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The Family Get Their Identification Cards 23/12/2010

S. Y. and her three children, a family living in Saruhanlı district of Manisa, get their idenfication cards. S. Y.'s application to Saruhanlı Birth Registration Office has been accepted. The family live under difficult conditions.

S.Y. were not able to solemnize with her husband on account of the fact they had no identification card. He had a wreck and died. Than She and her children started to live with her brother's family in a slum with only one room. S. Y is happy today because of acceptance of her application to Birth Registration Office. Today, she has only one expectation to have a horse and a carriage. She explain the situation she is in with this sentence: "If they give me a carriage , i can collect firewood and scrap so we can subsist on that way."

There are still many citizens who have no identification cards and unable to benefit from some official services because of the situation. They are not able to benefit from social welfares and register their children to school. A circular letter was issued before to provide convenience for citizens with Gypsy origin to get identification card by the government. Having identication cards of S. Y and her chilren gives hope to people who have no idenfication cards.

Source: Anatolian Agency