Greek-Turkish relations are at a critical juncture due to escalating tensions on the part of Turkey in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. Turkish tensions are an integral part of neo-Ottomanism that is the vision of modern Turkish foreign policy, which aims to make Turkey a leading regional power in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East, and the Balkans by re-establishing its limits of influence and vitality in areas of the former Ottoman Empire.

by Antonia Dimou