 History of Gagauzia

The Gagauz people descend from the Seljuk Turks that settled in Dobruja, together with the Pechenegs, Uz (Oghuz) and Cuman (Kipchak) people that followed the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan İzzeddin Keykavus II (1236-1276).More specifically, one clan of Oghuz Turks migrated to the Balkans during the inter-tribal conflicts with other Turks.