Sheker Mahala

Sheker Mahala

Sheker Mahala is the second biggest Roma ghetto in Plovdiv. Its population is 10 000. Only 2 000 of them identify themselves as Roma, the rest identify themselves as people of Turkish origin. The district is in the outskirts of the town.


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