POLICY BRIEF GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ORDER BRIDGING DIVIDES: BERLIN’S DIPLOMATIC ROLE IN GREEK–TURKISH RELATIONS Ronald Meinardus January 2024 In coordination with the United States Berlin adopted the political mission of ensuring that Greeks and Turks resolve their problems peacefully. For German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, preventing an escalation in the eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean – or to put it more positively, achieving lasting détente between Athens and Ankara – remains a major goal of German foreign policy. Despite the change of government in Berlin in 2021, German policy on Greek­Turkish issues has not changed, with minor differences in style and the tone of external communication.