Turkish Roma

Its members are referred to as Turkish Gypsy, Türk Çingeneler, Turski Tsigani (турски цигани), Turkogifti (τουρκο-γύφτοι), Țigani turci, Török Cigányok, Turci Cigani.^[1] Through self-Turkification and Assimilation in the Turkish culture over centuries,^[2] this Muslim Roma (Turkophilia Horahane) have adopted the Turkish language and lost Rumelian Romani language, in order to establish a Turkish Identity to become more recognized by the Host population^[3] and deny their Romani background^[4] to show their Turkishness. At Population Census they declared themself as Turks instead as Roma and said How happy is the one who says I am a Turk, however, Turks consider them as fake-Turks^{[citation needed]}, and Christian Romani do not consider them as part of the Romani society.^[5] They are Cultural Muslims who adopted Sunni Islam of Hanafi madhab and Religious male circumcision at the time of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate and Ottoman Empire. Their legendary leader was Mansur ibn Yakub Han, called Çingene Han. He built his karavansaray in Malatya in 1224. Today it can still be seen as a ruin. Mansur bin Yakup Han is buried in the Ulu Mosque in Malatya.^[6]

^ "Muzulmán romák: "török cigányok" és "tisztátalanok"?".
^ Ülker, Erol (11 January 2008). "Assimilation of the Muslim communities in the first decade of the Turkish Republic (1923-1934)". European Journal of Turkish Studies. doi:10.4000/ejts.822.
^ Yılgür, Egemen (1 January 2021). "Turcoman Gypsies in the Balkans: Just a Preferred Identity or More?". Romani History and Culture Festschrift in Honour of Prof. Dr. Veselin Popov / Hristo Kyuchukov, Sofiya Zahova, Ian Duminica. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^ Ozatesler, G.; Özate?ler, Gül (2014). Gypsy Stigma and Exclusion in Turkey, 1970: The Social Dynamics of Exclusionary Violence. Palgrave Macmillan US. ISBN 978-1-137-38661-8.^{[page needed]}
^ "The Muslim Gypsies in Romania". Scholarypublications.universiteitleiden.nl. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ "Chingene Han".