here is the politician again (he seems to be a gypsy himself) who tries to raise awareness on gypsies in Türkiye especially the dom and abdal gypsies . if i understood it correctly his party tries to integrate gypsy communities in Türkiye more into the parliament and he is angry that the voices and votes of gypsies in Türkiye are neglected
here is this politician together with some members of his party and some gypsy men . most if not all of these men in the video are gypsies . especially the men who are sitting seem to be all gypsies . they are NOT Kurds or Turks
the misportraying of Kurds and Turks is really ridiculous . please acknowledge our gypsy situation
click here to see the video :
and here in the video on this site :
Doğuş Partisi, 14 Mayıs Genel Seçimlerinde 32 ilden bağımsız milletvekili adayı çıkarma kararı aldıklarını duyurdu. Doğuş Partisi Genel Başkanı Mahmut Karalar, “Birçok siyasi partiler, bizleri görmüyor, bizleri görmezden geliyor” dedi.
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where he holds a speech (in Türkiye . in Turkish language) he is saying the following :
“Bizim buraya toplanma amacımız şudur, bugün Türkiye genelinde abdal ve domlar 8,5 milyonun üzerinde bir topluluk. Romanları da kattığımız zaman 13 milyonun üzerinde. Birçok siyasi parti, bizleri görmezden geliyor, bizleri arka bahçesi olarak görüyor. Bizler abdallar, domlar ve romanlar olarak oylarımızı satıyor muşuz? Bizler oylarımızı mı satıyoruz? Bunlara gerekli dersi verecek miyiz? Biz 30 ilde açıklama yapacağız. İstanbul ve Ankara’yı da sayarsan 32 ilden çıkacak milletvekilimizi açıklayacağız. Buradan bizim amacımız, vatanına milletine sadık olmak. Birçok siyasi partiler, bizleri görmüyor, bizleri görmezden geliyor.”
translation :
"our purpose in gathering here is this: today, Abdals and Doms constitute a community of over 8.5 million across Turkey. When we include the Roma, it's over 13 million. Many political parties ignore us, viewing us as their backyard. are we, as Abdals, Doms, and Roma, selling our votes ? are we selling our votes? will we teach them the necessary lesson? we will make statements in 30 provinces. If you count Istanbul and Ankara, we will announce the parliamentary representatives who will be elected from 32 provinces. our aim here is to be loyal to our country and our people. Many political parties ignore us"
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now i dont know if the numbers for gypsies he gives are exactly accurate because as i told you already the number of gypsies in Türkiye especially the gypsies in Kurdish regions are not offically stated . but they are underestimated and often even hidden . the gypsies in Kurdish regions are one of the least known gypsies in the world . many gypsies also larp as Kurds and Turks . but i am thinking that this politician must have sources for his claim ....i dont think he will just claim random numbers . sure it is always possible that he exeggerated the numbers for his politicial goal but i do not think the number he is claiming even if he exeggerated it would be much higher than the actual number . i do actually think the numbers he gives are accurate more or less . he must have a solid source for his claims
Türkiye is the country with the highest gypsies in the world if i am not wrong . as you see we have millions of them in various regions in Türkiye including Kurdish regions . i dont even know if the numbers that this politician gives already included mixed people like people who are half gypsy half turk , half gypsy half kurd etc. .
my own guess is that there are additionally around 5-8 million people who are at least a quarter gypsy on top of these 13 million gypsies . making it a total of 18 - 20 million gypsoid people . if you also count people who are like 1/8 gypsy for example then it would be a little more than that even
that would mean that about 15% to 23% of Türkiyes inhabitans are gypsies and part gypsies . something in that range roughly . no this is not unrealistic at all . it is very realistic
it is no surprise that many people in anthroforums have a distorted and unrealistic idea of how Kurds and also Turks look like. Türkiye is VERY darkwashed and misportrayed in anthroforums . and then when people see 100000 pics and videos of actual Kurds and Turks they get confused and are like "huh these are really Kurds/Turks ? i dint know that Kurds/Turks look like this" . and some even accuse us of cherrypicking 1000000 people can you believe that . wtf
i will post some more about our gypsies in the next days or weeks/months