abstract:Giaour, Gawur or Ghiaour written gâvur in modern Turkish (, , from ), is an offensive ethnic slur used by Muslims in Turkey and the Balkans to describe all who are non-Muslim, with particular reference to Christians like Greeks,James Lewis Farley, Turks and Christians, Adamant Media Corporation, ISBN 1-4021-8786-6James Finn. Stirring Times, Or, Records from Jerusalem Consular Chronicles of 1853 To 1856, 2004, p.