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John Psaropoulos

HISTORICAL FACTS: Could greece turkey tensions spill into open conflict - The Untold Story

Relations between Greece and Turkey have remained tense and they could come to blows ahead of elections [File: Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP]

Greek officials say relations with Turkey are so tense before elections in both countries next June that a military incident is possible in the Aegean or Eastern Mediterranean that could trigger a wider conflict.

The Greek suspicion is that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would seek to create a national security crisis that would boost his popularity, on the wane after 20 years in power.

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