Paulos. Chidiroglou has written:

'Tourkike helle nographia'

'Thrace in the light of the national ideal of the Turks, 1985-1991' -- subject(s): Minorities, Turks, Political activity, History

'The Greek Pomaks and their relation with Turkey' -- subject(s): Ethnic identity, Foreign public opinion, Turkish, Pomaks, Public opinion, Turkish Foreign public opinion

The real name is Hellas ( Ellines) . But In the mid-second century. eg and when the Romans invaded Greece, the first point of disembarkation was Etoloakarnania somewhere (can not remember the name of the region), where a local resident Greek tribe called "Greki" (as we say Sarakatsani,Pomaks, Albanians, etc.) and hence Graecia.

Certainly. Islam is a religion that is universal. As it is, there are millions of White Muslims, such as Bosniaks, Muslim Albanians, Pomaks, and Turkish Cypriots. There are also numerous mosques throughout the Western World that are more than willing to facilitate conversions to Islam.

To read about the process for conversion, please see this Related Question: How can you convert to Islam?

From East to West:

1. Turks (Altaic people) between Istanbul and Edirne (Adrianople). Minority pockets in southern Bulgaria (between Madan, Khaskovo and Svilengrad), and in the northeast (around Shumen).

2. Bulgarians (south Slavic people) mainly in Bulgaria, also could be found in southeast Serbia (Dimitrovgrad district).

3. Pomaks (south Slavic people), Bulgarian muslims, considering themselves a different nation. Living in the south of Bulgaria, western from the Turks, between Gotse Delchev and Madan city.

4. Romanians (northeast Balkans, Romanic people), between the Danube delta and the Bulgarian border. Minority in Serbia and Bulgaria.

5. Macedonians (south Slavic people) - central Balkans, mainly between the cities of Kumanovo, Skopje, Ohrid and Bitola. State of Macedonia. Minority in the southwest Bulgaria.

6. Greeks (their own group) - southern Balkans, living in Greece, majority in Cyprus minority in southern Albania and Turkey.

7. Albanians (not belonging to any major European group) living in Albania, majority in Serbian district/state of Kosovo (disputed), minority in Macedonia (majority in the west of that country between Tetovo, Gostivar and Ohrid), minority in Montenegro, minority in southern Serbia.

8. Serbs (south Slavic people) , western Balkans, state of Serbia, state of Montenegro, minority in Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Albania. Consisting of 40 percent of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, mainly in the Republic of Srpska. (2000 census)

9. Montenegrins (south Slavic people), minority in their own country of Montenegro (less than 50 percent of the total population), nationality disputed by the Serbs who consider them as an integral part of their own nation.

10. Bosniacs (south Slavic people), native serbocroatian speakers, who call their dialect Bosniac, Muslims which were earlier considered Serbs or Croatians, now a separate nation. Consist 38 percent of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000 census). 11. Croatians (south Slavic people), mainly in Croatia, minority in northern Serbia, consist 22 percent of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, small minority in Montenegro.

12. Slovenians (south Slavic people) mainly in the state of Slovenia.

13. Italians (Romanic people) - the city of Trieste is situated on the westernest part of the Balkans.

14. Aromanians, wallachians, tsintsars (probably, the romanic and indigeneous people of the Balkans), without a single centre, small minority in the eastern Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania and Greece.