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|population = 294
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] in ] (]: Грци во Северна Македонија {{IPA-mk|ɡr̩t͡si|}}) form a small community numbering 294 individuals per ].<ref name="2021 Census">{{cite web|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/publikacii/2022/POPIS_DZS_web_MK.pdf|title=Macedonia 2021 census|last=Samartzis|first=Nonda|publisher=Transitions Online|access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref>
''']''' form an ethnic minority in the ], with official figures from the most recent census (2002) citing 422 individuals declaring their ethnicity as Greek. Greeks were present in territory of todays Republic of Macedonia as its southern parts belonged to ] region became predominalty ] after their arrival in 6th century. Although ethnic Greeks were mainly concetrated in southern areas<ref>{{cite book|last=Gawrych|first=George Walter|title=The Crescent and the Eagle: Ottoman Rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874-1913|publisher=I.B.Tauris|date=2006|pages=p. 27|isbn=1845112873, 9781845112875|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wPOtzk-unJgC&pg=PA27&dq=Greeks+Manastir|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref> presence of ] was noted also in other areas of Macedonia especially in urban ones<ref>{{cite book|last=Roudometof|first=Victor|title=Collective Memory, National Identity, and Ethnic Conflict: Greece, Bulgaria, and the Macedonian Question|publisher=]|location=]|date=2002|pages=p. 90|isbn=ISBN 0275976483, 9780275976484|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Xoww453NVQMC&pg=PA90&dq=Greek+Bitola|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref>. Ottoman census of 1910 counted that population of ] (today's Bitola) consisted of 15,000 ], 15,000 ], 5,000 ] and 3,000 ]. However it should be noted that basis of Ottoman censuses was the millet system. People were assigned to ethicity according which religion they belonged. So all Sunni Muslims were categorised as Turks, all members of Greek Orthodox church as Greeks although it included vaste majority of ] and certain number of Macedonian Slavs, while rest being divided between Bulgarian and Serb Orthodox churches<ref name = "Ortayli 2006 89-8">Ortaylı, İlber. ''"Son İmparatorluk Osmanlı (The Last Empire: Ottoman Empire)"'', İstanbul, Timaş Yayınları (Timaş Press), 2006. pp. 87–89. ISBN 975-263-490-7 {{tr icon}}.</ref>. However western ethnographers made their own indepedent researches about ethnic composition of Ottoman areas. ''La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne'' printed in ] in 1905 noted that christian population of Monastir consisted of 8,884 ] belonging to ], 6,300 Bulgarians belonging to Greek orthodox church, 72 Bulgarians belonging to ], 36 Bulgarian protestants, 7,200 Aromanians belonging to Greek orthodox church, 120 christian ], 120 ] and 100 Greeks. Out of 28 christian schools in city 13 were Bulgarian, 9 Greek, 4 Romanian and 3 Serb.<ref>D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, р.166-167.</ref>. Presence of Greek liturgy and greek schooling made Greek language and Greek culture and Greek national feeling be adopted by certain number of Orthodox population in area. Those non-ethnic Greek adopting Greek ethnic feelings were known as ]. In 1913 after ] Macedonia was divided between ], ] and ] and new border went just south of Bitola. Some grecoman Aromanians from area decided to resetlle in Greek Macedonia with ] in ] witnessing the arrival of a large Greek-speaking commercial population from Monastiri (Bitola).<ref>{{cite book|last=Clogg|title=Minorities in Greece: Aspects of a Plural Society|date=2002|pages=p. 153|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-71s8jEHWJsC&pg=PA152&dq=Greek-speaking+Monastiri+Bitola|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref>. During ] Greek-Yugoslav border was supply and escape route for Greek communist. At the end of war big vawe of ] out of which most were Macedonian Slavs while minority being ethnic Greeks crossed the border and settled Yugoslavia and other countries of former eastern bloc<ref></ref> .

== History ==
=== Refugees from the Greek Civil War ===
Greeks are mainly settled now in the cities of ] ({{langx|el|Γευγελή}}, ''Gevgelī́'') and ] ({{langx|el|Μοναστήρι}}, ''Monastī́ri'').<ref>{{cite book|last=Cowan|first=Jane K.|title=Macedonia: The Politics of Identity and Difference|publisher=]|location=London; ]|year=2000|page=118|isbn=9780745315898 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXGd04cB59EC&q=Greek+Monastir&pg=PR15|access-date=2008-11-08}}</ref> Today this community is a remnant from the times of ]. Then many ] fled Greece due to the ] as ].<ref name="OneEuropeManyNations">Pg.440 {{cite book|last=Minahan|first=James|title=One Europe, many nations|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2000|isbn=9780313309847 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NwvoM-ZFoAgC&q=One+Europe,+many+nations++slavs+left+greek+macedonia&pg=PA440}}</ref> Today here live mostly their descendants.<ref>{{cite book|last=Koutsoukalēs|first=Alekos|title=To chroniko mias tragōdias, 1945-1949|publisher=Iōlkos|date=1998|isbn=9789604260935 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jAVOAAAAMAAJ&q=%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%82+%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD+%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%AF%CF%89%CE%BD|access-date=2009-05-07}}</ref> ] cites ] as an "immigrant language" in North Macedonia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=MK|title=Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition|editor-last=Gordon|editor-first=Raymond G. Jr. |year=2005|publisher=]|access-date=2008-11-03}}</ref> In 2002, 422 individuals declared themselves as Greeks in the census.<ref name="2002 Census">{{cite web|url=http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/getdocument.aspx?logid=5&id=b5ea1b81-afdb-4026-b695-97a2ca6e21d3|title=Macedonia's census opens new doors|last=Stavrova|first=Biljana|author2=Alagjozovski, Robert|date=2003-09-12|publisher=Transitions Online|access-date=2008-11-08}}</ref> The 2021 census recorded only 294 individuals declaring their ethnicity as Greek.<ref name="2021 Census"/>

=== Trivia ===
There is a historical controversy surrounding a Greek minority within North Macedonia, that stems from the late 19th and early 20th century ] statistical treatment of ] and ] population groups in the area, which partially used to identify themselves as Greeks as part of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gate.net/~mango/JHS1.htm#FOOT29|title=Nationalism and Identity Politics in the Balkans: Greece and the Macedonian Question|last=Roudometof|first=Victor|year=1996|work=Journal of Modern Greek Studies|publisher=The ]|location=]|access-date=2008-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202839/http://www.gate.net/~mango/JHS1.htm#FOOT29|archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref> A large number of Aromanians and Slavic-speakers with Greek identity left the region after the ] (1912-1913) and ] (1914-1918) and settled in Greece.<ref>{{cite book|last=Clogg|title=Minorities in Greece: Aspects of a Plural Society|year=2002|page=153|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-71s8jEHWJsC&q=Greek-speaking+Monastiri+Bitola&pg=PA152|access-date=2008-11-08 | isbn=978-1-85065-705-7 | publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers}}</ref>

====Notable historical personalities====
The following Aromanian and ] were born during Ottoman times in what is today ] and identified as Greek after the ]:
*], chieftain of the ]
*], chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
*] (1887-1908), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
*] (-1910), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
*], chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
*], first love of ]
*] (1844/48-1911), composer and musician
*] (1887-1975), jurist, politician, writer and participant in the Macedonian Struggle
*], merchant, scholar and participant in the Macedonian Struggle
*] (1874-?), politician
*] (c.1880-1907), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
*] (1905-1991), writer and politician
*] (1836-1913), educator and participant the Macedonian Struggle
*] (1873-1956), politician and doctor
*] (1883-1950), violinist
*] (1870-1935), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
*] (1892-1956), President of ] during WW2
*] (1882/1883-?), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
*], chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
*] (1903-1996), poet, writer, teacher and journalist
*] (1869-1941), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle

==See also==
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]


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Greeks in North Macedonia (Macedonian: Грци во Северна Македонија [ɡr̩t͡si]) form a small community numbering 294 individuals per 2021 census.

History

Refugees from the Greek Civil War

Greeks are mainly settled now in the cities of Gevgelija (Greek: Γευγελή, Gevgelī́) and Bitola (Greek: Μοναστήρι, Monastī́ri). Today this community is a remnant from the times of Communist Yugoslavia. Then many Greek communists fled Greece due to the Greek Civil War as political refugees. Today here live mostly their descendants. Ethnologue cites Greek as an "immigrant language" in North Macedonia. In 2002, 422 individuals declared themselves as Greeks in the census. The 2021 census recorded only 294 individuals declaring their ethnicity as Greek.

Trivia

There is a historical controversy surrounding a Greek minority within North Macedonia, that stems from the late 19th and early 20th century Ottoman era statistical treatment of Aromanian and Slavic-speaking population groups in the area, which partially used to identify themselves as Greeks as part of the Rum millet. A large number of Aromanians and Slavic-speakers with Greek identity left the region after the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) and First World War (1914-1918) and settled in Greece.

Notable historical personalities

The following Aromanian and Slavic people were born during Ottoman times in what is today North Macedonia and identified as Greek after the rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire:

See also

References

  1. ^ Samartzis, Nonda. "Macedonia 2021 census" (PDF). Transitions Online. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  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.
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