Disputed islets question between Greece and Turkey hasstarted with an accident occurred on 25 Dccember 1995 nearKardak/Imia Rocks in the Southeast Aegean Sea. After a few daysof silence. diplomatic notes were exchanged between the parti es inwhich both Greece and Turkey claimed that they were the realowner of the said rocks and blamed the other for following arevisionist policy. These made the crisis more complex. The crisiswhich escalated during the first days of January 1996 has settleddown with the mediation of third parties (especially the USA), andGreece and Turkey has added the issue to their long-list of existingbilateral disputes.Before starting to analyse the status of the islands. islets androcks of the Aegcan Sea causing the dispute. it must be said thatthe related islands. islcts and rocks which are the subject of thedispute are especially the ones lying in the Southeast Aegcanregion which are known generallyas South Sporades that alsoinclude the Dodecanese Islands.