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| Exodus of Muslims from Serbia | |
|---|---|
| Part of Persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction | |
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| Location | Belgrade, Smederevo, Šabac, Kladovo, Užice, Sokol (Principality of Serbia) |
| Date | 1862 |
| Target | Muslims |
Attack type | Forced migration, ethnic cleansing |
| Victims | 10,000 Muslims (mostly Bosniaks and Turks) |
| Motive | Islamophobia, Serbianisation |
The exodus of Muslims from Serbia in 1862 was the forced migration of 10,000 Muslims from the Serbian cities of Belgrade, Sokol, Užice, Šabac, Smederovo and Kladovo, all of them garrison towns. The reason for the forced migration was the Kanlıca Conference, according to which all Muslims living on the territory of the Principality of Serbia had to be evicted.[1] Since the Romani people were exempt from this, some of the Muslims began to call themselves Roma, in order to stay in their hometowns.[2] Majority of the refugees migrated to Bosnia, Vidin and Niš. The exodus changed not only the ethno-religious composition of the Principality of Serbia but also of the Ottoman Empire. The withdrawal of the Muslim civilian population also marked the final withdrawal of the Ottoman garrison from Serbia.[1] Towards the beginning of the Great Eastern Crisis, the number of Muslims in the Serbian Principality had dropped to 6,000.[3]
- ^ a b Özkan 2011, p. 123.
- ^ Basic, Camil (2020). Migracije i progon Muslimana 1821.-1923. godina [Migration and expulsion of Muslims between 1821-1923] (PDF). Sarajevo: Univerzitet u Sarajevu. p. 49.
- ^ Popek 2019, p. 521.