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thumb|Group of Zeybeks thumb|Two Zeybeks in their attire 1873 a.d.
Zeybeks, sometimes spelled as Zeibeks ( Zeibekoi; ), were Turkish irregular militia and guerrilla fighters living in West Anatolia from late 17th to early 20th centuries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “zeybek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.