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Requiem for Sulukule
Requiem for Sulukule

Author(s): Sinan Gökçen
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: European Roma Rights Center

Summary/Abstract: IN MEMORIAM: Except for six homes under legal dispute, the final homes in Europe’s oldest Romani settlement, Sulukule of Istanbul, Turkey, were razed to the ground in April and May 2009. Sulukule’s approximately 3,400 impoverished residents, who are overwhelmingly Romani, are now scattered around Istanbul.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 49-50
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: English