Greece Fears It Could Be Next as Turkey Reels From Seismic Calamity

For a country whose modern economy is largely dependent on tourism, the implications could not be more profound.

Greek Foreign Ministry via AP
Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, welcomes his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendias, at Adana airport, Turkey, February 12, 2023. Greek Foreign Ministry via AP

It isn’t every day that the foreign ministers of Turkey and Greece are photographed in a bear hug, but that is what transpired on Sunday as MevlĂŒt ÇavuƟoğlu and Nikos Dendias ditched any semblance of frostiness upon the latter’s arrival in earthquake-shattered eastern Turkey. 

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