Tomrrow the leader of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan will fly into Greece, the historical nemesis of the Turkish people. Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu sees this as progress, stating that the visit would help to "surmount the psychological threshold" between the two.
In a truly "revolutionary" scene, the Greek cabinet will hold a joint session with Erdogan and the ten Turkish minsters also travelling, to tackle the debt crisis in Greece.
The history between Greece and Turkey goes back throughout the 20th century as the two nations have been at war with each other 3 times in the last 40 years. The main divisive issue between the two is the island of Cyprus.
But now both are NATO allies and the Turks may have some advice for the Greek cabinet as they went through their own banking crisis eight years ago.
Greece is the fourth largest importer of weapons which has played a large role in their 300 billion euro debt. Most fo these weapons are pointed towards Ankara.
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