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coast. The new settlement was named
Hamidiye after the sultan. The community is very much concerned with maintaining its culture. The knowledge of the spoken Greek language is remarkably good and their contact with their historical homeland has been possible by means of satellite television and
418:(report). Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies. February 2010. Retrieved 8-5-2015. p. 14. "The locals of Hamidiye do not describe themselves as Cretan Turks, but as Cretan Muslims or Ottomans (Kiritlar = Cretans in turkish). Some locals in Tripoli define themselves as Cretan Turks."
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constitute 60% of the population, numbering about 3,000. Records suggest that the community left Crete between 1866 and 1897, on the outbreak of the last Cretan uprising against the
Ottoman Empire, which ended with the
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Today, the
Grecophone residents identify themselves as Cretan Muslims, and not as Cretan Turks as is the case with some in Tripoli.
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269:) is a town on the Syrian coast. The town was founded in a very short time on the direct orders of the
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and resettled by the Sultan in
Hamidiyeh and other coastal areas of the
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provided Cretan Muslim families who fled the island with refuge on the
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842:
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39:
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304:, el-Hamidiyeh had a population of 7,404 in the 2004 census.
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around 1897, to serve as a refuge for the Greek-speaking
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374:General Census of Population and Housing 2004
393:Greek-Speaking Enclaves of Lebanon and Syria
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447:
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409:The forgotten Turks: Turkmens of Lebanon
300:in their daily lives. According to the
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1056:
1125:
1055:
911:
725:
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428:
397:II Simposio Internacional Bilingüismo
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386:
84:
1212:Populated places in Tartus District
912:
486:
318:
246:
24:
378:Syria Central Bureau of Statistics
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302:Syria Central Bureau of Statistics
25:
1233:
1217:Populated coastal places in Syria
1207:Greek diaspora in the Middle East
395:by Roula Tsokalidou. Proceedings
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706:
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83:
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402:
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1:
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29:El-Hamidiyeh (disambiguation)
307:The town has remained under
7:
399:. Retrieved 4 December 2006
380:(CBS). Tartus Governorate.
296:. The majority still speak
280:community, forced to leave
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10:
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322:
33:
26:
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1121:
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1051:
920:
907:
734:
721:
704:
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481:
469:
343:Greco-Turkish War of 1897
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222:
205:
197:
192:
182:
170:
158:
140:
105:
71:
62:
50:
34:Not to be confused with
1128:Al-Shaykh Badr District
1149:Brummanet al-Mashayekh
224: • Summer (
45:Town in Tartus, Syria
971:Buwaydat al-Suwayqat
961:Bayt al-Shaykh Yunis
585:Dweir al-Shaykh Saad
27:For other uses, see
311:control during the
284:during the 1897–98
121: /
1058:Duraykish District
986:Khirbet Abu Hamdan
463:Tartus Governorate
414:2016-03-03 at the
198: • Total
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1190:
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1117:
1116:
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1046:
903:
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641:Majdalun al-Baher
625:Khirbet al-Maazah
309:Syrian Government
286:Greco-Turkish War
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125:34.717°N 35.933°E
97:Location in Syria
16:(Redirected from
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1123:
1122:
1053:
1052:
1014:Ras al-Khashufah
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908:
775:Basatin al-Assad
728:Baniyas District
723:
722:
716:
710:
619:Khirbet al-Faras
483:
482:
461:
460:
449:
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426:
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406:
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371:
319:Cretan community
313:Syrian Civil War
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21:
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1186:
1130:
1113:
1096:Junaynet Ruslan
1060:
1043:
916:
914:Safita District
899:
785:Bustan al-Hamam
730:
717:
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597:Husayn al-Baher
490:
488:Tartus District
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423:
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333:Greeks in Syria
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1222:Towns in Syria
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1160:Kaff al-Hammam
1157:
1152:
1145:
1141:Al-Shaykh Badr
1135:
1132:
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1114:
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997:Mashta al-Helu
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338:Cretan Muslims
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292:and as far as
271:Ottoman Sultan
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939:Ayn al-Zibdeh
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795:Dayr al-Basal
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278:Muslim Cretan
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274:Abdülhamit II
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1028:al-Sisiniyah
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950:al-Bariqiyah
948:
944:Ayn al-Tineh
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924:
882:
875:
863:
841:
806:Hammam Wasel
804:
747:
739:
738:
662:
655:
623:
606:
591:al-Hamidiyah
590:
589:
535:Ayn al-Zarqa
522:
499:
498:
471:
404:
396:
388:
369:
356:
336:
325:Cretan Turks
306:
298:Cretan Greek
258:el-Hamidiyye
239:El-Hamidiyeh
238:
237:
188:El-Hamidiyeh
91:El-Hamidiyeh
52:El-Hamidiyeh
1181:al-Qamsiyah
859:Ras al-Wati
817:Kaff al-Jaa
657:al-Safsafah
636:Al-Madehleh
631:al-Khreibat
580:Duwayr Taha
382:(in Arabic)
354:relatives.
184:Subdistrict
160:Governorate
128: /
1201:Categories
1039:al-Tulay'i
1003:al-Malloua
884:al-Tawahin
790:Dahr Safra
749:al-Annazah
667:(includes
608:al-Karimah
513:Aqir Zayti
508:al-Annazah
361:References
323:See also:
193:Population
1175:al-Riqama
1071:Duraykish
1008:al-Mitras
981:al-Kafrun
956:al-Karama
934:Ayn Hifad
843:al-Qadmus
832:Mqarmideh
827:al-Marqab
765:Ayn Qadib
694:al-Zarqat
351:Levantine
345:. Sultan
252:romanized
207:Time zone
55:الحميدية
40:Hamidiyeh
18:Hamidiyah
1078:al-Baqaa
966:al-Bitar
865:al-Rawda
854:al-Qulou
849:Qarqafti
822:Kharibeh
812:Huraysun
780:al-Bayda
664:al-Sawda
646:Maraqiya
565:Bimalkah
545:Baashtar
472:Capital:
412:Archived
247:الحميدية
172:District
36:Hamidiya
991:al-Maab
895:Zallalu
871:Taanita
837:Osaibah
800:Fneitiq
770:Barmiya
741:Baniyas
684:Tayshur
614:Khawabi
602:Kafr Fo
575:Dibbash
518:Areimeh
267:Χαμιδιέ
254::
141:Country
116:35°56′E
113:34°43′N
57:Χαμιδιέ
1102:Fajlit
1090:Hababa
1034:al-Sur
927:Safita
755:Adimeh
689:Yahmur
673:Zamrin
570:Bureij
555:Bahuzi
550:Bahnin
540:Azzayt
530:Arzuna
501:Tartus
475:Tartus
331:, and
290:Levant
243:Arabic
177:Tartus
165:Tartus
150:
1165:Maati
1108:Hamin
1021:Sebei
976:Jenin
890:Tayru
877:Talin
760:Aliqa
669:Awaru
524:Arwad
294:Libya
282:Crete
263:Greek
212:UTC+2
201:7,404
153:Syria
1170:Niha
671:and
65:Town
226:DST
216:EET
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