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The Romani people in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye'deki Romanlar) or Turks of Romani background (Turkish: Roman kökenli Türk) are Turkish citizens and the biggest subgroup of the Turkish Roma. They are Sunni Muslims mostly of Sufi orientation, [ 2 ] who speak Turkish as their first language, in their own accent, and have adopted Turkish culture .
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.
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 ...
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 ]
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]
All of the Romani portrayed are actual members of the Romani community. India—Kalbelia people gathering in celebration. Egypt—Ghawazi people sing and dance while children observe and begin to learn the artistic traditions. Turkey—Turkish Roma in Istanbul sell flowers and play their music in cafes while their children observe and learn.
During the Cold War in 1950–1951, hundreds of thousands of Turks left the territory of the People's Republic of Bulgaria.The expulsion was planned by the Bulgarian government before it began, and the reason was to secure its national borders and expel the Turkish population.