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Regarding rhythm, rebetika shares more characteristics with Turkish folk music than with Greek folk music. Çiftetelli, Sirto, Karsilama, Zembekiko (Zeybek)

The zeybek is a form of folk music and dance peculiar to Western Anatolia in Turkey. It is named after the Zeybeks. The Greek popular dance form the Zeibekiko was originated from the Anatolian zeybek dance. Ä°t is believed that this dance was created by zeybek warriors who try to simulate movements of hawks.

Zeibekiko is considered an urban improvisational dance from Greece with a rhythmic pattern of 9/4. The dance originated from the Zeybek warriors of Anatolia and was partly introduced in Greece after the 1923 population exchanges.