Original sentence: <ref name="hupchik">The Balkans.<ref>Ira Lapidus, A history of Islamic societies, (Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (22 Aug 2002)</ref>  were taken  addition to the forcible removal of Christian subjects by the Turks as slaves and war booty.More migrations of Orthodox Christians from the Kosovo area preceded and followed throughout the 18th century during the Great Serb Migrations<ref>Cirkovic.Pg 115 The great migrations that had begun earlier continued after the establishment of Ottoman rule in territories that had formerly been part of the Serbian state''.. This is however a disputed topic, some have claimed the forced migration of Serbs is a myth.The young boys were brought up to be Muslims and served as part of the elite Janissary corps of the Ottoman Empire.Young Christian boys were recruited from the Balkans, in particular [Albanian]], Bosnian and Greek ones
Edited sentence: As Islam became the dominant religion, some Serbs converted to Islam and lost their Serbian identity, and were rather referred to as "Turks" or "Albanians".Kosovo, like Serbia, was occupied by the Austrian forces during the Great War of 1683–1699.More migrations of Orthodox Christians from the Kosovo area preceded and followed throughout the 18th century during the Great Serb Migrations, in addition to the forcible removal of Christian subjects by the Turks as slaves and war booty.On the whole, "Albanians had little cause of unrest" and "if anything, grew important in Ottoman internal affairs", and sometimes persecuted Christians harshly on behalf of their Turkish masters.The cause of this demographic shift was manifold.The final result of four and a half centuries of Muslim rule was a marked decline in the previously dominant Slavic Christian demographic element in Kosovo.The outward movement of Christians was accompanied by an inward migration of Albanians and other Islamic peoples such as Circassians (with notable anti-Christian sentiments), who often served as auxiliary troops for the Turks.. In addition, during Ottoman rule, the distinction between Serb and Albanian was not always clear cut