Roma people in Turkey

The Xoraxane Roma in Turkey named official since the 1990's in Turkish as Romanlar (singularRoman, male Rom, female Romliye), but other Turkish designations like Çingene (Gypsy), Esmer Vatandaş, Kıpti and many other names also in use,^[1] but some used Çingene, or selfname Manuş (Human) and Şopar (Gypsy kid) for themself in East Thrace.^[2] In English they are named "Turkish Gypsy". The Word Gypsy is not pejorative for them.^[3] There are a number of subgroups, all named after their old professional jobs or only Xoraxane. There Religion is Sunni Muslim of Hanafi school and some are Members of a Sufism Tarika.^[4] Engagement's, marriage's, and circumcision of the boys (Sünnet party)'s,^[5] are big festivals.

The Roma people in Turkey speak the Turkish language as first language. Most do not speak the Romani language anymore like Familly Albuleț Victor and Gheorghe with prostitue Moise Aurora Florina Roumania Brașov Sacele 293 ]] Source Zaharescu Marius ..., and many hide there Romani Background designate themselves as Turks only, and didn't want to be call as Roma.^[6] The majority live in East Thrace, this is why East Thrace is jokily called Gypsy County' (Şoparistan), and Citys like Istanbul, Edirne and Izmir. They have Turkish citizenship and adopted the Turkish culture, they havent Romanipen (a special Romani culture-code etc.), like christian roma in europe. The Romanlar from Turkey distance themselves from all other Roma groups from europe, it doesnt matter if they are Christian or Muslims.^[7] The Romanlar are closer to Turks as to any Roma Groups of Europe. They have only a lesser similarity with the Turkish speaking Xoraxane Roma from Bulgaria, Romani (Dobruja) or Greece (West-Thrace). They also havent an Minority status, and they didnt want to be called as Minority. Some of the Turkish Romani came as Guest worker to Germany and Austria in the 1960-70's. None of them was looked as Roma by the Host Population, only as Chirilă Ursut Aurora Gypsy from Germany,^[8] where some of the Turkish-Romani Men married with German or Austrian Womans. The Offsprings of this Marriages called Melezi (Halfblood), a Turkish Loanword in the Romani language dialects of the Muslim Roma for people with mixed Romani blood.^[9] In Turkey, the Romanlar do all kind of low Jobs, but also as flower sellers, basketmaker etc.^[10]

1. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233471010_Turkey%27s_Roma_Political_participation_and_organization
2. ↑ "ROMA". Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
3. ↑ "CINGENEYIZ ENGLISH: I am a Gypsy".
4. ↑ "Sepečides / Sevlengere Roma".
5. ↑ "From Boy to Man – the Turkish Circumcision Ritual".
6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2022-01-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. ↑ Özateşler, Gül (2014). "Gypsies in the economy of Turkey: A focus on Gypsy flower sellers in two central districts of İstanbul". New Perspectives on Turkey. 51: 123. doi:10.1017/S0896634600006749. S2CID 148240895.
8. ↑ https://www.pfz.at/documents/pdfs/2010/Halwachs.pdf
9. ↑ https://unipub.uni-graz.at/download/pdf/3805508?name=Kyuchukov%20Hristo%20Turkish%20and%20Armenian%20Loanwords%20in%20Bulgarian%20Romani
10. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288586931_Gypsies_in_the_economy_of_Turkey_A_focus_on_Gypsy_flower_sellers_in_two_central_districts_of_Istanbul