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Gurbeti
Gurbeti (also Kurbet or Kurbat or غربتی in Persian) are a sub-group of the Romani people living in Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Serbia, Cyprus, and the former Yugoslavia whose members are Eastern Orthodox and predominantly Muslim Roma. The Gurbeti make up approximately two thirds of the population of Roma in Mačva, many of whom work in agriculture. In Kosovo, other Romani groups viewed the Gurbeti negatively. Muslim Gurbeti at Cyprus 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.Helena Kanyar-Becker 2003: "In addition, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurbet Language
Kurbetcha (or Gurbetcha) is a creole language with what appears to be predominantly Domari language vocabulary and Cypriot Turkish grammar, spoken by the ''Gurbeti'' of Cyprus and North Cyprus. The Gurbetler have traditionally also spoken Cypriot Turkish. The Gurbetler of Ottoman Cyprus are of mixed ancestry. Muslim Dom people from Ottoman Syria settled there after Siege of Famagusta. The majority settled in the north after 1974. The language is not protected by the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, unlike Cypriot Maronite Arabic and Armenian. Kurbetcha has been very little studied. A dissertation on its linguistics was done by Chryso Pelekani (2018). Children are not learning the language; it has been supplanted by Turkish in the north and Greek in the south. See also * Languages of Cyprus The official languages of the Republic of Cyprus are Greek language, Greek and Turkish language, Turkish. The everyday spoken language (vernacular) of Greek Cypriots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muslim Roma
Muslim Romani people or Muslim Roma are people who are ethnically Romani and profess Islam. They may also be known as Muslim Gypsies, with some Roma preferring to use the term, not perceiving it as derogatory. They primarily live in the Balkans but are dispersed throughout Europe, with the majority being cultural or nominal Muslims. Significant minorities of Muslim Roma are found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia. They are also notably present in Crimea, Croatia (where 45% of the country's Romani population is Muslim), Romania,Ana Oprişan, George Grigore"The Muslim Gypsies in Romania", in International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) Newsletter 8, September 2001, p.32; retrieved 2 June 2007 Serbia and Slovenia. The majority of Muslim Roma in the former Yugoslavia speak Balkan Romani and South Slavic languages, while many speak only the language from the host country's like the Albanized Muslim Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romani People
{{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = Roma flag.svg , flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress , pop = 2–12 million , region2 = United States , pop2 = 1 million estimated with Romani ancestry{{efn, 5,400 per 2000 United States census, 2000 census. , ref2 = {{cite news , first=Kayla , last=Webley , url=http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2025316,00.html , title=Hounded in Europe, Roma in the U.S. Keep a Low Profile , agency=Time , date=13 October 2010 , access-date=3 October 2015 , quote=Today, estimates put the number of Roma in the U.S. at about one million. , region3 = Brazil , pop3 = 800,000 (0.4%) , ref3 = , region4 = Spain , pop4 = 750,000–1.5 million (1.5–3.7%) , ref4 = {{cite web , url ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghorbati
The Ghorbati (also known as ''Mugat'' or ''Hadurgar'', , ''Qurbat'' or ''Gurbat'') are an ethnic group and originally a nomadic community in Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Central Asia where they are part of the various communities termed '' Lyuli''. They are mostly situated in Iran, where others have migrated from. They trace their ancestry to Sassanid Persia. Lyuli and Garachi are subgroup of Ghorbati. In 1976–77, the Ghorbati in Afghanistan numbered 1,000 families (ca. 5,000 people). Some settled in Peshawar, Pakistan, and some subgroups are connected to the Basseri and Qashqai tribes. Occupation Their traditional occupations include carpentry, smithery, peddling, manufacturing and selling domestic goods, writing prayers, and dealing with livestock. Older women practiced fortune telling and healing. The sieve-makers are known as ''Ghalbelbaf'' and ''Chighalbaf'' in Afghanistan, ''Kalbilbof'' in Tajikistan, and ''Ghirbalband'' in Iran. Some also had governmental or r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlax Romani Language
Vlax Romani varieties are spoken mainly in Southeastern Europe by the Romani people.Norbert Boretzky and Birgit Igla. Kommentierter Dialektatlas des Romani. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag 2004. Teil 1: Vergleich der Dialekte. Vlax Romani can also be referred to as an independent language or as one dialect of the Romani language. Vlax Romani is the second most widely spoken dialect subgroup of the Romani language worldwide, after Balkan Romani. Name The language's name ''Vlax Romani'' was coined by British scholar Bernard Gilliat-Smith in his 1915 study on Bulgarian Romani, in which he first divided Romani dialects into ''Vlach'' and ''non-Vlach''. The Vlax Roma, a subgroup of the Romani people that speak the Vlax Romani language, originate from the former Roma slaves in the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (with the name "Vlax", which comes from "Vlach", coming from the latter), now Romania. The words ''Romani'' and ''Romania'' are false cognates, the former deriving fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agios Antonios (Limassol)
Agios Antonios (Greek: Άγιος Αντώνιος, Turkish: Ayandon) is a district of the Municipality of Limassol. Location To the east and north by the Tzami Tzentit district. The southern and western part of the district is by the sea. Most of the Limassol Marina is located in most of the district today. History The district of Agios Antonios was created with the beginning of the Turkish occupation in Cyprus, in 1571. It was a Turkish district. Over time, Greek Cypriots were added to the population, who after a while formed the majority. In 1950, the properties of the residents of the district were expropriated in order to start the construction of a new port in the area (the district was adjacent to the old port of Limassol), which did not happen. The population was greatly reduced. In addition, during the EOKA struggle, when the excellent relations between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( or ; ) are so called ethnic Turks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, island of Cyprus. It is List of states with limited recognition, recognised only by Turkey, and its territory is considered by all other states to be part of the Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus. Northern Cyprus extends from Cape Apostolos Andreas, the tip of the Karpass Peninsula in the northeast to Morphou Bay, Cape Kormakitis and its westernmost point, the Kokkina exclave in the west. Its southernmost point is the village of Louroujina. A United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus, buffer zone under the control of the United Nations stretches between Northern Cyprus and the rest of the island and divides Nicosia, the island's largest city and capital of both sides. A 1974 Cypriot coup d'état, coup d'état in 1974, performed as part of an attempt to annex the island to Greek military junta of 1967–1974, Greece, prompt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Vienna Agreement
The Third Vienna Agreement, also known as the Voluntary Exchange of Populations or Population Exchange Agreement, was a bilateral agreement reached between the Turkish Cypriot leadership (Rauf Denktaş) and Greek Cypriot leadership (Glafcos Clerides) in August 1975, following concerns arising from incidents that involved the harassment, abduction and murder of Turkish Cypriot civilians in the south of the island. The following issues were agreed upon: # The Turkish Cypriots in the south of the island would be allowed, if they wanted to do so, to proceed north with their belongings under an organised programme and with the assistance of the United Nations Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus ( UNFICYP). # Mr. Denktaş reaffirmed, and it was agreed, that the Greek Cypriots in the north of the island would be free to stay and that they would be given every help to lead a normal life, including facilities for education and for the practice of their religion, as well as medical care by their ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslavia
, common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p1 = State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg , p2 = Kingdom of MontenegroMontenegro , flag_p2 = Flag of the Kingdom of Montenegro.svg , p3 = State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs , flag_p3 = Flag of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.svg , p4 = Austria-Hungary , flag_p4 = Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg , p7 = Free State of FiumeFiume , flag_p7 = Flag of the Free State of Fiume.svg , s1 = Croatia , flag_s1 = Flag of Croatia (1990).svg , s2 = Slovenia , flag_s2 = Flag of Slovenia.svg , s3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution Of Cyprus
The Constitution of Cyprus is a document, ratified on August 16, 1960, that serves as the Supreme Law of the Republic of Cyprus (Suprema Lex Cypri) defining the system of government of the Cypriot Republic and the civil liberties for the Cypriot citizens. Cyprus, Cypriot government. It was drafted after the country won its independence in 1959 and is Cyprus's first and only constitution to date. The Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus has been in force for and it has been amended 18 (eighteen) times and 28 Articles of the 199 were modified since 1960. The 18th Amendment concerned Article 111. The Constitution of Cyprus establishes a bicommunal unitary Republic with partial communal autonomy and a Presidential system of government with a Greek-Cypriot President and a Turkish-Cypriot Vice-President, both with extensive veto powers as a means to safeguard the rights of their respective communities. The constitution put methods in place to protect Turkish Cypriots, due to the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mačva
Mačva ( sr-Cyrl, Мачва, ; ) is a geographical and historical region in the northwest of Central Serbia, on a fertile plain between the Sava (river), Sava and Drina rivers. The chief town is Šabac. The modern Mačva District of Serbia is named after the region, although the region of Mačva includes only the northern part of this district. A small northern part of Mačva region is in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in the Syrmia District. Name The region is named after a town of Mačva, which existed in the Medieval Ages near the river Sava. In the past, the region was also known as ''Lower Srem'', while the neighbouring region on the northern bank of the river Sava (present-day Syrmia, Srem) was known as ''Upper Srem''. In Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic, the region is known as Мачва, in Gaj's Latin alphabet, Serbian Latin, Bosnian language, Bosnian and Croatian language, Croatian as ''Mačva'', in Hungarian language, Hungarian as ''Macsó'' or ''Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makounta
Makounta (, ) is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 2 km south of Argaka. Overlooking the bay of Polis Chrysochous, Makounda is adjacent to Argaka (2 km southwest), and nearby there is also a motocross track. Makounta is located 87 m above sea level. Naming Makounta is a village located four kilometers inland from Chrysochou Chrysochou (, ) is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 3 km south of Polis Chrysochous Polis (or Polis Chrysochous; or Πόλις Χρυσοχούς, ) is a town at the north-west end of the island of Cyprus, at the centre of ... bay and three kilometers north of Pelathousa. Goodwin claims that Makounta means “mushrooms” in ancient Greek. Turkish Cypriots adopted the alternative name Yakacık in 1958. ''Yaka'' means “collar,” “bank,” “edge” or “shore.” References {{Paphos District Communities in Paphos District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
