Potur
A Potur ( Ottoman پوتور; also Albanian Poture ) was a Slav converted to Islam in the Ottoman Empire who still preferred to wear his peasant white linen trousers (as opposed to the usual Ottoman harem trousers ). The name Potur was usually applied to simple farmers or settlers. It comes from Turkish and describes slack pleated trousers (Turkish: potur ). (Turkish poturlu , someone who wears slack pants)
The Poture were often said to convert to the Christian faith as soon as the rulership changed. Some have been said to be in fact crypto-Christians ; H. outwardly devout Muslims, but who continued to practice their Christian faith. In the Ottoman Empire, Poture was a derogatory term for Bosnian Slavs who, despite having converted to Islam, remained primitive and provincial in the eyes of Muslims.
Wrong theses
The assumption that the name stood for Potur polu-tur (slaw. In about half Turk ) or for poturčiti se (interpreting. Turn into a Turk ) does not apply.