Turkoalbanians
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Turkoalbanians or Turkalvanoi is an ethnographic and religious term used in the Greek War of Independence
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between...

 1821-1830 and thereafter.

The term is associated with Muslim Albanians
Islam in Albania
During the Ottoman rule, according to Ottoman data, the majority of Albanians were of Muslim affiliation . However, decades of state atheism which ended in 1991 brought a decline in religious practice in all traditions....

 but in specific works is used to mention the Labs (or Liaphides), an Albanian warlike tribe that has been converted to Islam and used against Christian populations in the Ottoman Empire. The term was also used to denote Ottoman troops of both Turkish and Albanian ethnicity.
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