Lausanne Peace Treaty and Aegean Islands

The islands in Aegean Sea had been under Otoman dominance for centruies. This dominance is exactly suitable for international law-rules of established period. Today, the islands belonging to Greece are those the soveregeignty overturn of which are made suitable from Turkish dominance to international law. Theese islands can be collected into two groups. In the first group, there are islands which were left to Greece in the periods between on 24 th. July 1923, when Lausanne Peace Treaty was signed and 24 th. April 1830 when, Greece obtained her independence. In the second group, there are islands which are left to Greece with the condition of without having military statue with the peace treaities 10 th. February 1947 Paris Italian and Lausanne Peace Treaty for the islands but theese islands, sovereignty overturn was it performed. Greece claimed that the changes occured by international treaties did away with the statucue established by teraties and taht all the lands which shown to be left to Turkey in Lausanne Peace Treaty belonged to Greece. However, Turkey claimed that the treaties were current with their sentences and that Turkey has claimed that sovereignty rights continued on the islands, islets and rockies.