Domestic and external pressures and Greek-Turkish relations

One of the first major issues that the new Greek government will have to deal with is the country's relations with Turkey. With the completion of the election cycles in both countries, and in the other part of the broader puzzle that also includes Cyprus, many people believe that a window of opportunity is being created for the normalization of ties. 

The climate is clearly better than a few months ago. Greece's sincere support - from the government, the opposition parties and public opinion - toward Turkey after the devastating earthquakes earlier this year paved the way for visits and meetings of the countries' ministers of foreign affairs and defense.

This was followed by the absence of aggressive actions in the Aegean, a relative calm in migration flows, and the Turkish president lowering the tone of his rhetoric. The above developments are obviously moves in the...