Greeks hostile towards Turkish EU bid

A majority of Greek citizens oppose Turkey's membership of the EU, according to a fresh poll.

Published on Sunday (28 May), just as Greece is celebrating 25 years of EU membership, the poll shows that 64 percent of Greek citizens interviewed want their country to "block" Turkey's bid to join the EU.

In Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece's second city, only 23.4 percent of those surveyed responded in favour of Turkey's accession to the EU.

But despite the hostility towards An...