Budjak tatars (1550-1700)

Budjak is at the edge of Wild Step in the Black Sea region and has been home to different Turkish societies. Inhabitation of Tatar societies began with the Golden Horde in the Budjak and has been consistent in the Ottoman period. After 1550 many Tatars came to region because of the famine and internal conflicts in the Wild Steppe geography. In the years between 1550-1600 Tatar Aghas defined as cossack were active in the region, between 1600-1637 bey of Mansuroğulları Kantemir Mirza was active in the region. The influence of Tatar population increased with the migration of Nogai clans to the region in 1665. Tatars who came to Budjak region has given important military and economic additions to Ottoman State.