[kabumpo]

I forgot to add that the food on Ikaria was terrible - swimming in grease - I’m not making a pun. The marvelous food is in Turkey.

[Verginius Rufus]

Ikaria stayed under Turkish rule longer than most of the Aegean Islands--until 1912. In fact, according to the Wikipedia article, July 17, 1912, is when Turkish rule finally ended. The island was then independent for 5 months before becoming part of Greece.

The Wikipedia article mentions Anthony Papalas, who has written a book in English about the island (his family is from there). The Greeks call it the "red island" because the Greek Communist Party gets a high percentage of the vote there.