The Turks in Europe (sometimes called Euro-Turks) refers to ethnic Turks living in Europe. Most Turks live in Turkey, but in the diaspora most of them live in Germany. This includes the traditional Turkish minorities of Europe and their diasporas (namely the Balkan Turks, Meskhetian Turks, and Turkish Cypriots) and people descending from Turkey. The Turkish people have had a long history in Europe dating back to the Ottoman era when they began to migrate to Southeast Europe during the Ottoman conquests (see the Ottoman territories in Europe) which, other than Turkey, created significant Turkish communities in Bulgaria (Bulgarian Turks), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian Turks), Cyprus (Turkish Cypriots), Georgia (Meskhetian Turks), Greece (Cretan Turks, Dodecanese Turks, and Western Thrace Turks), Kosovo (Kosovan Turks), the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian Turks), and Romania (Romanian Turks).