Greek Muslims, also known as Muslim Rums, are Muslims of Greek ethnic origin whose adoption of Islam dates to the period of Ottoman rule in the southern Balkans. They consist primarily of Ottoman-era converts to Islam from Greek Macedonia, Crete, and northeastern Anatolia.
Greek woman in hijab, Turkey, 1710
Cretan Muslims, 19th-20th century.
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1855–1922–1923) was born into a Muslim family of Greek descent on Lesbos.
Ahmed Vefik Pasha (1823–1891) Ottoman statesman, diplomat and playwright of Greek ancestry who presided over the first Turkish parliament
The Cretan Muslims or Cretan Turks were the Muslim inhabitants of the island of Crete. Their descendants settled principally in Turkey, the Dodecanese Islands under Italian administration, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Libya, and Egypt, as well as in the larger Turkish diaspora.
Cretan Muslims in their traditional costume; 19th-20th century
Ahmed Resmî Efendi (1700–1783) an Ottoman statesman and historian, who was born into a Muslim family of Greek descent in Crete.