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    Posted: 15-Apr-2006 at 16:43

Yeni = new.

"Yunan" means Greeks. /Comes from one of the the Greek regions /

 "Rum" is an Otoman word and means the christian population of the Otoman Empire, not the Grekks only.

"Rum-milliet", or "Rum-nation" /i.e."Roman nation"/.

It comes from the word "Roman" /that was the odfficial name of the Bizantian empire, conquered by the Turks/.

After that name, the whole Balkan aerea of the European part of the Otoman Empire has been callaed "Rumeli beiler beIlak" /I might be wrong in the spelling/.

 



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  Quote DayI Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15-Apr-2006 at 21:05
BG100 Rumeli beiler beilak should be "Rumeli Beylerbeyi". 
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  Quote BG100 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16-Apr-2006 at 03:58

Thanks! I knew only the Bulgarian transcrition.

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  Quote OSMANLI Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20-Apr-2006 at 13:46
Rum can have so many diffrent, yet similar meanings. Originally it literally meant Roman, although was used loosly to represent Christions or those of the west. The Turk adopted this word into their language as well for the same meaning. However the modern day meaning is usually in reference to Greeks in Turkish land or Greeks in S.Cyprus.
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