Theories and hypotheses on the formation of the Gagauz people
Journal Title: STUDIUM - Revista studenţilor, masteranzilor şi doctoranzilor în istorie - Year 2017, Vol 10, Issue 10
Abstract
The scientific debate over the Gagauz subject remains an intense one, continuing to represent a controversial matter. Historians, anthropologists, linguists, etc of different ethnic backgrounds themselves have concentrated their attention on this scientific endeavour. There are currently over 20 theories on the matter of this small Turkic people`s origins. The most prominent ones refer to an Oghuz or Seljuk origin, but it is also possible that the Gagauz came to be within a mixture of different peoples. But leaving origins aside, historical sources show the important impact that the Gagauz have had in the history of Dobrudja. It seems this south-eastern region in current-day Romania was where the ethno-genesis of the Gagauz completed itself.
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Stefan BEJAN
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