Roma in Turkey

Roma in Turkey

The Roma in Turkey descend from the times of the Byzantine Empire. Records about their presence in 9th century Anatolia exist, where they arrived form Persia. With the expanse of the Ottoman Empire Turkish Roma settled in Rumelia (Southern Europe under the Ottoman rule). The decendants of the Ottoman Roma today are known as Xoraxane Roma and are of the Islamic faith. [Elena Marushiakova, Veselin Popov (2001) "Gypsies in the Ottoman Empire", ISBN 1902806026"University of Hertfordshire Press"
*Original: Елена Марушиакова, Веселин Попов (2000) "Циганите в Османската империя". Литавра, София ("Litavra" Publishers, Sofia).bg icon ]

In modern Turkey Xoraxane Roma do not have a legal status of ethnic minority. This goes as far back as the Treaty of Lausanne (1923), in which Section III "Protection of Minorities" put an emphasis on non-Muslim minorities . [ [http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Treaty_of_Lausanne "Treaty of Lausanne"] ]

By different estimates the number of Roma in Turkey range from 0.3 to 5 million. [No official count; estimate from [http://goc.bilgi.edu.tr/documents/rapor.pdf "Reaching the Romanlar—A Feasibility Study Report"] (International Romani Studies Network), Istanbul: 2006, p.13. See also [http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=17&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ihf-hr.org%2Fviewbinary%2Fviewdocument.php%3Fdoc_id%3D7081&ei=ZGh8Ra6PIojWgwPswYSGBg&usg=__JjkO-H9UILip7K609hgW3xYUCrs=&sig2=_7Mb8m_IyYqfWqm_xLJmyQ "Turkey: A Minority Policy of Systematic Negation"] (IHF report) and cite web |url=http://webarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/2005/05/08/639714.asp |title="AB ülkeleriyle ortak bir noktamız daha ÇİNGENELER" |accessmonthday=September 23 |accessyear=2006 |last=SERİN |first=Ayten |date=08.05.2005 |publisher=Hürriyet]

References

* [http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/ecri/1%2Decri/2%2Dcountry%2Dby%2Dcountry_approach/turkey/turkey_cbc_3.asp#P371_56422 Council of Europe, report about the Roma in Turkey]


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