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The Governor Visited to The Neighbourhood 30/11/2011

Governor of Çarşamba district of Samsun Caner Yıldız visited a neighbourhood in where 32 Gypsy family live. Residents informed Caner Yıldız about their problems including unemployment. Yıldız explained that they will found a vocational course for young Gypsies to find regular jobs easily in cooperation with the administration of Public Education Center.

Residents of the neihbourhood behind Göğceli Cemetery have no regular jobs. Most of them are sued because they couldn't pay their electric bills. Now, there is no electricty in most of the houses on account of the fact that they have no chance to pay their bills. Governor Caner Yıldız evaluating the issue made a conversation with YEDAŞ (local electricity foundation) to find a temporary solution for the situation. YEDAŞ official provide electricity to the neighbourhood after the conversation.

Unemployment which is the common problem of Gypsies in many countries is getting more and more dangerous. Gypsy families who have a difficulty to find new jobs when they lost their traditional occupations like basketmaking, blacksmithing, musicianship, tobacco working start to face a terrible poverty. Citizens who have no chance to find regular jobs because of prejudices targeting Gypsies are obligated to subsist on temporaryjobs with low income.

Source: Ekip Newspaper