Torbesh
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The Torbesh are a Muslim Macedonian peoples. The name is somewhat pejorative and means 'the bag carriers'. This is one of the informal names for Slav Macedonians who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period. Torbesh do not have very firm Macedonian national affiliations, nor a separate, Torbesh identity. The last Macedonian census of 2002 confirmed the deep split in the Torbesh community of the Republic of Macedonia, however, members of it declared themselves mainly as the Macedonian Muslims.
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