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Urban Transformation In Edirne 07/12/2010

A protokol will be signed between Edirne Municipality and Atılım University for the urban transformation project planned to be done in Menzilahır Neighbourhood which is one of the biggest Roma Gypsy settlements of Edirne.

20 academician performed measurements in different parts of the neighbourhood in the context of urban transformation. It's said that they will do more researches after signing of the protokol between municipality and the university. The university will contribute the project from the point of technical issues. TOKİ (Mass Housing Administration) is also supporting the project.

Residents of the neighbourhood, which is also one of the most crowded Roma settlements of Turkey, don't want to be influenced negatively by the project. People emphasize that they are supporting their houses to be repaired. However they are afraid of being forced to leave the neighbourhood where their ancestors lived in for centuries.

Source: News On Edirne