The number of Muslims in Slovakia according to the 2001 census is negligible (according to ?? there are 5000 Muslims in Slovakia - less than 0.1% of the country's population). In the 17th century a small part of central southern Slovakia was occupied by Ottoman Turks

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 for some time after Turkish settlements were established for example in Novohrad region

Nógrád (county)

-Description:Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén. The capital of Nógrád county is Salgótarján. Its area is 2544 km²....

, other regions of Slovakia were subjects to permanent Turkish raids and pillaging.
In the Middle Ages, at least three times Pechenegs and Cumans

Cumans

The Cumans were Turkic nomadic people comprising the western branch of the Cuman-Kipchak confederation. After Mongol invasion , they decided to seek asylum in Hungary, and subsequently to Bulgaria...

 within the Hungarian forces helped Hungarian kings to defend the territory of the northern Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia) against Czech invasions (1260 Ottokar Premysl

Ottokar II of Bohemia

Ottokar II , called The Iron and Golden King, was the King of Bohemia from 1253 until 1278. He was the Duke of Austria , Styria , Carinthia and Carniola also....

, 1300-05 Venceslaus

Venceslaus II of Bohemia

Wenceslaus II Premyslid was King of Bohemia , Duke of Cracow and King of Poland .He was the only son of King Ottokar II of Bohemia "the Great" and Ottokar's second wife Kunigunda. He was born in 1271, ten years after the marriage of his parents...

 and 1427-34 the Hussite

Hussite

The Hussites were a Christian movement following the teachings of Czech reformer Jan Hus , who became one of the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation...

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