"Greek cafe in heart of Turkey signals a thaw in relations
• Mood shifts between neighbouring countries
• New PM keen to forge new ties with former enemy
* Helena Smith in Izmir
Greece's prime minister George Papandreou, left, with Turkey's leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this month. Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters
When three Greeks opened the Island of Mastic in Izmir, the once famously cosmopolitan town that many of their relatives had hailed from, none of them could ever have imagined its runaway success.
Within days of the cafe-cum-bar's inauguration on the Turkish city's elegant seafront, its pastries, jams, Greek-style coffees and mastic products were going down a treat."
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