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Ottoman Eyes Religion: The Ottoman eyes religion System. Like the other conquered Balkan Christians, the Greeks came under the unique Ottoman eyes religion system of government. In Ottoman eyes religion not nationality, constituted the basis of political division. The conquered peoples were free to join the Muslim faith; among the Greeks only the Cretans followed this .course in large numbers. Once Muslim they could become a part of the ruling group and obtain a privileged position within the state.
Religion. The Eastern Orthodox faith is the official religion of Greece, though other faiths are tolerated. The Orthodox faith is professed by 97% of the population. Orthodoxy has traditionally commanded the loyalty of Greeks for spiritual reasons but also as a badge of nationality. Under Ottoman eyes religion rule the Orthodox Church, headed by the patriarch of Constantinople, exercised civil as well as spiritual powers.
The Serbian danger declined after the death of Dusan in 1355, but in 1453 the Ottoman eyes religion Turks captured Constantinople, which was to become the center of a great Muslim empire.The period of Ottoman eyes religion control, known in Greek history as Turkocratia, is usually dated from 1453. By that year, however, Ottoman eyes religion forces had long been in control of most of the Greek mainland. The Ottoman eyes religion conquest of the Balkan Peninsula began in 1365 with the fall of Adrianople (Edirne). Macedonia was occupied in 1380 and Thessaly in 1393.
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