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I wonder how Greek-Turkish relations would look like if both nations were stuck in a relatively small piece of land - say, the size of the European part of Tur

I wonder how Greek-Turkish relations would look like if both nations were stuck in a relatively small piece of land - say, the size of the European part of Turkey. And with Constantinople/Istanbul ethnically mixed in about 50:50 ratio. It is a lot easier to conclude peace if both adversaries have a plenty of "their own" land to live on and can sorta-kinda ignore each other while doing so.

YeGoblynQueenne 8mo ago
That's perfectly fair, and also pointed out by red75prime above. We were lucky that we could put a sea between us. There's probably other geopolitical peculiarities that can have the same effect though. I should also note that the proximity of the Greek islands to the Turkish coast has also caused friction over the years.