  babadag (; historical turkish name: babadaÄ) is a town in tulcea county, romania, located on a small lake formed by the taiÅ£a river, in the densely wooded highlands of northern dobruja. its name means "the mountain of the father" in turkish. one of the several tombs of sari saltik is found in town. the babadag lake is divided only by a strip of marshland from razim lake, a broad landlocked sheet of water spilling into the black sea. babadag used to be a market for wool and mutton. ==demographics==  in 1900 babadag population was 3,500,. the 2011 census counted 8,071 inhabitants. population distribution: *6,267 romanians (77.64%) *420 turks (5.2%) *1248 gypsy (15.46%) *37 lipovans (0.45%) *98 others 84.8% were romanian orthodox and 14.2% muslim. ==history== right|thumb|250px|babadag at the end of the 19th century the name of babadag is connected with 13th century dervish baba sari saltik, who is said to have led a number of turcomans to dobruja and to have settled them in this area. the town was first mentioned by ibn battuta under the name baba saltuk, as the furthermost outpost of the turks.stÄnciugel et al., p.44-46 the town was conquered by bayezid i, a sultan of the ottoman empire, in his danubian campaign of 1393. the construction of a fortress was begun here during the reign of murad iv, but by 1650 only the fort
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