Fedor Smirnov. The Turkish foreign Ministry in its own official message received Last news on Tuesday, paid homage to Irina Vlah with victory in the election of the head of Gagauzia in Moldova. "Congratulations to Irina Vlah, who was elected as head of Gagauzia in Accordance with the will of the people. We Express our satisfaction that the Elections were held in a democratic and peaceful environment. Turkey will continue to cooperate with the new leadership of Gagauzia on the basis of the territorial integrity of Moldova, well-being and interests of the peoples who lived here, " reads the appeal of the Turkish Ministry of foreign Affairs. Election of the head of the Gagauz autonomy were held on Sunday. Independent people's choice Irina Vlah became the new head of the region, gaining 51, 01% of the vote. Gagauzia is an Autonomous territorial entity in the South of Moldova. There are 155, 6 thousand people - 4, 6% of the population. The share of the Gagauz (Turkic ethno-linguistic group of Balkan origin) account for 82, 1% of the total population of autonomy (127, 8 thousand people), and Bulgarians - 5, 1% (8 thousand), Moldovans - 4, 8% (7, 5 thousand people), Russian - 3, 8% (5, 9 thousand people), Ukrainians - 3, 2% (4, 9 thousand people), other nationalities - 1%. Gagauzia traditionally advocated a rapprochement with Russia, while the official Chisinau proclaimed the course of European integration. In February 2014 in the autonomy held a referendum on the issue of the choice of the vector of foreign policy. More than 98% of its members voted for the integration of Moldova into the Customs Union.