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The Extent Of Greece's Islands

It's hard to tell just how many islands are located off the shores of Greece and Turkey when looking at a world map. They're usually just too small and numerous to be able to depict accurately. However, this map depicts them fairly well, and it also breaks them up according to their island groups. As you can see, Greece includes many islands, some of which are extremely close to Turkey.

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This also helps explain why Greece and Turkey aren't the best of friends when it comes to political and historical relations. You can pretty much throw a rock from one country, and it would land in the other.