1.  Skopjans hypocritically, showing their real racist face, tend occasionally to use the term "Turks" as a derogatory remark against Greeks. However they conveniently forget: Fact: (1) Athens was captured from Ottoman Turks in 1458 and  the city was liberated in 1821. (2) Skopje was captured from Ottoman turks in 1392 and the city was liberated in 1912. (3) Thessaloniki was captured from Ottoman ...

Even before Ottoman conquest, modern FYROM's territories had witnessed Uzes, Pechenegs, Koumans and other fine Turkic people. However the extensive colonization took place particularly during Ottoman occupation. Especially Skopje had faced many dominations during its lifetime. At the time of Ottomans, it was the centre of the Province of Kossovo. Skopje was conquered by Pasha Yigit ...

Quote: The three peoples in Macedonia with the longest claim to continuity are the Greeks, the Vlachs (possibly descendants of Romanized elements of the original Thracians) and the Albanians who claim descent from the ancient Illyrians. The Slavs, an Indo-European people originating in east-central Europe, had begun to cross the Danube into the Balkans by the 6th ...