Amid political turmoil and unresolved issues, Athens and Ankara had been working toward scheduling the Supreme Cooperation Council (SCC) meeting and a Mitsotakis-Erdoğan summit for late April. However, recent developments in Turkey, including the arrest of Imamoglu and rule-of-law violations, have created a new reality, making the outcome uncertain.

Turkey entered a new phase of political turmoil early this morning following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor and Erdoğan’s expected opponent in the next presidential elections, Ekrem İmamoğlu.

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) mayor of İstanbul’s Esenler district has said Greeks were very happy about the election of Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul mayoral candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu in the March 31 local elections because he is from Trabzon.