The
Cretan Turks (
Greek Τουρκοκρητικοί or Τουρκοκρήτες,
Tourkokritikí or
Tourkokrítes,
Turkish Giritli,
Girit Türkleri, or
Giritli Türkler),
Muslim-Cretans or
Cretan Muslims were the
Muslim inhabitants of
Crete (until 1923) and now their descendants, who settled principally in
Turkey, the
Dodecanese Islands under Italian administration,
Syria (notably in the village of
Al-Hamidiyah),
Lebanon,
Palestine,
Libya, and
Egypt, as well as in the larger
Turkish diaspora.