The Gypsy Girl; Papusza 21/10/2011

(Burry Me Standing-Gypsies and Their Journeys-Isabella Fonseca)

FONSECA; author and journalist. She lived between Gypsies like a Gypsy for 4 years and wrote this book. She tells the story of a forgotten society. She explains how could Gypsies survive despite they face discrimination and oppression for centuries.

Yours, Ours 02/08/2011

Osman Kaplan, who is one of the second generation of migrants came with Turk-Greece population exchange, is also known as Fisher Osman or Kurdo Osman. It has been long time he quit drinking. He prays too much now. It was midday times. He was praying. A tactless person came up to him.

Roma People Are Always Exploited 03/06/2011

A gang member is broken out from a police van. He is brought to a Roma neighbourhood in İzmir by his friends. They made an agreement with a Roma woman to hide the gangster in her home. The gangster gives some money to the woman. Make matters worse he sleeps with the woman at that night. This is the story of a tv serial named "İzmir Çetesi" (İzmir Gang). Kadir İnanır, one of the famous Turkish actors, plays leading role in the serial. The serial is featured in Star Tv channel. The place where the incident happens is a Roma neighbourhood in İzmir. Ethnical origin of the woman in the serial is so open. It's easily understood from her dress and her dialect that she is a Roma.

Roma Population and Their Economic Role In Turkey 21/12/2010

Refugees who were sent to Turkey in the context of Turk-Greece Population Exchange (1923) were not classified according to ethnicities. This is the reason why population of immigrant Roma have never known surely.

Some people always wonder how many Roma live in Turkey. However, population of the other ethnic groups have never been examined as population of Roma were discussed. It was always discussed in some articles about history or present day and behind closed doors that how many Roma live in Turkey.