Ten or 15 years ago the man or woman on the street in Turkey did not think much about Greece. When he or she did so, this would be in the context of music, food or dance, in other words the nicer things in life. The agreeable familiarity of these things on the Greek side was pleasing to Turks. Now, however, the same man and woman on the street is slowly coming around to an opposite view. It is hard to see what Greece stands to gain from pushing them to this.
History is history, and there are reasons for everything.
But in this day and age, when not just a century but a millennium is about to end, the way to proceed should be forward, not backward. Turkey is looking forwards because it has nowhere else to go. It has to look to Europe, and a future in Europe. This has been the case since the time of Selim and Napoleon, no matter how painful the process has at times been. There have been serious fits and starts, of course.