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INTRODUCTION The Dodecanese archipelago forms the remotest territory of the modern Greek state, up to 250 nautical miles from Athens. All of it is closer to Turkey than mainland Greece, a fact not lost on either country; indeed these scattered islands have only been part of Greece since 1948, representing the last successful phase of the Megáli Idhéa, a century-long campaign to reclaim historically Greek territories. Greek nationalists began referring to the islands as the Dhodhekánisos (Twelve Islands) after 1908, though in fact there are fourteen major and four minor inhabited isles in the group, plus nine more, large and small, which make up the more northerly east Aegean islands, part of Greece since 1912. Even now numerous military bases and smaller watch-points counter the threat (real or imagined) of invasion from Turkey. Despite the high-level civilian rapprochements which have taken place between Greece and Turkey in recent years, the Greek armed forces clearly prefer to keep their powder dry. These stepping stones en route to the Middle East or Anatolia have always been fated for invasion and occupation: too rich and strategic to be ignored, but never powerful enough to
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- Author
- Marc S Dubin
- Publisher
- Rough Guides Ltd
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781858288833
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Travel, Language Learning, Europe Travel