Originally Posted by
alfaqir
Salut, :)
anatolian was wondering if you belong to the Turkish or Tatar minority that lives in North Dobruja (Dobrogea), present day Tulcea and Constanta county. It was part of the Ottoman Empire until 1878, when it was lost in the Russo-Ottoman war, and was ceded to Romania. it used to have sizable (almost 50% if i remember well) muslim population until the end of the 19th century, now it is around 3-4% muslim in Constanta i believe.
i haven't been to Dobruja, but i've met with some Romanian Tatars abroad, they were all nice folks. It was also interesting to see they still preserved strongly the physical features of their Crimean Tatar ancestors.
I have have only been in western part of Romania, Erdély/Ardeal/Transylvania/Erdel, i loved it, it is a sooo beautiful, the mountains, forests and the old historical towns.