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Official language in Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Recognised minority language in Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Romania and Greece . Countries where it is recognized as a minority language and co-official in at least one municipality in Macedonia , Republic of Kosovo , Syria and Iraq .
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 ]
Map showing countries and autonomous subdivisions with an official Turkic language. English Map showing countries and autonomous subdivisions where a language belonging to the Turkic language family has official status.
Ethnic composition of Romania. Localities with a Hungarian majority or plurality are shown in dark green. After the fall of Romania's communist government in 1989, the various minority languages have received more rights, and Romania currently has extensive laws relating to the rights of minorities to use their own language in local administration and the judicial system.
Turkish Roma have adopted the Turkish language to establish a Turkish identity and to be more recognized by their host population. [14] 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]
The Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages. [37] [38]According to historians and linguists, the Proto-Turkic language originated in Central-East Asia, [39] potentially in the Altai-Sayan region, Mongolia or Tuva.
Lumina (Romanian for "the light") is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. The commune includes three villages: Lumina (historical names: Valea Neagră (until 1965); Cogealia, Kogea-Ali (until 1929) - Turkish: Kocaali, German: Kodschalie) Oituz - established in 1926, named after Oituz (Bacău County)