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As Gastarbeiter some Turkish Roma came to Germany and Austria and other European countries and fully assimilated in Turkish European communities. [5] There are an estimated 500,000–2,000,000 Romani people in Turkey. [6] [7] [8] [9]
The Turkish Roma, also referred to as Turkish Gypsy, Türk Çingeneler, Turski Tsigani (турски цигани), Turkogifti (τουρκο-γύφτοι), Țigani turci, Török Cigányok, Turci Cigani [1] are self-Turkified and assimilated Muslim Roma who have adopted Turkish culture over the centuries, [2] including adopting the Turkish language and used to speak the Rumelian Romani language.
There is a sizable Romani minority in Romania, known as Ţigani in Romanian and, recently, as Rromi, of 621,573 people or 3.3% of the total population (2011 census), although the Council of Europe estimates the figure to be 1.85 million people or 8.32% of the population. [127]
While the Early Romani people traces back to the Indian Subcontinent, [17] also Gene flow from the Ottoman Turks spilled over and established a higher frequency of the Y-haplogroups J and E3b in Balkan Roma Groups. [18] The Greek Doctor A. G. Paspati made the statement in his Book, that Turks married often Roma Woman. [19]
The Turks of Romania (Turkish: Romanya Türkleri, Romanian: Turcii din România) are ethnic Turks who form an ethnic minority in Romania. According to the 2011 census, there were 27,698 Turks living in the country, forming a minority of some 0.15% of the population. [ 1 ]
The majority Turkish-speaking Muslim Roma in Bulgaria, Dobruja-Romania, Western Thrace-Greece, Northern Cyprus and Turkey declare themselves to be Turks, not Romani people. [15] Gene flow from the Ottoman Turks spilled over in the Balkan Roma and established a higher frequency of the human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups J and E-M215 [ 16 ...
Lyrics to Romani songs are often sung in one or more dialects of the Romani language, and dance frequently accompanies Romani music performance. [9] The quintessentially Spanish flamenco is to a very large extent the music (and dance, or indeed the culture) of the Romani people of Andalusia. [10] Romani people sometimes also perform Hip hop. [11]
Romani music plays an important role in central and eastern European countries such as Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Romania, and the style and performance practices of Romani musicians have influenced European classical composers such as Franz Liszt and ...