Horahane Roma are a Romani people that have traditionally practiced Islam and Turkish culture. They are featured prominently in societal perception as Sufi dervishes. Due to the history of Romani people adopting the religion of the areas in which they settled, Islam among the Horahane is generally associated with the Ottoman Empire. The Horahane are colloquially referred to as "Muslim Roma" to distinguish them from non-Muslim Roma that practice a similar culture, as well as from Roma that profess Islamic beliefs but have ethnically distinct cultures. Correspondingly, significant cultural minorities of Muslim Roma are found in Turkey (majority live in East Thrace), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, Republic of North Macedonia, Bulgaria, (by mid-1990s estimates, Muslim Rom