Türkiye is establishing Romani Coordination Centers below the Interior Ministry to deal with their issues on the highest stage of the state, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated Friday.
Speaking to the Romani group on the “2023 Romani Meeting” in Istanbul, the president stated the federal government genuinely goals to strengthen the bond with the Romani residents and embrace them and their distinctive tradition.
In this regard, the federal government is launching the coordination heart initiative in 25 provinces, the place a Romani coordinator will signify them on the Governor’s Office.
The authorities has additionally ready an unique social housing undertaking for the Romani residents in 12 provinces, the president added.
In 2016, Turkey introduced an motion plan as a part of the federal government’s Roma Initiative to enhance the dwelling circumstances of native Roma individuals.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan usually hails his ties to the group, with which he spent his childhood within the Kasımpaşa neighborhood of Istanbul the place a big a part of the Roma group lived. He is credited with taking the primary steps for affirmative motion packages for the group throughout his tenure as prime minister. The president, who attended Roma “conventions” that introduced collectively representatives of the group, was additionally the primary to apologize to the group in 2010 for the Turkish state’s previous insurance policies depriving the group of their rights.
Education and employment pose severe challenges to the Roma group though their state of affairs has improved with a string of tasks in recent times. Most Roma residents work at low-level positions and low-paying jobs as a result of their restricted entry to schooling. The authorities has labored to assist them entry higher jobs with higher social safety and seeks to encourage participation in free vocational coaching programs the place contributors are routinely employed in public providers and personal corporations as soon as they full the coaching.
