• acargitz@lemmy.caOP
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    4 days ago

    Not confusing anything. In between Lausanne and the decolonization of Cyprus, there is zero tension between Greece and Turkey. Once decolonization from the British started, the rest was a deteriorating cascade, and yes, the history is basically as you describe it. But at the time of NATO accession (1952), the countries had enjoyed 30 years of basically the best calm they’ve ever had.