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OTL the Italians nabbed Rhodes and the other Dodecanese during the Italo-Turkish War.

But what if the Turks opted for something a bit craftier? At this point Crete was still nominally under Ottoman Suzerainty and I imagine they could have ceded that suzerainty to Italy in exchange for the Italians getting out of Rhodes.

Italy gets a bigger island that's closer to home.
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