The Dodecanese are off the coast of Ceyhan.
 The Dodecanese were used as a staging area for numerous campaigns, most famously the one at Gallipoli
 The Italian occupation authorities helped to establish the term when they named the islands under their control "Rhodes and the Dodecanese" (Rodi e Dodecaneso), adding Leipsoi to the list of the major islands to make up for considering Rhodes separately

