Claim: The Dodecanese belong to Greece.

Southern Sporades -LRB- Greek Nóties Sporádes -RRB- are Greek islands situated between the Cyclades and Turkey . They correspond to the Dodecanese plus a few northern islands -LRB- especially Samos and Ikaria -RRB- . Also included by some geographers are the islands of Chios and Lesbos .