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Islam in Greece: Cretan Muslims

Balikesir

Balikesir

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I touched on Islam amongst Anatolian Greeks briefly in one of my previous posts. I will make another one in the future :feelsokman::bigbrain:

The conversion of the Anatolian Greeks is common knowledge for most people from the balkans and Turkey. I find it more interesting to speak about the Muslim Greeks of Greece. You never hear anything about them. They're as forgotten as the slavs of Anatolia :feelsbadman:

Let's talk demographics. Muslim Greeks were mostly in Greek Macedonia and Thesaly. These regions were unsurprisingly populated by Anatolian Turkish migrants as well :soy::mask:

The regions of Greece which had the largest concentrations of Ottoman Greek Muslims were Macedonia, notably the Vallaades, neighboring Epirus, and Crete (see Cretan Muslims). Under the millet logic, Greek Muslims, despite often retaining elements of their Greek culture and language, were classified simply as "Muslim", although most Greek Orthodox Christians deemed them to have "turned-Turk" and therefore saw them as traitors to their original ethno-religious communities.[16]
Here are the mentioned Vallaades:

Cretan Muslims are the most interesting amongst the Muslim Greeks :feelswhere:

Here is the Muslim demographic of Ottoman Crete

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This map is from 1861 (Red is Muslim)


The Cretans were known for their fierce valor in their fight against the Christian Greeks. During the Turkish independence war many Cretans rose to prominence :chad:

Here are a few men:
Ali Çavuş
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Sökeli Cafer Efe

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Cafer is notable because he became a Zeybek. Zeybeks were usually anatolian peasants who turned to banditry when the Ottoman Empire started to crumble. They were like the Greek maniots. That he as a foreigner managed to get into such a group shows what a determined man he was. He was a leader mind you. He and Ali are famous for having pushed back the christians during the Turkish war of independence :lasereyes::feelsBox:


Here are a couple Ottoman paintings of Muslim Balkan Greeks :feelsahh:

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640px Greek Janissaries   Greek youths who are being converted to Islam   Young Greeks at the


The muslim Cretans, who in the end remained the only Greeks with a conscious Greek identity, were killed off by the Greek Christians. The rest migrated to Turkey.

A minority migrated to Lebanon.


A group of Cretans staged a coup against the newly established Turkish Republic :feelsUnreal:


They beheaded a secular Cretan boy by the name of Mustafa Kubilay. They paraded his head around like a trophy :fuk:

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The man who staged this was Giritli Mehmet (Cretan Mehmet)
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He felt betrayed by the state. He fought for a caliphate, not a secular republic :feelsBox: :feelsrope::feelsohgod:

I wanted to discuss this topic because I love talking about history and lesser known subjects :feelzez::feelsLightsaber:
 
Disclaimer: I'm not an islamist. I like history. I enjoy speaking on it.

Why do I make posts about Islam then? This is part of my history. These topics are rarely discussed and I enjoy reading about them and maybe you do as well. I am not here to convince anyone about an ideology. This is just history.
 
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Disclaimer: I'm not an islamist. I like history. I enjoy speaking on it.

Why do I make posts about Islam then? This is part of my history. These topics are rarely discussed and I enjoy reading about them and maybe you do as well. I am not here to convince anyone about an ideology. This is just history.
And its good cope. I have fun writing long texts :ahegao:
 

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