Gagauz
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The Gagauz are a Turkic people who live in southern Bessarabia, a region in southeastern Europe. They represent a distinct ethnic and cultural group in an area with diverse populations and complex historical ties.
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The Gagauz (/ɡæɡæˈuːz/; Gagauz: Gagauzlar) are an Oghuz Turkic ethnic group native to southern Moldova (Gagauzia, Taraclia District, Basarabeasca District) and southwestern Ukraine (Budjak). Gagauz are mostly Eastern Orthodox Christians. The term Gagauz is also often used as a collective naming of Turkic people living in the Balkans, speaking the Gagauz language, which is separate from Balkan Gagauz Turkish.
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