[Latin Christians] Levantines or Franco-Levantines (French: Levantins; Italian: Levantini; Greek: Φραγκολεβαντίνοι Frankolevantini; Turkish: Levantenler or Tatlısu Frenkleri) are Latin Christians who lived under the Ottoman Empire. The term is also applied to their descendants living in modern Turkey and the Middle East. ==... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levantines_(Latin_Christians)