How Are Romania’s Tatar Minority Maintaining Their Cultural Traditions?

The Tatar people are an intriguing testament to the rich tapestry of cultures that call the country home. They trace their roots to the Ottoman Empire and have a strong connection to their Turkic heritage. Over time, they integrated into Romanian society while maintaining their traditions. However, their cultural practices and language are changing in the face of modernity. Katarina Petrovic went to Romania to see how Tatars are navigating these shifts.
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[@mars31m]

From a romanian, respect for our tatar friends and neighbours who alwais respect us!

[@ionbrad6753]

Tatars in Romania were not deported like those in Crimea by USSR : (

[@fletchermunson]

Over the past centuries, the Russians definitely committed several genocides against the Crimean Tatars in order to wipe them out of Crimea. And they are still doing it.

[@monicaaron8265]

DUMNEZEU ne-a lăsat să trăim în comuniune ca frații indiferent de nație .... fii OM cu calitatea de OM bun .... 💐👋

[@DerDop]

Romanian Turks and Tatars are the most respected ethnicity and the most faithful to the Romanian state. Usually Turks have 2 flag poles on their yard:Romanian flag,higher, and a Turkish flag or the flag of Ataturk, a little bit lower.

[@AndrewEvenstar]

So interesting!

[@CRP17]

Cap

[@cerak8169]

Merhaba. ❤tatar..I am Romanian native I speak tatar language. Hos geldiniz ...tesesekurler

[@Donkeypapuas]

In the ww2, the Romanian government did hundred and hundred passports to the Crimeean tartars to escape from Soviets to Turkey.

[@canarino3075]

Greetings to our Tatar & Crimean Khanate brothers!

[@bogdib4326]

💙💛❤️Romania is protecting their minorities

[@user-dd5si7uk8i]

@bogdib4326 we as Turks Apreciate that to protect our relatives .

[@pecelirovucago7149]

Thank you for sharing this interesting story about Romanian Tartar . Would love to visit it one day , one of my nephew is currently playing professional rugby in Romania .

[@davidfoxtail4793]

Because they're ours and we love them! Two of my neighbours are tatar and the ladies are spoiling me with the best sweets!

[@maestro5805]

👍👍👍👍💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@Sofia-0001]

According to the Union of Tatars there are more than 50,000 Tatars in Romania and like all minorities they are represented in the Romanian Parliament and have access to education in the Tatar language. A Tatar Alphabet was created in Romania and in the interwar period the Tatar movement from Dobrogea tried to spread education to the Crimea Tatars, which only attracted repression and deportations to Siberia by the Soviets.

[@CRP17]

Funny how so many minorities or refugees came to Romania and Romanians gave them everything but yet Romanians are one of the most discriminated nation in the world.

[@CRP17]

Also interesting that the Tatar intelligentsia developed in Romania and not in Turkey. The same was with Albanians, Greeks and Bulgarians. The first Albanian Book was printed in Romania 😂

[@jamalabdulmajid5815]

Respect for them whom able to keep their culture allive despite modern culture impose

[@maryoo7131]

This is not modern culture impose, this is ROMANIA, Christian country and Romanian culture!☝🏻🇷🇴☦️ Everyone is welcome here as long as they respect and integrate into our culture and society! The other religions except Orthodox-Christianity it's best to be practiced at home! If someone is not compatible with our country, then it's best for them to go back home!

[@DerDop]

what impose?

[@tauqeerakbar3595]

Knowing Romania's efforts for tatar Muslims, my respect for Romania raised to sky ❤❤❤

[@redbeard6251]

Once this people were numerous and fought with the Russian Empire, the Tatars even managed to capture and burn Moscow

[@LevisH21]

I mean, wow. and that was supposed to be a good thing? to kill others and colonise them? because they did it in the name of Islam or something? you disgusting clown. this is why people hate Islam and Muslims. you are completely out of touch from reality and insult every non-Muslim with your ignorant mouth whenever you open it.

[@cosmincasuta486]

This is what is important to you? That is what you understand! I pitty you!

[@mdaniel5384]

Used to be the scourge of the people around them and I'm not exaggerating a bit. Their descendants now, at least those in Romania, are very kind people, which is a very surprising thing.

[@The_Midnight_Bear]

The tatars are an amazing people of my country.

[@boromircutezatoru2835]

Romania Home to all : Turks, Germans, Czechs, Hungarians, Tatars, Slovaks, Ukrainians, Russians(old rite), Greeks, Serbians❤❤❤❤

[@florentina9118]

also polish, french or jewish people.

[@the0quiet0man]

For nobody is important that 90% of Romania consists of Romanians and that is the reason everybody is happy. Where Romanians are lower in number, 80% in Republic of Moldova, everything is wrong and civil war is permanent. Romanian overwhelming majority is the ground for peace, as Romanians are peace and wealth generators.

[@loveweus]

I love Tatar people in my country ❤

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

Ancestors traditions are always so spectacular and cute so lovely and sweet, tollerance among various cultures is a huge advantage for everybody, thanks the web connection now they become the best touristic atraction and from my behalf, everybody is invited to pay them a visit all these small communities that was so fond and full of affection involved to preserve ancestors traditions 🎉❤🎉

[@Sofia-0001]

Minorities are most respected in Romania than anywhere in the world. If the Ottomans never allowed Christians to build churches with crosses on them, king Carol I of Romania built for the Muslims the Constantza mosque, also named after him. In Constantza there is free education in Turkish language up to university and also for other large minorities.

[@jhcsharif85]

I ❤️ Tatar.. Beacause,, there our Muslim Brothers... Love From Bangladesh🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩... Eid Mubarak All Muslim over the World

[@VladVlad-ul1io]

cringe

[@secretnoname9792]

do i have Christian(Messianic) brothers in Bangladesh ? im from ro and i want to share my prayers with them . “ I m the Way , The Very True and The Life !” only The Lord can say that indeed ! ❤ for the chosen ones !

[@VladVlad-ul1io]

@@secretnoname9792 there are very few christians over there

[@maryoo7131]

You better stay in bangladesh!🤮

[@maryoo7131]

How nice; you better stay in bangladesh!

[@andybenjamin7198]

reportage intéressant j ai passer 3 ans a Constanţa ! merci d avoir démontrer un cote riche de l histoire !Bravo

[@koksalceylan9032]

Belcika Turkleri de Selamlar bizim Krim ve Tatar Turklerine, Allah sizden razi olsun kulturumuzu ve adetlerimizi ve dilinizi korudugunuz icin.

[@maryoo7131]

Nu uitați că în România, NU există niciun "alah", ci doar DUMNEZEU! Restul, sunt doar povești și secte minoritare, tolerate de națiunea noastră, atâta timp cât nu depășiți limita!☝🏻☦️🇷🇴☦️

[@monicaaron8265]

Baclavalele turcești sunt delicioase ..... 🤗

[@Sofia-0001]

Constanta might be ancient as settlement but started to be a city and the largest port on the Black sea since is part of Romania. Before 1878 Kustendje was an Ottoman fishermen's village of 5,200 men, out of which 1800 Tatars, 1500 Greeks, 340 Jews, 330 Bulgarians, 290 Romanians, 120 Gypsies, 100 Turks. By 2000s there were 290k Romanians, 9k Tatars, 9k Turks, 3k Gypsies, 500 Greeks.

[@blackbeauty5717]

Eid mubarak to all tartar

[@nejdumanli2556]

Selam olsun tum Tatar kardeslere, bilinki yalniz degilsiniz. 👍

[@maestro5805]

Aleyküm selam

[@faser3110]

Salute tatarlar.Hi deares friends.

[@maestro5805]

Salute!

[@Bizmyurt]

Tatar became a standard name for all Turkish and some mongolian step people but were in the beginning a tribe of ancient Turkish land that today is Mongolia. These people in the documentary were speaking the Türkiya Turkish and not the Kıpçak Turkish like the Kazaks or Tatars in Tataristan. Selamün Aleyküm from a Turkish brother a bit more to the southwest were you are stationed from!

[@thraciensis3589]

They were speaking Çöl Tatar Turkish with İstanbul Turkish elements. They did not speak İstanbul Turkish at all.

[@Bizmyurt]

@@thraciensis3589 They were speaking Türkiya Turkish with some accent and what is cöl tatar!!!! They are not close to Tatar spoken in euroasia!

[@adaozmen3752]

@@Bizmyurt We Turkish people can understand almost everything they said, but that doesn't mean they speak Anatolian Turkish. Crimean Tatar language is a Kypchak language(like Kazakh and Kyrgyz) but it has Oghuz influences so Oghuz speakers(like Turkish and Azerbaijani) can also understand them. The elderly lady says "isteymen" instead of "istiyorum", or "bolur" instead of "olur", just like in other Kypchak languages. By the way, Crimean Tatar has mainly three dialects; Yalıboylu(Southern), Orta(Middle) and Çöl(Northern). Romanian Tatars mostly speak in Çöl dialect. But what surprised me was the elderly lady used the word "kutsal". That word was created during the language reforms in 1930s, so it cannot be a Tatar word. I believe she might be watching Turkish tv channels or has some knowledge of Turkish.

[@halitmahmut66]

SELAM & LOVE TO ALL TARTARS, OUR MUSLIM UMMAH, NEVER LOOSE YOUR LANGUAGE!! OPEN TV & RADIO CHANNELS, TEACH TARTAR LANGUAGE IN MOSQUES! LONG LIVE TARTARISTAN! 🇵🇰🇹🇷💚❤ LOVE FROM PAKISTAN AND TURKIYE! 🇵🇰🇹🇷💚❤💪💪🇵🇰🇹🇷

[@AboveAll604]

Romanias...😌... beloved diverse community from Asian land...

[@MdHamid-xz3pw]

0:12

[@MsKOLOBOK007]

❤

[@MaximDL1410]

👏✊

[@the0quiet0man]

nobody notices that 90% of Romania consists of Romanians and that is the reason everybody is happy. Where Romanians are lower in number, 80% in Republic of Moldova, everything is wrong and civil war is permanent. Romanian overwhelming majority is the ground for peace, as Romanians are peace and wealth generators.

[@hempenasphalt1587]

What is their religion?

[@maestro5805]

Musulman

[@blackvirus9]

All of them have left Romania, only the elderly live in Dobrudja.

[@celestindimitriu3675]

"across the balkans" Romania isn't the balkans tho

[@abcMW1989]

Romania 🇷🇴 is not a Balkan country, but it shares, especially its southeastern parts, some cultural traits with Balkan countries. This is an important distinction. Tatars are a respected community in Romania who values them for being faithful to the country.

[@ionbrad6753]

Dobrogea, where most Tatars in Romania live, is in the Balkan peninsula.

[@davidfoxtail4793]

​@@ionbrad6753true, we're part of the Balkans and proud of it. Balkan culture is amazing.

[@celestindimitriu3675]

@@davidfoxtail4793 balkan cultures are amazing indeed but we aren’t in the balkan s geographically

[@cerak8169]

Yavas yavas unutuyorsun tartar konusmadan

[@maryoo7131]

Și care e problema?! Aici e România Creștină!☝🏻☦️🇷🇴☦️☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻 Tătarii voștri, sunt doar o minoritate aici și trebuie să respecte țara și cultura noastră, atâta timp cât trăiesc pe pământ românesc!☝🏻☦️ Dacă e vreo problemă, atunci pot să plece într-o țară musulmană!☝🏻

[@loveweus]

Mai taci oleacă fă. România ar fi mai bn fără oameni ca tine​@@maryoo7131

[@jrbelmonte1466]

They look like Central Asian people.

[@CRP17]

They are more close to real Turks than Turkish from Turkey who are mostly assimilated Greeks, Kurds, Armenians, Arabs, Georgians, etc.

[@jimiarisandi]

Their legacy was central power. To strong to forget

[@CosCosmy-lj4qd]

Romania as a christian country respect everyone as long as long as they respect them don't do te rr roo rissm and forces their religion on anyone! Romanians are very democratic and good hearted bcs of their faith in Lord Jesus Christ

[@floringramaticu3009]

Romania este stat laic ! Bagă la cap

[@pecelirovucago7149]

Fiji is a Secular State , but the new comers should respect us Christian indigenes people . We are poor people , our Cities and towns belong to Indians businesses but we prefer to live harmoniously with them and not be bothered by them . When that happens , there will be a Coup .😮😅😊!

[@Adrian-aTak.19]

​@@floringramaticu3009 roma ia este cea mai crestina tara din europe, baga la cao 😂 si statul laic nu mai e la moda🤭

[@losingyouwasnotok8484]

first and foremost they should preserve their faith being a good Muslim is more important than being a tatar