Sulukule: Gentrification is stopped

Years after Rroma were expelled from their oldest settlement in Europe, from the neighbourhood of Sulukule in Istanbul, the plans from the ruling AK party who intended to gentrify that part of town have now been cancelled.

This stop follows a ruling of the court of appeal against the government-based project. The court basically did not accept the government arguments that the development plans were for the good of the public.

Bravo, but pity it took so long, as Rroma are now mostly gone.