Nearly 700 members of the Turkish riot and security police descended on the Rroma Neighbourhood of Edirne at 5 AM on 1^st of July. This razzia was officially due to state security and 44 people were detained on charges of looting, disturbing the peace, threats, and resistance against the police. The police is said to have said “How happy is he who can say he is a Turk”…

The Rroma minority in Turkey is quite discriminated but actions such as the one in Edirne and the racist slogans are new. Unfortunately.

• Polis Roman mahallelerinde ‘Ne mutlu Türküm’ sloganıyla yürüdü. In: IMC. 01.07.2015. http://www.imctv.com.tr/101301/2015/07/polis-roman-mahallelerinde-ne-mutlu-turkum-sloganiyla-yurudu/