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Roma Claim Fields 02/02/2009

About 150 citizens, in the district Ipsala, Edirne, claiming they have been treated unjustly gathered in front of the government mansion to discuss with the authorities.

Claiming that they have been treated unjustly when the list of farmers who are supposed to be distributed the 4 thousand 700 decar land is suspended, Huseyin Akcin who is one of the farmers said that they will call their rights. Akcin, who mentioned about the tough conditions they have been working in, said: “We do the rice carrying recently. Fields are not given to us. They come here to visit us and leave 1 ton of coal and some food for us to content ourselves with. We want our rights.” Hamdi Filiz, a rice carrier, said that distribution of the land is made unjustly and some people were privileged during the redistribution. Romans went back their homes after discussing the issue with the Ipsala District Governor Mehmet Ali Gürbüz.

The relevant statement by the District Governor Mehmet Ali Gurbuz goes as following: "The Land Reform District Office did what is required by laws. Nobody was privileged. I cannot say that Roman citizens are right of wrong. Everything was done within a legal framework.