Word: turkeys
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...return to membership in NATO, a peaceful solution of differences with Turkey, and a solution to the problem of Cyprus are the primary foreign policy goals of the present Greek government and "of all the Greek people," Mitsotakis said...
...Turkey continues to veto Greece's request for readmittance to NATO, Mitsotakis said. He added that Turkey's conditions for accepting Greece back into NATO are totally unacceptable to the Greek government...
...said it is unreasonable for Turkey to receive continued NATO aid when it is Turkey who blocks Greece's bid for resumed NATO membership...
Mitsotakis said that Greece wants Turkey to have a strong, democratic government, and only then can the two countries resolve their differences...
Evren last week repeated the military's pledge to return the country quickly to civilian rule, as it did following the interventions of 1960 and 1971. The first military regime lasted 17 months, the second 30 months, but everybody agrees that Turkey is in worse shape this time. After the 1971 takeover, the junta sank rapidly in public esteem when it adopted brutal but effective tactics against leftist terrorists. Says a Western diplomat in Ankara: "The generals' dilemma is that, if they repeat the strong-arm tactics of 1971, they will lose the good will of the West...