The party was formed on 29 December 1989 as the Turkish Muslim Democratic Union of Romania (Uniunea Democrată Turcă Musulmană din România, UDTMR). On 12 April 1990 the new party split, with a breakaway faction forming the Ethnic Turkish Minority Union of Romania (UMETR), which later became the Democratic Turkish Union of Romania. The May 1990 general elections saw the party receive only 0.06% of the vote,[1] but it won a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies under the electoral law that allows for political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold. As a result of the split in April, the party adopted its present name on 23 July 1990.[2]
The party has contested every election between 1990 and 2012, winning a single seat on each occasion.
SÜRGÜN Commemoration – Deportation of Crimean Tatars – May 18
Day of the national flag of Romania and the Crimean Tatars – June 26
Commemoration of Musa Geavit – July 5
Commemoration Ali Osman Bekmambet
Romania's National Anthem Day – July 29
Commemoration of Şefika Gaspirali – August 31
Commemoration of Ismail Gaspirali – September 11
Commemoration of Gevat Rașit – September 13
National Day of the Republic of Turkey – October 29
Dobrogea Day – November 14
"Mehmet Niyazi" award – November 30
Romania's National Day – December 1
The celebration of the Tatar Ethnicity in Romania (Tatar Day) – December 13
Minority Day – December 18
Ashura Day
Ramazan bayram holiday
The holiday of Qurban bayram
The "History and Civilization of the Tatars" course organized in collaboration with "Ovidius" University Constanța
Community Tatar language courses
Thematic Tatar language camps for children
Camp for Olympians "We reward value, we recognize excellence!"
Tatar music festival "Sebat Husein"
"Gevat Rashid" Festival – Lumina
"Yașar Memedemin" Festival – Trajan's Wall
"Mehmet Niyazi" Award – Medgidia
The Ghiudem Festival – Mihail Kogălniceanu
Qatlama – Techirghiol Festival
Sarmalelor Festival – AgigeA
Kurabiye Festival – Medgidia
Şuberek Festival – Cobadin
Tepreș-Murfatlar country festival
International Kureș Trophy "Black Sea Cup" – Medgidia
Tatar Festival – Tuzla
The TV show "Tatars from Romania"
Notes
^Romanian name: Uniunea Democrată a Tătarilor Turco-Musulmani din România, UDTTMR; Dobrujan Tatar name: Romanya Müslüman Tatar Türklerĭ Demokrat Bĭrlĭgĭ, RMTTDB
