Greek Turkish People - Greek People of Turkish Descent, Ottomans of Greek Descent, Murad I, Ahmed III, Murad IV, Basil Zaharoff, Mustafa II, (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: Greek people of Turkish descent, Ottomans of Greek descent, Murad I, Ahmed III, Murad IV, Basil Zaharoff, Mustafa II, Greek Muslims, Hayreddin Barbarossa, Turgut Reis, Greeks in Turkey, Oruc Reis, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Ibrahim Edhem Pasha, Selim I, Kosem Sultan, Osman Hamdi Bey, Emetullah Rabia Gulnu Sultan, Pargal brahim Pasha, Huseyin Hilmi Pasha, Raghib Pasha, Mehmed IV, Mustapha Khaznadar, Gazi Evrenos, Handan Sultan, Sheikh Bedrettin, Jahja, Vallahades, Gulbahar Sultan, Moral Eni te Hasan Pasha, Savvas Gentsoglou, Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Esma Sultana, Nilufer Hatun, erif Goren, Al-Husayn I ibn Ali at-Turki, Mahfiruze Hatice Sultan, Ahmet Hac osman, Atik Sinan, Cetin Mandac, Gulcicek Hatun, Anthopoulos Costaki, Mustafa Mustafa. Excerpt: Greek Muslims, also known as Greek-speaking Muslims, are Muslims of Greek ethnic origin, and are found primarily in Turkey, Cyprus, and Greece, although migrations to Lebanon and Syria have been reported. Historically, Greek Orthodoxy has been associated with being Roman i.e. Greek and Islam with being Turkish ( ), despite ethnic or linguistic references. Most Greek-speaking Muslims in Greece left for Turkey during the 1920s population exchanges under the Treaty of Lausanne (sometimes in return for Turkish-speaking Christians), with the exception of the Muslims in Thrace, who are officially recognized as a minority. In Turkey, where most Greek-speaking Muslims live, there are various groups of Greek-speaking Muslims, some autochthonous, some from parts of present-day Greece and Cyprus who migrated to Turkey under the population exchanges or immigration. As a rule, the Ottomans did not require the Greeks to become Muslims, although many did so in order to avert the socioeconomic hardships of Ottoman rule, take advantage of greater employment...