Democratic Turkish Union of Romania
The Democratic Turkish Union of Romania (, UDTR; , RDTB) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Turkish community. History. The party was created in 1990 as a split from the Turkish Muslim Democratic Union of Romania (which subsequently became an organisation solely for Romanian Tatars), and was initially named the Ethnic Turkish Minority Union of Romania ("Uniunea Minoritară Etnică Turcă din România", UMETR). In the 1992 general elections the party received only 2,572 votes (0.02%), but 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. In December 1993 it adopted its current name, and has won a seat in every election since. The party also has representation on Constanța County Council. Party logo. The logo of the Turkish Democratic Union of Romania is a globe that is the symbol of the Turkish ethnicity (crescent and star), being framed at the bottom by two olive branches, symbolizing peace. At the base of the globe is the name of the Turkish Democratic Union of Romania, framed by the Romanian tricolour, representing the support that the  Romanian state gives to the Turkish ethnic group for the preservation of the spiritual-cultural-religious identity. Policies. The main objective of the party is to protect and promote the ethno-cultural, linguistic and religious identity of its members: