Gagauzia: Pro-Russian Turks in Moldova 🇲🇩

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Gagauzia: Pro-Russian Turks in Moldova 🇲🇩

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Welcome to my first ever vlog, traveling through the lands of Moldova and Romania with my friend Alex. We started in Romania, with the sole purpose of reaching the capital of Moldova, Chisinau, and from there, we entered the depths of one of the probably most unknown corners of Europe, the Autonomous Region of Gagauzia, where Turkish tradition and Orthodox Church come together.
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My Instagram: / mojobon
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Intro music (Romanian acordeonist): • Tintaroiul de Iaslovat...

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@MojoBon Ай бұрын

Sorry for the obvious mistakes and for showing so little of Gagauzia, I hope you are compassive since it's my first vlog and I'm still learning the skills of this modern art of vlogging. Thanks for watching!

@nonamezzz228 Ай бұрын

Hi from Komrat👋🏻

@EscudoPadraoPrata Ай бұрын

To understand Moldova's current situation, we must look back to the period right before its independence. During that time, a wave of nationalism swept across the Soviet Union, leading to significant interethnic violence, particularly in the Caucasus. In Georgia, Ossetians were attacked by ultranationalist criminal gangs with impunity. Similar violence occurred in Azerbaijan against Armenians and vice versa in Armenia or Armenian-majority areas. Other ethnicities were also targeted but are often forgotten today. During the Glasnost period, people gained the freedom to speak but also the freedom to hate. Television professionals were not sensitive to this new reality. As Romanian nationalists in Moldova were allowed to express themselves, other minorities began to feel fear. During the unification of Moldova with Romania until the end of WWII, minorities suffered various forms of violence. Jews, Russians, and Ukrainians were particularly apprehensive. Gagauzians and Bulgarians, seeing the spread of violence, organized themselves to separate from Romanian-speaking authorities. This led to a civil war, resulting in over 1,000 deaths. In Transnistria, mainly inhabited by Russians and Ukrainians, they managed to resist the nationalistic forces. In 1994, Moldovan Romanian authorities changed their approach and granted autonomy to Gagauzia, although in a much-reduced territory and excluding Bulgarian communities. The accession to the Moldovan Republic was conditioned on two facts: that the country declares neutrality and does not rejoin Romania. Each time nationalistic discourse appears in Chișinău, Gagauzians remind everyone of their disagreement, threatening to split the country. President Maia Sandu has been attempting to limit or even abolish this autonomy. Her administration has tried to condition political parties in the region and disregard the constitution regarding political obligations that require the approval of the Autonomy. This has infuriated the Gagauzians and Bulgarians alike. Two years ago, symbols of the USSR were forbidden by Moldovan authorities without the approval of the Autonomy. Days before the 8th of May Victory Day celebrations, defiant Gagauzians exhibited USSR and Russian symbols, increasing the divide. After elections in the region, a very pro-Russian party won, and Maia Sandu has been trying to block the new regional authorities from attending cabinet ministers' meetings. Sandu has announced a referendum to join the EU. If it passes, people in Gagauzia are ready to protest, and there have been talks of joining forces with Transnistria. The situation remains very complicated and volatile.

@MojoBon Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the insight!

@retr0step Ай бұрын

👍 He said prisoner's sleep is 4 hours. 😄 From 5 to 7 in the morning there are always interesting personalities on the streets, I will never forget my walks in Prague at this time. 😂

@MojoBon Ай бұрын

Ohh got it, is it that some sort of popular phrase?

@retr0step Ай бұрын

@@MojoBonAhaha, no. 😄 It's just that in the post-soviet space there is a special type of people who find romanticism in prison life. 😕 Often they have already spent some time there.

@MojoBon Ай бұрын

@@retr0step Interesting to know!