Expecting to face the same old Turkey

Greek officials are closely watching the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections, but seem resigned to the fact that the neighboring country's policy includes expansionist claims in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean and the questioning of Greece's sovereignty over many of its Aegean islands, as well as the islands' themselves possessing a continental shelf.

Although most polls show the opposition, including presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party, the result could be too close to call or, worse, contested by the losing party or coalition of parties.

Professor Thanos Dokos, national security adviser to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, told Kathimerini that, although there has been a change of tone and behavior by Turkish officials for the better in recent months, after Greece assisted Turkey...