History shows a recurring theme in relations between Athens and Ankara: Turkish leaders—whether secular Kemalists or Erdogan’s Islamists—react with fury whenever Greece brings third parties into bilateral disputes. The Meeting That Collapsed Before It BeganAgainst this backdrop, anticipation built for a face-to-face meeting between Mitsotakis and Erdogan in New York during the UN General Assembly. Yet within hours, Turkish daily Milliyet reported Ankara was offended by Greece’s early leak of the meeting date. With a Trump White House meeting in sight, Erdogan viewed this as a chance to reset U.S.–Turkey ties after the “stone years” of the Biden era. After meeting Mitsotakis in Istanbul in 2022, the Greek leader soon after delivered a landmark speech to the U.S. Congress, urging lawmakers never to approve new fighter jets for Turkey.