THE DEMILITARISATION OF THE GREEK EASTERN AEGEAN ISLANDS THE CASE OF THE CENTRAL AEGEAN AND DODECANESEISLANDS

Authors : Yannis A STİVACHTİS

Pages : 99-130

Doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000261

View : 19 | Download : 16

Publication Date : 1999-05-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purpose of this artiele is to address the question of demilitarisation of the islands of Lcsbos insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Mytilene);, Chios. Samos, Ikaria insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Nikaria); as weıı as the Dodecanese Islands and their adjacent islets. The demilitarisation of the islands of Lemnos and Samothrace, which are attached to the Strait of Dardaneııes, will not be discussed in this artiele but will be subject of anather. In contrast to the Turkish pasition, this artiele argues that a comprehensive interpretation of the Treaty of Lausanne reveals that the appIication of the `principle of reciprocity` aııows Greece to maintain a military presence in the said islands relative to that of the Turkish forces stationed on the coast of Asia Minor. This argument is fundamentally different that those advanced by Athens regarding the right of Greece to re-militarise its Eastern Aegean islands. 
Keywords : THE DEMILITARISATION, GREEK EASTERN, AEGEAN ISLANDS