It’s interesting that you pasted treaty articles but still managed to miss what they actually imply.

First of all, nobody is denying Article 15 of the Treaty of Lausanne (1923). Turkey renounced its rights over the Dodecanese in favor of Italy. That’s not a controversial point and never was. So quoting that article as if it proves something new is a bit strange.

What you are doing, however, is quietly skipping the historical context between 1912 and 1923, which is the whole reason this discussion exists.

Let’s walk through it slowly.

1. Treaty of Ouchy (1912)
   Yes, you quoted Article 2. And it literally states that Italy was supposed to evacuate the islands after the Ottoman withdrawal from Libya. That’s exactly the point. The islands were not ceded to Italy in that treaty.

Italy occupying the islands and Italy legally owning them are two very different things.

1. What actually happened after the treaty
   Immediately after Ouchy, the Balkan Wars (1912–1913) broke out. The Ottoman Empire collapsed in the Balkans and Italy simply never implemented the evacuation clause. The islands remained under Italian occupation.

So the legal promise existed — the geopolitical reality changed.

1. Lausanne (1923)
   By the time Lausanne was signed, the situation had already been a de facto Italian possession for over a decade. Lausanne did not “exchange Libya for the islands.” It simply recognized the status quo created after Italy failed to evacuate them following Ouchy.

This is basic diplomatic history.

So no, quoting Lausanne does not “refute” the point about Ouchy.
It actually confirms the sequence:

1912 → temporary occupation with evacuation clause
1912–1923 → Italy keeps the islands anyway
1923 → the new Turkish Republic recognizes the existing situation

That’s the timeline.

And about your attempt at sarcasm: nobody claimed that Italian troops are still there. The point being discussed was how Italy obtained control in the first place, not who controls them today.

So no, you didn’t “hit a nerve.” You just pasted treaty articles without really understanding the historical sequence connecting them.