Category Archives: News Middle East

Turkey: The Aftermath

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An organisation helping what they call Roma but further are referred to as Domari, the Middle Eastern cousins of the Roma in Southeastern Turkey in the aftermath of the recent earthquake.

Turkey and Roma

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The Turkish government is planning an action plan on Roma in the country. It is a bit of a joke to speak about housing after the ruling party and Mr. Erdogan expelled the Roma from Istanbul oldest Roma neighbourhood to make space for his supporters, ending a millennium of Roma presence there.

Istanbul: Gentrification

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Roma are increasingly being driven out of the city they have lived in for more than a 1000 years. This time, it is the Tarlabaşı neighbourhood which is the target of the “renovation” – often given to good friends of the AK party…

– Gentrifizierung in Istanbul: Es war einmal ein Ort der Vielfalt. In: Alsharq Blog. 08.07.2017. http://www.alsharq.de/2017/iranturkei/tuerkei/gentrifizierung-in-istanbul-es-war-einmal-ein-ort-der-vielfalt/

Middle Eastern Cousins: The Nawar

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An article about the Rroma middle eastern distant cousins, the Nawari. Together with the Domari, they are the remnants of the same migration who brought Rroma to Europe, they staying in the Middle East.
And they are being discriminated against …

– Who are the Nawari, Gaza’s alienated ‘Gypsies’? In: Al Monitor. 02.02.2017. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/01/gaza-nawari-community-marginalized-begging-dancing-gypsies.html

Domari Today

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Two articles on Domari, the Rroma’s Middle Eastern Cousins and their current plight in Syria and as refugees in other countries.

Another minority that is forgotten in this conflict.

Middle East Doms

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Middle Eastern Domari are demanding their rights. The Domari are Rroma’s cousins as they are those Rroma who did not cross the Bosphorus in the 10th century and remained in the Middle East. They live in Jordania, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria. In the latter country they are the victims of increasingly sectarian violence.

Turkey: Main opposition party fields a Rrom candidate

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Turkish opposition Republican’s People party fielded a Rrom candidate in one of the Western Turkish provinces in Izmir. The Rrom candidate in on fifth position in the party’s list for that circumscription. We wish him all the luck!

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