Turkey`s Erdogan arrives in Athens for official Greece visit
(WorldNews Turkey)

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Athens Thursday for the first official visit to Greece by a Turkish president in decades, with Greece hoping the trip will help improve often frosty ties with its neighbor and NATO ally. Erdogan was greeted by an honor guard at the airport and headed to central Athens, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier before talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and other officials. On Friday, he travels to northeastern Greece to meet with members of the country's Muslim minority. Security was tight in the Greek capital, with roads shut down and demonstrations banned in the center of Athens. On the eve of his arrival,...