Wealth of Streets: Roma and Media

Abstract

When we are going to talk about the streets, we cannot start without mentioning the real owners of streets. Who are the real owners of streets? While speaking about the street economy, during the presentation in the International Romani Symposium in Mersin, Dr Osman Sirkeci said that Romani are the real owners of streets. Romanis, who immigrated from India to all around the world a thousand years ago and were forced or abandoned to live in streets, are the real owners of streets. They were forced to earn their life in the jobs which are the most difficult and reprehensible in the known sites. However, they were assigned to make in such works as pin, spear, sword, groom, cart, wheel, iron, steel, which were used in wars; they were tinsmith, blacksmith, coppersmith, handworkers, entertainers and musicians.

Citation

Bolat, S. (2020), "Wealth of Streets: Roma and Media", Grima, S., Sirkeci, O. and Elbeyoğlu, K. (Ed.) Global Street Economy and Micro Entrepreneurship (Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis, Vol. 103), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 139-142. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1569-375920200000103017