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Istraga Poturica (The Inquisition of the Turkicized) is the name for the event that has occurred at the beginning of 18th cenntury in Montenegro. Although the historical facts about this event are somewhat uncertain, it is known that at that time Montenegrins attempted to solve radically the problem of many of their brethren who had agreed to being converted to Islam, who they called “Turkicized”. In 1702 under the comand of then ruler of Montenegrians Vladika Danilo I Šćepčev Petrović-Njegoš, christian Montenagrians started process of forced christianisation of local Montenegrian muslim population and rebelion aginst Ottoman empire. Event started during a Christmas night and lasted several days. Although part of muslim population converted to christianity in order to be spared, this event is a couse of migration and deaths of tousands of Montenegrian muslims and couse of permanent demographic changes in Montenego's towns. Many muslims migrated to Sandzak and Turkey and many have converted back to islam later. Vladica Danilo's son Petar II Petrović-Njegoš second ruler of Montenegro has writen The Mountain Wreath poeam and play that describes the event.