[2][3] Romanians have migrated to the modern-day territory of Turkey since the Ottoman times, whene they were taken as Devshirme from the Danubian Principalities to become janissaries.
[4] After Romanian won its independence from the Ottoman Empire, some Dobrujan Turks started to emigrate to modern-day Turkey.
After the Romanian revolution, a significant number of Romanian entrepreneurs started investing and establishing business ventures in Turkey, and a certain proportion chose to take up residence there (especially in Istanbul).
There are also Romanian migrant workers, as well as students and artists living in Turkey.
[5][6] During this period, many Romanians intermarried and assimilated with locals, bringing a rapid increase in mixed marriages.