A Response for Mr. Foundalis

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   A Greek-American lecturer has written about Turk-Greek relations. Well done for him to able to show emphaty. However this guy lives in America so I don't think that he is a general sample in all Greek community. By the way, I also don' think that he really understoods Turks as a Turk.
In Greek issue,
As I told before, he is Greek-American and lecturer, that's why he looks from just own perspective and he said this,
My deeper answer for the question of why Greeks hate Turks is that, deep down, we Greeks know that if we had not been kept under the Ottoman occupation during the times of Enlightenment, we would not have missed the ideas that developed then.

he also accepted it
 not all Greeks will agree with each other on the reasons for which they hate you.

 Some educated Greeks, when they read or hear about this reason, will agree with me.

First of all, why do you compare with Greece and Italy-Spain? Are they in same level? The last time I saw, Portugal is a touristic-agricultural country and Poland is land of cheap workers. 

Industrialization is a chain. Developed US helped also used Japan, Japan helped South Korea so Spain and Italy just simulated real developed countries in Europe (Ger-Fr-Br-big 3). They were sources of cheap work. Then they became today's positions. However, they are still second class developed countries. That's why they affected worse then big 3 in this crisis. In the equal conditions just because of the geographical distance, Greece wouldn't be same with them. With same reason Greece also would reach late the enough money to make an industrial movement. Italy and Spain made it with argicultural and tourism before the Greece. Just because of their geographic conditions close to market (big 3)

 Both Italy and Spain make cars, for instance (Italy in particular makes some of the finest cars in the world).
I agree about Ottoman bad attitude(especial in late period) against science example printing press. However you are asking why Greece doesn't have own car like Italy. That makes these words true. "Greeks are Turks who think they are Italians". When you said we hate you because of you are the real reason of our miss the scientific movement, you make me just smile.

About Quran, Quran can said much thing but we don't have prophet approval about it. It was written after dead of prophet. In this part of your article, you seem to much close to Christianity as guy who said, I have no religion. About seven heaven is also in Judaism. You can believe that Eve and Adam in Bible can symbolize different things but in Islam, it can't be. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Heavens  

Evolution is still big problem in some countriest in West which doesn't have much atheist population as USA, so the point is not about Christianity has better atmoshpere then Islam to develop science, as you try to say. The point is, majority of Christians able to limit Christianity in their life or totally turn into atheist. Because of that, science developed and Christianity didn't help it. People gained it with fight.     

Evolution support map

You are mentioning about some bad attitudes which were gain by Greeks in Ottoman period.
About corruption; is the Ottoman conqest in Italy reason of today's corruption culture in Italy?
We have once conquested Italians Achilles tendon 

In Turk issue,

*He summarizes Greek perspective about ancient Greek very well.
"Alexander brought civilization to the barbarians of the East"  and also not just East, Greeks brought it to all colonies in the Mediterranean sea. This arrogant perspective is also colonial Europe perspective, isn't it?

*Thank you to remember and remind Turk casualties, but if you think because of those casualities, Turks hate Greeks. You are wrong. If you don't move your casualities today, we even don't remember Turk casualities. We can say destiny and forget it forever. It is not the main issue.  

*There are 2 reasons because of Turks hate. One is real things and one is about Greek perspective.

Real things as in Aegean Sea, but even its damage for Turks, ordinary Turks don't think about think. It comes second
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_dispute  

About perspective. As you see in the article, Greeks think that they are the best. They see themselves as the most trustworthy, least arrogant and most compassionate country. However it is not because of they are like that. Just they think like that way
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10055933/British-say-the-French-are-the-most-arrogant-people-in-Europe-and-the-French-agree.html

This attitude is unstanable for Turks. 

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When the time Greeks start to expect positive side of Ottoman period as the negative sides and Turks expect East Roman and Ancient Greek as their historical past like Ottomans and Seljuks, then everything can be good.

There is small signs about that future like Skai TV documantary or organizing religious cerenomies in old Byzantine Churches in Turkey, but process goes on like baby walking.