Un-finished Route of Dom Migrants from Syria to Çukurova: Situation Analysis Map Poster design: Kurtuluş Karaşın Estimated population of Syrain Dom communities living in Şanlıurfa, Gaziantep, Adana and Mersin, July 2016 00 As the Dom communities move very frequently, the settlements and populations are also changing within time TUFANBEYLİ 35 - Tufaneyli entrance - Next to Hastane Village - Next to Sand Pits Western - Yenimahalle Side of Euphrates River - On Old Antakya Road - Saha Neighborhood - Living with seasonal workers - Hoca Şerif Neighborhood from Keferdiz Village - Near to Çakmak Village Junction on Old Gaziantep Road - Ceyhan Adana entrance - Side of the tile factory - Birkethane Ceydaş Across factory - Emek Neighborhood Neighborhood Seasonal Workers Tents YAVUZELİ VİRANŞEHİR - Şırnak 50 Neighborhood NURDAĞI 1.200 1.000 100 ADANA 100 ŞANLIURFA İSLAHİYE BİRECİK CEYHAN GAZİANTEP NİZİP CENTER CENTER 6.000 YÜREĞİR 250 SURUÇ 5.000 OĞUZELİ 2.000 150 CEYLANPINAR ADANA-KARATAŞ ROAD 50 KARKAMIŞ - On the Hıdantlı Yeşilova Road 200 - Buğday AKÇAKALE 1.000 4.000 - Hürriyet Neighborhood MERSİN 50 Pazarı Neighborhood 50 - On Urfa - Yunus Emre Neighborhood Road - On GATEM Junction on Urfa Road - Namık Kemal Neighborhood - On Nizip Karakamış - On Old Suruç - GATEM - Fevzi paşa Neighborhood Road Road - İmam Keskin Neighborhood - Şiirinevler - Tathtani Neighborhood - Inside Eyyüp City Constructions - Halkkent Neighborhood - Ünaldı Çevre Neighborhood - On Akçakale Road, Eyübiye - Serinevler Neighborhood - Vatan Neighborhood Neighborhood and nearby - Seasonal Agricultural - Güzelvadi Workers tents near - Hacıbaba Adanalı Village - Haydarlı Neighborhood - Yukarıbayır - On the Tarsus Yenice - Bahçelievler Neighborhood - Çıksorut Road, Next to Collective - 19 Mayıs - Güneş Neighborhood Housing Area - Anadolu - Ocaklar Neighborhood - Başak - Barak Neighborhood - Koza - Narlıtepe Neighborhood - Receppeker - Yeşilvadi - Yeşilbağlar - Karşıyaka Hürriyet Kaynak: Göç İdaresi, 19.10.2016 Source: dnaconsultants.com/gypsy-migrations/ Finland 10,000 Project on Improving the Protection and Health Conditions of Syrians and Migrants in the South of Turkey implemented by Development Workshop between May and November 2016 with the financial support of the % 0,3 under European Commission’s Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) and in cooperation The Roma (Romany) communities have crossed into Europe via % 0,3 - 0,6 with international non-governmental organisation GOAL Global, has targeted to reduce the protection risks of Dom Migrants from Syria on the Road amid Poverty and Discrimination Anatolia and the Black Sea and live in many countries around GYPSY ROMA POPULATION % 0,6 - 1 vulnerable migrant groups using an integrated approach of information dissemination, advocacy and humanitarian the world from Russia to the USA, including Turkey. The total % 1 - 3 aid. population of these communities in Europe who speaks the % 3 - 5 Sweden 1530 MIGRATION % 5 - 9 AROUND EUROPE language known as Romani, is approximately 9 million. % 9 over Activities has been implemented within the 3 components of the Project that has the main goal of mitigating the Norway protection risks of migrant populations through research and advocacy, information dissemination, and distribution Un-finished Route of Dom 1512 900 - 1850 Estonia of non-food items; Norway 1,250 1500 5,000 to USA 1. Information Management / Situational Analysis 1230s Latvia Migrants from Syria to Çukurova: 1720 Irland England Sweden 4,500 Poland 17,500 Presenting evidence based policy recommendations for mapping of where and which agricultural commodities 1430 Germany 1500 Lithuanian irregular migrants engaged in, understanding their conditions and addressing and mitigating protection risks. 3,350 2. Information Dissemination via Networks Situation Analysis Map France 1850 1100 Austria Romania Supporting and facilitating access and use of available services by Syrian migrants through providing information 1427 Poland about fundamental rights, responsibilities and services. England Netherland 32,500 Spain 1420 1370 Irland 40,000 Italy 3,000 3,000 3. Distribution of Non-Food Items Germany 1447 Greece Turkey Belgium 120,000 Czech Republic Slovakia Portigal 12,500 275,000 500,000 Distribution of non-food items including hygiene and protection kits to target population in order to provide 1322 Syria fundamental needs. Iraq 1200 Iran Austria Ukraine 37,500 600,000 Romania Switzerland Slovenia 1,9 Milyon France 40,000 10,000 Egypt 310,000 Kosovo Sirbia India 35,000 500,000 1300 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Italy 60,000 750,000 9 Million 130,000 Montenegro 24,000 Roma in Europe Turkey (Total) 2,5 million The Roma, Dom and Lom communities Spain Macedonia who are collectively known as Portugal 700,000 37.500 185,000 gypsies, have been living with other Greece communities in many countries of 175,000 the world within a balance achieved between nomadic and semi-nomadic life for hundred of years. According to widely accepted hypotheses, the Dom (later Roma and Lom) Indian migrants who left India and Pakistan for various reasons (such as war or famine) between the 7th and 10th centuries and ROM DOM LOM embarked on the “great walk”,and who have been spreading across the globe Gypsies who live in Turkey fall into three groups: the for hundreds of years, have been named Gypsies by other societies. Roma, the Dom and the Lom. The Dom generally live Dom Migrants from Syria on the Road amid Poverty and Discrimination in southern and eastern Anatolia and speak Domari, the Lom live in the north eastern Black Sea region and speak Lomari. Gypsies in other parts of Anatolia, especially the Mediterranean, Thrace and Aegean regions, are known as the Roma. The contents of this document is the sole responsibility of the authors and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union. Source: Suat Kolukısa, Türkiye’de Rom, Dom ve Lom Gruplarının Görünümü Source: s1.zetaboards.com/anthroscape/topic/5477140/1/ “For seven years we lived Mostly living a semi- as nomads in various parts nomadic life, Dom tend to of Syria. In the winter we live in tent settlements they stayed in the Haydariye have set up, in makeshift neighbourhood of Aleppo tents, or in abandoned and and the men worked in ruined buildings. seasonal jobs. We women collected produce from the fields. The men worked as porters and construction workers. In the summer GYPSY COMMUNITIES IN SYRIA we lived as nomads…. “They expelled us from there, from Baghdad, the Tinsmith/Ironsmith land of our forebears, after Hot smith the war. For what? For being Gypsies. Yes we are Musician/peddler Turkish Gypsies, but we are also Albanian peddler The Dom who are among the Gypsy groups living in Turkey, generally human.” live in southern and eastern Anatolia and speak Domari. The Dom concentrated in the provinces of Hatay, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep and Şan- Abdal lıurfa, came to Anatolia in the beginning of 11th century according to Albanian (Bektashi) Roma Turkmen Tanjarlie historical records. (Sünni) (Shiite) Tinsmith/tinker Kurdish Kurdish Turkmen Musician /peddler (Sünni) (Sünni) Domari The Council of Europe’s Nawar Dom Farsi Kaoli It is thought 500,000 Roma and Travellers (Çingene) (Sünni) that the number Forum (ERTF) estimated Haramshe/Haciye of Doms in that the Roma made up Musician/Dancer Turkey is around 3.83 percent of Turkey’s Siyaghin - Dentist 500.000 Siyaghin - Dentist population of 71,892,807 Musician/Ironsmiths in 2010. Haddadin Wooden works, griddle, basket Ironsmiths (Sünni) Ironsmith and Tinsmith The Dom constantly emphasise that Gharablaji / Griddle Sieve/Basket they cannot live in and do not want to live in temporary accommodation cen- Mıtrıp / Musician tres. This is chiefly because the Dom Language spoken Professions Nawar communities are discriminated against by officials and other denizens of the camps due to This graph was revised version of graph included in ‘Biography and Identity in Damascus: A Syrian Nawar Chief’ ( Customary Strangers: New Perspectives on Peripatetic Peoples in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, edited by Joseph C. Berland and Apama Rao, Praeger Publishers, 2004) article, within the interviews done by their ethnic identity and way of life. Kemal Vural Tarlan with Syrian Gypsy community members and leaders. Tarlan, K.V., 2016; Deportation, İsolation, and Destruction: The Syrian Dom in The Crossfire, % 3.83 (Unpublished Article) “ - Gypsy (Nawar) Community in Syria is multilingual communiites that speak the languages of the people (Kurdish, Arabian, Turkish, Persian) they lived with. Dentistry and musician are the traditional - In the graph, the spoken languages of communities shown are Arabic and a third language apart from their mother tongue. professions of Dom communities. - Some traditionally performed professions and crafts are written..