Turks of Romania
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The Turks (Turkish: Türkler, Romanian: Turci) are an ethnic minority in Romania, numbering 32,596 people according to the 2002 census and hence making up 0.2% of the total population. The majority of Turks live in the historical region of Northern Dobruja (Turkish: Dobruca), particularly in Constanţa County, where they number 24,602 and make up 3.4% of the population.
As an officially-recognised ethnic minority, Turks have one seat reserved in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies.
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Officially recognised minorities
Hungarians (Székely • Csángó) · Roma · Ukrainians · Germans · Lipovans · Turks · Tatars · Serbs · Slovaks · Bulgarians · Croats · Greeks · Jews · Czechs · Poles · Italians · Armenians · Macedonians · Albanians · Rusyns
Other minorities
Aromanians · Chinese · Krashovani
