Burak O with newly elected Head of Gagauzia, Eugenia Hutsul….

Burak O with newly elected Head of Gagauzia, Eugenia Hutsul.

Gagauzia is a country in Eastern Europe, located near the Black Sea coast, 5 kilometres north to the mouth of the Danube River. It has autonomy within the Republic of Moldova, consisting of four territorially separated enclaves, three of which bordering Ukraine. It is inhabited mostly by the Gagauz, a Turkic-speaking, Christian Orthodox people.

The Gagauz are descendants of Turkic peoples who settled in the Balkans during the Middle Ages – they have been referred to in one of the episodes..