Abstract
The issue of the Aegean Islands aro seuponinvasion of Dodecanese and Rhodes by the Italians during the Turco-ItalianWar between Italy and the Ottoman Empire in 1912. It continued with the occupation of certain islands by Greece during the Balkan Wars. This situation was partially resolved when the Aegean Islands, save for Gökçeada (Imbros) and Bozcaada (Tenedos), were given to Greece as per article 12 of the Treaty of Lausanne dated July 24, 1923, provided that they be demilitarized while Rhodes and Dodecanese were turned over to Italy as perarticle 15. The dispute flared once again between Turkey and Italy on 4 January 1932. According to the treaty signed by and between Dr. Tevfik Rüştü Bey and Italian Ambassador Pompeo Aloisi in Ankara; 19 out of 30 islets attached to Kara Ada and Megisti, islands located in the Gulf of Bodrum, were left to Turkey; while 11 fell under the rule of Italy.
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