"Proselytism and Crypto-Christians in Cyprus
Cypriot historians from both sides of the divide tend to focus too much on our Greco-Turkish heritage, at the expense of objectivity, but Cyprus has and always will be a convergence of cultures.(By Alkan Chaglar) 04 Mayıs 2006
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Proselytism and Crypto-Christians in Cyprus
By ALKAN CHAGLAR
Without trivialising the significance of the settlement of Turkish Muslim settlers from Anatolia, the issue of proselytisation in Cyprus is equally central to the historical evolution of the current Turkish Cypriot community. Proselytism, the act of inducing someone to convert to one’s own faith was a widely common practice in the Ottoman Empire, as it was in many Christian Empires both before, and during the reign of the Ottomans. Predictably, prolonged proselytisation precipitated the formation of lax Muslim communities in various Ottoman dominions."
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