Dobruca'daki Hristiyan Türkler Üzerine – Yazıcıoğlu Ali

Abstract

In this study, Paul Wittek explained how the Gagauz community left Anatolia and settled in Dobruca based on historical resources. Dobruja was the homeland of the Gagauz community, who were Turkish-speaking Christians belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church. Gagauz community was defined as a separate group among Turks because of their religion. Wittek explains the origin of the Gagauz and their conversion to Christianity by using the Ibn Bibi’s sources which contain the history of XIII. Century, and the Seljuk-name of Yazicioglu Ali as a reference; he supports them with Byzantine and Islamic chronicles.