There are between 500,000 and 2.5 million Romani people in Turkey.Ӧzateşler, Gül. Gypsy Stigma and Exclusion, 1970: The Social Dynamics of Exclusionary Violence. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. Print. Most Romani, both itinerant and sedentary, live in Trakya (Thrace) and Marmara regions in the northwest of the country, and generally inhabit settlements that are socio-geographically distinct and isolated from majority populations. Romani in Turkey "suffer much higher levels of ill-health, have poorer housing, and higher incidences of discrimination on the basis of their ethnicity." In at least two cases (the 2010 demolition of Sulukule and the 1970 Bayramiç forest products industry dispute), conflicts surrounding access to land and natural resources has led to the dislocation of entire Romani communities.
