Gurbeti (also Kurbet or Kurbat) are a sub-group of the Romani people living in Cyprus and North Cyprus, Turkey, Crimea, Albania, Serbia and former Yugoslavia whose members are Eastern Orthodox and predominantly Muslim Roma. The Gurbeti make up approximately two thirds of the population of Roma in Macva, many of whom work in agriculture. In Kosovo, other Romani groups viewed the Gurbeti negatively. History There are different theories about their origins, but there may also be two different groups of the same Turkish name Gurbeti. Muslim Gurbeti at Cyprus According to their own traditions, they are Dom people, their migration to the island was after the Siege of Famagusta from Anatolia and Ottoman Syria. In the 1960 Constitution of Cyprus they were considered as part of the Turkish Cypriot community. Once the Gurbeti lived all over Cyprus. After 1975, with the Third Vienna Agreement they migrated, along with the majority of the Turkish Cypriots to Northern Cyprus. Immigration to the United Kingdom and Turkey has also taken place. They describe themselves as Turkish in terms of ethnicity and speak Kurbet language and Cypriot Turkish. In the 17th century, some migrated to Ottoman Rumelia. In the Republic of Cyprus most live in the area of Agios Antonios in Limassol, and in the villages of Makounta, Stavrokonnou and Polis-Chrysochou in Paphos. Persons belonging to the Roma community remain social and economically marginalised despite some government efforts. Gurbeti in the Balkans In Vuk Stefanović Karadžić's Serbian dictionary, the word Gurbet means "Gypsy foreign workers". The word is derived from Turkish gurbet, meaning "emigrate". The first mentions of nomadic Roma attributed as Gurbeti ancestors, from Ottoman Cyprus, is from the 17th century. In 1941, most of the Yugoslav Roma settled permanently, with the exception of the Gurbeti in Montenegro. However, other sources about the Gurbeti have said that their Ancestors once came from Moldova and Wallachia, at the end of the 1850s after Slavery in Romania and settled in the Balkan, and speak a Vlax dialect. In other parts at the Balkans like in Bulgaria, Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia and Greece, the Gurbet are called Pečalbarstvo. Anatolia Ottoman sources from 16th century mentioned from Gurbet a Turkoman Clan clan who lived in Dulkadiroğlu, Kahramanmaraş. Culture The Gurbeti in the Balkans share some cultural features with the Kalderaš, but also with other Xoraxane, who adopted Turkish culture since the Ottoman time. The majority of Gurbeti