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Cumhuriyet'in ilk yıllarında Romanya ve Bulgaristan'da görevli Türk diplomatlar, Türkçe konuşan Hristiyan Ortodoks inancına mensup Gagavuzlar'la yakından ilgilenmişlerdir. Türk Ocakları Başkanlığı görevinden sonra Romanya'ya Elçi unvanıyla atanan Hamdullah Suphi bey, Gagavuz halkının toplu olarak Türkiye'ye göç ettirilmesi fikrini ortaya atan ve bunu savunan en önemli diplomatik figür olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır.
1930-1940 yılları arasında Türkiye-Romanya ikili ilişkilerinin en önemli konu başlıklarından biri Romanya'daki Müslüman Türklerin Anadolu'ya göçü meselesidir. Düzensiz olarak gerçekleşen ve Müslüman Türklerin maddi ve manevi olarak zararına yol açan bu göçler konusunda Romanya ve Türkiye arasında 1936 yılında bir göç anlaşması imzalanmıştır. Sözkonusu dönemde önemli bir bölümü Romanya sınırları içerisinde yaşayan Hristiyan Gagavuzların da Türkiye'ye göçü ve bahsekonu göç anlaşması kapsamına alınmaları konusu tartışılmışsa da bu proje gerçekleşmemiştir.
Gagavuzların Türkiye'ye göç ettirilmesi fikrine dönemin Türk elitleri arasından destek verenler olduğu gibi buna itiraz edenler de bulunduğu, ayrıca Yunanistan ve Fener Rum Patrikliği'nin de böyle bir göçe karşı çıktığı, öte yandan Romen makamlarının da Gagavuzların Türkiye'ye göçü konusuna mesafeli yaklaştıkları görülmektedir.

The Mavi Marmara flotilla, which sailed for a humanitarian mission and aimed to break the Israeli blockade to Gaza, was intercepted by the Israeli soldiers on high sea on 31st May 2010. In this raid, nine civilians have lost their lives on the spot and 55 others were wounded. States and their agents can be held accountable if they commit crimes. Therefore, the Mavi Marmara victims have the right to sue at national and international level the Israeli officers who took part in the operation. Some victims have filed criminal and civil cases before the Turkish courts against Israel and its officers. Besides these judicial cases brought before the national courts, a referral was also made by the Union of the Comoros, flag country of the Mavi Marmara vessel, to the International Criminal Court. Meanwhile, Turkey and Israel have signed a bilateral agreement for the compensation of the bereaved families. This compensation agreement clears Israel and its officers off all legal responsibilities arising from the flotilla incident before the Turkish courts. This bilateral agreement is a legal obstruction imposed to the victims in their quest of justice. The Turkish Court of Cassation, in its recent decisions, has requested the courts of first instance to take into consideration the provisions of the said agreement. Despite the above mentioned agreement, the victims shall have still the right to sue the Israeli officials responsible for the flotilla incident before national, foreign and international courts, on the grounds of crime against humanity, provided that the necessary requirements are fulfilled.

Dobruja, Moldavia and Wallachia remained under the Ottoman sovereignty for more than 400 years. Dobruja was inhabited mostly by Turks and Muslims, and was administered by Muslim-Turkish governors assigned directly from the Sublime Porte. However, Wallachia and Moldavia were inhabited overwhelmingly by Christian-Orthodox people and were governed by local voivodes designated by the Ottoman Sultans. These voivodeships were autonomous entities in their internal affairs but were dependent to the Ottoman State in their foreign affairs. Upon the betrayal of the Moldavian prince during the Pruth River campaign of 1710-1711, the Ottoman authorities were compelled to implement the Phanariote System which lasted until 1821. Following the abolition of the Phanariote System, the Ottoman authorities returned to the previous method of appointing local princes which, in turn, lasted until the independence of modern Romania. Upon the independence of Romania in 1878, the Ottoman Empire had to switch to a new form of relationship with this newborn state. As a result, these two states resumed their relations through diplomatic means and, in its modern sense, the Turkish-Romanian diplomatic relations were established.