Urban Transformation like a Roman
November 2022 – June 2023
Turgutreis District/MERSİN
Urban Transformation like a Roman Project aimed to prevent the urban transformation project planned to be carried out in the Turgutreis Neighbourhood, where Roma people are densely populated, to be realized without considering their culture and lifestyle, and to take a counter-stance.
In this scope, under the management of Prof. Dr Nurseren Tor of MEU, Faculty of Fine Arts, large-scale paintings reflecting the Roma culture was displayed in various parts of the neighbourhood and this process was supported with various music, theatre, photography and performance activities. The Roma Theatre Group from Bandırma performed a theatre play about urban transformation in the neighbourhood, the Mersin Romany Orchestra gave a concert, and the Roma people were able to tell about their neighbourhoods from their own eyes through a photography workshop held with children. The project came to an end with a panel discussion and celebrations in the neighbourhood.
Mediterranean Roma Associations Federation
Mediterranean Roma Associations Federation is a non-governmental organization established in 2008 with 5 associations coming together in order to solve the problems of Roma people in various fields and to preserve and transfer Roma culture to future generations. Since the day it was founded, the Federation has done a lot of work to solve the problems of the Roma in cooperation with local, national and international authorities, and has assumed the role of advocacy for the rights of the Roma on many platforms. Our federation’s fields of activity are as follows;
- Activities supporting Roma people in the fields of eductaion, employment, housing, health and access to rights
- Advocacy activities for the determination of Roma policies in Turkey through the Turkish Roma Rights Forum.
AKROMFED has carried out many projects in these fields with the grants it has won from national and international grant programs and has gained extensive experience in these fields.
This page is published on 19 January 2023.
