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Macedonian Greek Muslims

Muslims living in Haliacmon valley of Central Macedonia were Greek-speaking. They were known collectively as Vallahades. They arrived in Turkey after 1923 and became gradually assimilated into Turkish Muslim mainstream. According to Todor Simovski's assessment (1972), in 1912 in the region of Macedonia in Greece there were 13,753 Muslim Greeks.

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