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D. The Greeks and Turks are historic rivals who have fought many wars over the centuries. Earlier this year Greece used tear gas to stop refugees from crossing its land border with Turkey, after the Turkish government said it would no longer try to stop the migrants bound for the EU. The island of Lesbos was controlled by the Turks before Greece gained it in a 1912 war.
C. Greece and Turkey have competing ambitions over gas reserves and they disagree profoundly over who has rights to key areas of the Eastern Mediterranean. Most of Turkey is located on the Asian peninsula of Anatolia, and the Peloponnesus is a Greek peninsula. Turkey said this summer it found gas deposits off its shore in the Black Sea.
A. With more than 600,000 people, Crete also is the most populous Greek island. Italy’s Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean. Malta and Cyprus are former British colonies and independent countries. But, Cyprus was divided between Greek and Turkish residents in the 1970s after a failed bid to annex the island to Greece and an invasion by Turkey.
D. The Ottomans conquered Greece in the 15th century and controlled it until the Greeks revolted in1821 and later gained independence with the help from the British, French and Russian navies. Greece is buying warplanes and missiles from France, another NATO member which criticized Turkey’s energy claims. Turkey’s president warned France “not to mess” with his nation.