Hellenoturkism

And two, that such a unification would create a new global and regional, military and economic power within the European Union and NATO, which would also peacefully resolve ongoing disputes between the Cypriot, Greek, and Turkish states and communities such as the Cyprus problem, the Aegean problems, and also Maritime-border disputes in the Mediterranean between the two Cypriot communities and three nations.

This central civilization of the Intermediate Region, existing since the time of Cyrus the Great, bore the characteristics, since the 11th century A.D. and for the last thousand years, of Greek and Turkish cultures.

[1] In the 15th century, a Greek philosopher, George of Trebizond, 1395-1484 (the date of his death varies from 1472 to 1486 depending on the sources), who aimed at synthesizing Islam in the form of Alevism and Christianity in the form of Greek Orthodoxy,[2] is considered by some supporters of Hellenoturkism as one of the main thinkers and founders of their ideology.

[4] In the 20th century, the ideology of Hellenoturkism was revived by the historian Dimitri Kitsikis who beginning in 1966, with numerous books, articles and conference papers focussed on the subject, and with political activity in both Greece and Turkey, as an advisor of both Greek President Konstantinos Karamanlis and of Turkish President Turgut Özal, strove to establish the basis of a Turkish-Greek Confederation.

Although it has significantly grown in recognition, support and popularity as a result of its presentation in digital media and online platforms or forums.