Number: 96-140
Title: Greece and Turkey: The Rocky Islet Crisis
Authors: Carol Migdalovitz, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division 
Abstract: This report deals with the recent dispute between Greece and Turkey over the Imia/Kardak islet in the southeastern Aegean Sea. It provides a chronology of the crisis, delineates the legal issues, notes other unresolved bilateral issues, and describes domestic situations in both countries that contributed to the escalation of the crisis. Finally, it describes U.S. policy and the crisis aftermath.
Pages: 6
Date: Updated March 7, 1996