WI Italian North Aegean islands (Italo-Turkish War)

In the summer of 1912 (Italo-Turkish War) Italy occupied the Dodecanese.
What if Italy also took the North Aegean islands (see maps) from the Ottomans in the summer of 1912?
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Just a few months later the First Balkan War broke out. How would this war be influenced by the Italian occupation of the islands geographically located and contested between Greece and the Ottoman Empire? Also could this step bring forward the (OTL) First Balkan War?


Alternatively/Additionally
Why did Italy not take those Islands in 1912 in OTL?
Was it because of diplomatic pressure from the other great powers?
Or did they have military concerns about occupying more islands?
Also, how would the argument of historical precedent work here (Former Venetian/ Genoese holdings)?

Thanks for any feedback and answers!
(No spoiler tags on this forum? Wanted to hide those large maps:confused:)
 
The Regia Marina had plans to occupy Limnos, Tenedos and Imbros in order to force the Ottoman to the peace table. IIRC consideration was given to the occupation of Lesbos too. However the crisis in the Balkans was effective enough to convince the Ottoman government to accept defeat in the war with Italy and these plans were not implemented.

I think that if the Balkan crisis is delayed, the occupation (and a partial blockade of the straits) might happen. There would be a lot of worries among European diplomats and my take is that the occupation would be anyway just a temporary one.
 
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