, at the very least, provided an undreamt-of opportunity for people who sincerely want rapprochement. Foremost among them is George Papandreou, Greece's foreign minister, who has probably taken the biggest risk of his political career by pioneering a drive for better ties with Turkey.

In a sharp change of Greek rhetoric, Mr ...

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