Gagauz people
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Gagauz people

Ethnic group
GroupGagauz People
Populationapprox. 240,000
Moldova147500
Ukraine31900
Greece30000
Turkey15000
Russia12200
Romania45
Bulgaria540
Kazakhstan700

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The Gagauz people are a small Turkic ethnic group living mostly in southern Moldova (Gagauzia), southwestern Ukraine (Budjak), south-eastern Romania (Dobrogea) and northeastern Bulgaria. Unlike most other Turkic peoples, the Gagauz are predominantly Orthodox Christians. There is a related ethnic group also called Gagavuz (or Gajal) living in the European part of northwestern Turkey.

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