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:''This article is about Greeks associated with Macedonia. For the people of ancient Greece, see Ancient Macedonians and for the unrelated, Slavic ethnic group, see Macedonians (ethnic group). For other meanings, see Macedonian.''
'Macedonians' (, alternative names: 'Greek Macedonians' or 'Macedonian Greeks') is the term by which ethnic Greeks originating from Macedonia, particularly Greek Macedonia, are known. In Greek historical literature, they are often referred to as ''Makedones'' or ''Makedhones'' (Μακεδόνες: Macedonians).^[2]
Macedonians (Greek) compose the vast majority of the population of the Greek region of Macedonia. The 2001 census for the total population of the Macedonia region in Greece shows 2,625,681. General Secretariat of National Statistical Service of Greece

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Background

Self-determination

See also

References

Bibliography

External links

Background

During the Ottoman domination of Macedonia, Greek Macedonians reportedly constituted in both the 19th century and early 20th century the majority of the Christian population in the vilayets of Selânik (Thessaloniki) and Manastır (Bitola).^[3] Approximately 100,000 Greeks were recorded in the 1941 census of Axis occupied Yugoslavia.^[4]
Many Greek Macedonians have emigrated to Australia, mostly from Florina, Kastoria and Kozani, primarily between the years 1924 - 1974.² The Greek Macedonian community in Melbourne has been reported to have been in conflict with the Slavic Macedonian community over the usage of cultural symbols, such as the Vergina Sun,¹ which is used by both groups. Such incidents heightened during the years 1992 - 1995 when the naming dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia had just begun.Liotta, P. H. and Simons, A. ''Thicker than Water? Kin, Religion, and Conflict in the Balkans'', from ''Parameters'', Winter 1998, pp. 11-27

Self-determination

According to various public manifestations in Greece and the Greek diaspora,² the Macedonians have a strong regional identity. This was emphasized by the Prime Minister of Greece, Kostas Karamanlis, who in January 2007 during a meeting of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg declared that:

Apogevmatini headline quoting Kostas Karamanlis:
''"I myself am a Macedonian, and another two and a half million Greeks are Macedonians."''

Similar terms include Pontian Greeks or Pontians (Greeks from Pontus) and Greek Epirotes or Epirotes (Greeks from Epirus).
Bulgarians and Aromanians from Macedonia are reported to use the term "Macedonian" in the same way, to denote geography rather than ethnicity. British Council — Bulgaria Ethnologue Oxford English Dictionary Unabridged — Draft Revision (Mar. 2005) — "Macedo-"

See also

★ List of Macedonians (Greek)

★ List of ancient Macedonians

★ Macedonian dynasty

★ Greeks

★ Greece

★ Macedonia

★ Macedonia (Greece)

★ Macedonia (region)

★ Macedonia (terminology)

★ Macedonia naming dispute

★ Greek Struggle for Macedonia

★ Demographic history of Macedonia

★ History of modern Macedonia

★ Makednos

★ Flag of Macedonia (Greece)

★ Vergina Sun

★ Famous Macedonia

★ Macedoniam music

References

1. In July 1995, Greece lodged a request with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for exclusive intellectual property rights to the Vergina Sun. "Greece petitions for int'l rights to Vergina Star", ANA, 31 July 1995. See also WIPO registrations: [1],
[2], [3].
2. Jupp, J. ''The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins'', Cambridge University Press, October 1, 2001. ISBN 0-521-80789-1, p. 147.
3. Glenny, The Balkans; Ottoman census of Hilmi Pasha, 1904
4. Mustairas G., ''Yugoslavia and Macedonia'', Athens 1988 - p. 54.

Bibliography

★ Peter Mackridge, Eleni Yannakakis, eds., ''Ourselves and Others: The Development of a Greek Macedonian Cultural Identity since 1912'', 1997, ISBN 1-85973-133-3.

External links

★ Macedonian Information Center

★ Pan-Macedonian Association of the USA

★ Pan-Macedonian Association of Canada

★ Pan-Macedonian Association of Great Britain

★ Pan-Macedonian Association of Chania city in Crete,Greece

★ Greek Macedonians of South Germany

★ Greek Macedonians of North Germany

★ Macedonian Union of Belgium