What is Chitatsi?
The '''Čitaci''' (Chitatsi) or '''Çitaklar, Chitaks''' are a people of [[Pechenegs|Pecheneg]]-[[Cumans|Cuman]] and [[Slavs|Slavic]] origin, in short, they are communities of [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] origin fused with various Balkan peoples. According to [[Evliya Çelebi]]'s Seyahatnâme, in the 17th century, those called Chitaks in [[Dobruja]] were medium-sized and well-built people, they came from a mixture of [[Turkic peoples|Turks]], Vlachs and [[Bulgarians]], [[Evliya Çelebi]] wrote in his Seyahatnâme that the Chitak Ladies were very shy and chaste. Chitaks live in the [[Balkans]], including [[North Macedonia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Albania]], [[Romania]] and [[Serbia]]. There is a Chitak population in [[Turkey]], albeit partially. <ref>{{Cite journal|last=GEZER|first=Hanife|title=Peçenek-Oğuz Kökenli Çıtak Türklerinin Dili Üzerine On the Language of the Chitak Turks of Pecheneg Origin|url=https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/842806|journal=International Journal of Humanities and Education|volume=5|issue=12|pages=897 – 919}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Topic: Çıtaklar|url=https://www.pomak.eu/board/index.php?topic=421.0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529191923/https://www.pomak.eu/board/index.php?topic=421.0|archive-date=29 May 2023|access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Čitaci {{!}} Hrvatska enciklopedija|url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/natuknica.aspx?id=13426|access-date=2022-12-07|website=www.enciklopedija.hr}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Muslims| ]] {{stub}}