Le monde diplomatique published a long article on the Rroma in today Erdogan’s Turkey. Many of them were driven out of centuries old settlements, some such as Sulukule in Istanbul dating back more than a thousand years.

However, in the last five years, some of the key laws against Rroma in Turkey have been revoked. These gestures are due in part to the pressure of the EU concerning the rights of minorities in Turkey are not fundamentally changing their situation. Prejudices are strong, very strong in that country, and Rroma – still called Cingene – are still all too often simply excluded.

• Chambrail, Marie; Mana’ch Erwan. Réveil de la communauté rom. Le Monde Diplomatique, Janary 2015. http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2015/01/CHAMBRIAL/51974

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