Türkiye‘s president on Saturday famous his nation’s initiatives to pave the way in which for anybody subjected to discrimination to hunt justice, stressing that marginalization in lots of components of the world is on the rise.
“We have paved the way to seek justice for anyone exposed to discrimination over their origin, color, language, or belief,” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan instructed a bunch of Roma residents in Istanbul, at an iftar fast-breaking dinner for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Noting that “hate crimes targeting immigrants reaching a frightening extent in Western countries,” Erdoğan mentioned Türkiye “rejected all the discriminatory approaches made to our Roma citizens in the past.”
“Despite our shortcomings, the Türkiye we have built is an encompassing one where all kinds of discrimination are excluded,” he added.
Türkiye is not “a country of only the elite, the whites, or a handful of happy minorities,” he mentioned.
“We will never allow racist thoughts stoked via social media to damage our brotherhood,” he added.
The Turkish president additionally prolonged his greatest needs for International Roma Day, which is well known each April 8 to highlight Roma tradition and lift consciousness of the difficulties the Roma folks face.
According to the Council of Europe, Türkiye has an estimated 2.75 million Roma inhabitants, the most important in Europe.
In 2016, Türkiye introduced an motion plan to boost the residing circumstances of native Roma folks.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
