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Crete, Greece.
Crete officially united with Greece in 1913.12
Following a period of Ottoman rule and subsequent uprisings, the island had functioned as an autonomous state under the suzerainty of the sultan since 1898. The formal union was achieved through the Treaty of London, which concluded the First Balkan War.312