Romani and Gypsy Studies

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• TOLGA İSLAM

This article aims to reveal the multidimensional aspects of social exclusion of Roma in Turkey, which manifests itself in the stigmatized space of Roma neighborhood. In our analysis, we do not depict ‘Roma’ distinctively as an ethnic category but as a ‘low status’ in the society that is embedded in the stigmatized pla…

• MEHMET ERTAN

This article aims to reveal the multidimensional aspects of social exclusion of Roma in Turkey, which manifests itself in the stigmatized space of Roma neighborhood. In our analysis, we do not depict ‘Roma’ distinctively as an ethnic category but as a ‘low status’ in the society that is embedded in the stigmatized pla…

This paper looks into urban regeneration practices targeting Roma people who generally live in city centers’ valuable areas in Turkey. First it analyzes Sulukule urban regeneration project through the conceptual framework of housing rights. Then, drawing from the experiences of Sulukule, it focuses on Ege neighborhood…

• MEHMET MELİH CİN

The inclusion of the Roma has been on the political agenda of the European Union (EU) and its candidates for more than a decade. There is an ongoing argument whether policies are designed well enough to respond to the needs of the Roma. This article discusses the discrepancy between what the education policies set out…

• CANAN UĞUR RIZZI

Roma are one of the most marginalized and discriminated-against groups in Turkey. During the last decade, however, a new trend has emerged: the institutionalization of Roma civil society. Roma civil society has moved from having no registered organizations in 2004 to having 336 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as…

• PINAR SAYAN

Gypsies experience prejudgments even from the other minority groups in the society which they live with their cultural and individual characteristics. Gypsies experience some attitudes in the Western lands which they migrated, like; suppression, oppression, assimilation, severe penalties, and even getting killed in th…

• BAŞAK IŞIL ALPAR

This article compares two different Gypsy communities, the Roma community in Edirne and the Dom community in Diyarbakır, in terms of their access to citizenship rights (civil, social, political and cultural). The main argument is that in Turkey the Roma community has more access to citizenship rights than the Dom comm…

• SELİN ÖNEN

This survey was designed to investigate the socio-demographic characteristics of and utilization of a Primary Heath Care Unit (PHCU) by Roma people (Turkish Gypsies), who live in the coverage area of Muradiye Primary Health Care Unit, as compared to members of the general population. This was a cross-sectional field s…

• MUZAFFER ESKİOCAK

This survey was designed to investigate the socio-demographic characteristics of and utilization of a Primary Heath Care Unit (PHCU) by Roma people (Turkish Gypsies), who live in the coverage area of Muradiye Primary Health Care Unit, as compared to members of the general population. This was a cross-sectional field s…

This survey was designed to investigate the socio-demographic characteristics of and utilization of a Primary Heath Care Unit (PHCU) by Roma people (Turkish Gypsies), who live in the coverage area of Muradiye Primary Health Care Unit, as compared to members of the general population. This was a cross-sectional field s…

• UFUK BERBEROĞLU

Bu çalışma, Çingenelik’in inşasında ve kamusal alanda yeniden üretilmesinde etkili olan; stereotip, damgalama, önyargı, ötekileştirme, dışlama, Çingenelere dair mit, efsane ve söylence gibi faktörlere odaklanmaktadır. Çalışmada genel olarak Çingeneliğin inşasında etkili olan iki faktörler grubu ele alınmaktadır. İlkin…

• MUHAMMET FIRAT
• SÜLEYMAN İLHAN