Greeks in North Macedonia

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Greeks in North Macedonia
Total population
294
Languages
Greek and Macedonian
Religion
Eastern Orthodox Church
Related ethnic groups
Ethnic Greeks

Greeks (Macedonian: Грци, Grci [ɡr̩t͡si]) in North Macedonia form an ethnic minority numbering 294 individuals per 2021 census.[1]

Current status

Greeks are mainly settled now in the cities of Gevgelija (Greek: Γευγελή, Gevgelī́) and Bitola (Greek: Μοναστήρι, Monastī́ri).[2] Today most Greeks in the country are political refugees who fled Greece due to the Greek Civil War[3] and their descendants.[4] Ethnologue also cites Greek as an "immigrant language" in the Republic of North Macedonia.[5] In 2002, 422 individuals declared themselves as Greeks in the census.[6] The 2021 census recorded 294 individuals declaring their ethnicity as Greek.[1]

Aromanians

There is a historical controversy surrounding a Greek minority within North Macedonia, that stems from the Ottoman era statistical treatment of Aromanian population groups in the country, which in their majority used to identify themselves as Greeks as part of the Rum millet.[7] A large number of Aromanians with Greek identity left the region after the Balkan Wars, with Florina in Greece witnessing the arrival of a large Greek-speaking commercial population from Monastiri (Bitola).[8] The present-day community is a remnant of the formerly larger Aromanian community of the part of Macedonia that fell within the borders of the Kingdom of Serbia after the Balkan Wars.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Today, the Aromanians in North Macedonia are an officially recognized minority group numbering ca. 10,000 people, although some estimates put this number higher.

Notable historical personalities

The following people were born during Ottoman times in what is today North Macedonia:

See also

References

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  2. ^ Cowan, Jane K. (2000). Macedonia: The Politics of Identity and Difference. London; Sterling, Virginia: Pluto Press. p. 118. ISBN 9780745315898. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  3. ^ Pg.440 Minahan, James (2000). One Europe, many nations. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313309847.
  4. ^ Koutsoukalēs, Alekos (1998). To chroniko mias tragōdias, 1945-1949. Iōlkos. ISBN 9789604260935. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  5. ^ Gordon, Raymond G. Jr., ed. (2005). "Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition". SIL International. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  6. ^ Stavrova, Biljana; Alagjozovski, Robert (2003-09-12). "Macedonia's census opens new doors". Transitions Online. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  7. ^ Roudometof, Victor (1996). "Nationalism and Identity Politics in the Balkans: Greece and the Macedonian Question". Journal of Modern Greek Studies. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  8. ^ Clogg (2002). Minorities in Greece: Aspects of a Plural Society. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-85065-705-7. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  9. ^ Clogg, Richard (2002). Minorities in Greece: Aspects of a Plural Society. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 118. ISBN 9781850657057.
  10. ^ Roudometof, Victor (2002). Collective Memory, National Identity, and Ethnic Conflict: Greece, Bulgaria, and the Macedonian Question. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 90. ISBN 9780275976484. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  11. ^ Yucel, Vedat; Salomon Ruysdael (2002). New Trends in Turkish Foreign Affairs: Bridges and Boundaries. iUniverse. p. 298. ISBN 9780595244942. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  12. ^ Gawrych, George Walter (2006). The Crescent and the Eagle: Ottoman Rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874-1913. I.B.Tauris. p. 27. ISBN 9781845112875. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  13. ^ Knight, E. F. (2005). Turkey; the Awakening of Turkey; the Turkish Revolution Of 1908: The Awakening of Turkey. Adamant Media Corporation. p. 182. ISBN 9781402188169. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  14. ^ Few, William Preston; William Henry Glasson; John Spencer Bassett; William Kenneth Boyd; et al. (1918). "Search for Greek Monastir". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  15. ^ Moore, Frederick (1971) [1906]. The Balkan Trail. Ayer Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 9780405027680. Retrieved 2008-11-08.