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Gagauz Language
Though it was established as a written language in 1957, Gagauz was not used in curriculum until 1959, when even then it was not used officially or in everyday life. Gagauz is a language coming from Balkan Gagauz Turkish; Balkan linguistics was the first to view the consequences of language contact as normal rather than corrupt. The term “Gagauz language” and identification of one’s language as “Gagauz” were established concurrently with or even after the creation of national self-awareness. About 150,000 Gaguazes resided in Moldava in 1986, where they lived in settlements within the Komratskii, Chadyr-Lungskii and Vulkaneshtskii Rayons. Along with the majority of Gagauzes living in Moldova, there are four other cities in Bulgaria in which the Gagauz reside.

Gagauz History
In 1994, the Gagauz wanted autonomy from the former Soviet Union. The Law on Special Legal Status of Gagauzia was passed leading the Gagauz case to be the only case in the former Soviet Union where an ethnic group was granted autonomy status. On January 14, 1995, The Autonomy Statute for Gagauzia was put into effect, granting independence and attempting to regain control of the areas surrounding the Gagauz capital Comrat. Between 1750 and 1846, Gagauz ancestors fled to Russia and settled in the region that is now the current-day Republic of Moldova. In order to settle and stay there, the Gagauz were forced to convert to Orthodox Christianity. The districts of Gagauzia were the poorest in Moldova. In the years leading up to their independence, Gagauzia fought hard against the government over water supply, health care and native language education. Gagauzian autonomy led to tough times and turmoil both internally and with the central government in 2002. Power-sharing is a difficult thing to do, so international assistance was needed many times for disputes between the power-sharing Moldova and Gagauzia. Though Crimean Tatar and Gagauz both belong to the Oghuz branch of Turkic languages, the people that share the separate cultures have radically different political views; Crimean Tatars are anti-communist, whereas Gagauzes show support for communist leaders.