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The Islamisation of the Meglen Vlachs (Megleno-Romanians): The Village of Nânti (Nótia) and the “Nântinets” in Present-Day Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Thede Kahl
Thede Kahl*
Affiliation:
Austrian Institute of East and Southeast European Studies, Austria. [email protected]
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The main objective of the research project “Self-Identification of Meglen Vlachs” was to compare the contemporary state of Meglen Vlach culture and identity in their different settlement areas. Fieldwork sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in Meglen Vlach communities in Romania, Greece, Turkey and the Republic of Macedonia was able to identify the settlement areas of the Meglen Vlachs in Turkey. The paper represents a summary of the most important findings in Turkey.

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Nationalities Papers , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , March 2006 , pp. 71 - 90
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Copyright © 2006 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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