The Sulukule Affair: Roma against Expropriation
The Sulukule Affair: Roma against Expropriation

Summary/Abstract: The social fabric Sulukule’s population is around 5,000 people, 3,500 of whom are Romani. One of the most important qualities of this district is that the whole population is in one way or another related to each other, causing the neighbourhood to give the impression of a huge extended family. According to the research conducted by the Sulukule Platform, 76% of the district’s residents were born in Sulukule. Street vending by the district’s own residents enables the neighborhood to exist in a self-sufficient manner. In addition to the textile, fruits, vegetable, fish, pickle, toy, and balloon selling street vendors, the neighbourhood markets, food shops, small restaurants and tailors cater exclusively to their local clientele. In other words, the residents of Sulukule are able to survive without stepping out of their neighbourhood. According to the aformentioned research, 66.3% of the residents are content to live in Sulukule.

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