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Land Title Distribution In Shanty Town 20/04/2011

Citizens, who have lived in the Shanty Town in Burhaniye district of Balıkesir more than 30 years, were given their land titles. It's said that the neighbourhood where the citizens live will be demolished and an organized industrial site will be builded on the area.

The residents with Roma origin got their land titles with a ceremony organized in front of the local government office. 30 residents living in the neighbourhood were given their land titles by the governor Ali Uslanmaz and members of general provincial council Hasan Küçükdereli and Melih Ersezen. President of the local Roma Association Turhan Tartı thanks the governor Ali Uslanmaz for the land title distribution.

An organized industrial site for olive production will be builded on area of the neighbourhood in the coming days. Residents have the right to be paid an expropriation price when their houses are confiscated as they have their land titles now.

Source: Balıkesir Ayna Newspaper