The State, Roma and Urban Renewal 07/23/2012

Urban renewal is an issue which is a particular concern to all citizen living in our country. We will evaluate the issue with its dimensions regarding Roma in this article. Roma living in big metropols like İstanbul, İzmir, Ankara and settlements in Thracia, coastal Aegean, Mediterrenean region, western and central Blacksea region have been influenced by urban renewal projects in last 10-15 years. The urban renewal process will be quickened as far as it's understood from events and important results regarding Roma directly will appear.

Are There any Relation between Roma and the Name Kıpti 05/14/2012

Many Roma families living in Turkey know that the name Kıpti was written in the identification cards of their ancestors in the religion section. The situation preoccupy our people. They wonder if there are any relation between Roma and Coptics or not. Actually, there are no real connection between Roma and the Egiptian Coptics. Semantic change of the word caused Roma and the other Cigany groups to be registered as Kıpti in the Ottoman registrations.

The History Of The Roma 04/16/2012

All Gypsy communities who subsisted on commercial nomadism before the spreading of industry have their own histories. Roma, as one of the most crowded Gypsy groups of Balkans, have their own history which started with a migration process from India to Europe. Roma individuals have to know this history very well if they want to be able to defend their personality and their society against prejudices and stereotypes targeting Romani identity.

About Romanipe and Ciganipe On The Occasion of April 8 04/06/2012

Our readers know that we don't use the word Gypsy (Cigany) as a name defining an ethnic community. The word Gypsy (Cigany) is the common name of peripatetic peoples, who exist all around the world, in Central Asia, Anatolia, Balkans and some regions of Middle East. There is a clear similarity among Roma, Abdals, Loms, Doms, Mugats and the others which unite them under the umbrella term Gypsy (Cigany). Lands, herds and forestal areas these peoples had owned were captured from them throughout history. So they lost the chance of subsisting on agriculture, herding, hunting or gathering. They produced some craft productions and served services in exchange of food with surrounding populations. This process make these peoples a part of universal Gypsy caste.

What Does Being Roma Mean? 03/26/2012

Roma people are one of the biggest Gypsy groups of the Balkans. Roma people have a language named Romanes and a history of 1000 years which started in North India. Although the oldest ancestors of Roma started their long journey in India, Roma Gypsies are real Balkanians. Either Romanes language and the other features of Roma culture were complated in the Balkans after a long migration process.

Why Do We Use The Word Gypsy 14/02/2012

We, as Çingeneyiz.org team, insist on identifying ourselves with the word Gypsy (Cigany). Some of our friends and audiences of our web page wonder the reason of our insistence about the issue. We will explain why we published our web with the name cingeneyiz (amen Cigan isinam-we are Gypsy) and insist on using the word today in this article.

Our Main Problems / Gypsies Suffering From Universal Caste System 02/10/2011

We are Gypsies. Gypsy is the name of a universal caste. Humanity was branched two caste thousands of years ago. On the one hand Gypsy peoples belong to Gypsy Universal Nation. On the other hand, non-Gypsy peoples belong to Non-Gypsy Universal Nation. The main difference between Gypsy peoples and non-Gypsy peoples is that Gypsy peoples survived with Gypsy Ways of Subsistence for thousands of years. Gypsy peoples prepared some crafts (basket-making, sieve-making, musicianship, blacksmithing ext ) and served some services (dentistry, healing, folk medicine, animal training ext )to non-Gypsy peoples in exchange of food before spreading of industrialization. Common name of this activities maden to survive is Gypsy Ways of Subsistence.