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The Romanis were removed from Sulukule neighborhood during an "urban transformation" project that was initiated in 2006.

A counter forum is being held on grounds of lacking of trust in the discourse of World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on ‘’ common heritage’’ , ‘’ impartiality’’ and ‘’protection’’.

The State Council approved the court decision canceling the Sulukule neighborhood project that displaced Romany citizens.

The Fatih Municipal Council approved a new preliminary project to “transform” the historical Roma district of Sulukule in Istanbul despite a court ruling to annul the previous plan two and a half months ago. Architect Aslı Kıyak, Lawyer Hilal Küey and opposition deputy Gülay Yedekçi said the project could not have been rectified in the meantime.

Fatih Mayor Mustafa Demir said he was certain the Council of State would not ratify the recent court decision to annul the project to “transform” Istanbul’s Sulukule district, a historical Roma quarter, adding that a new project was also in the works just in case.

A court ruled to annul the preliminary project to demolish Istanbul’s historical Sulukule district inhabited mainly by the Roma community and to replace it with new villas as part of the government’s “Urban Transformation” scheme.

The Fatih municipality in Istanbul has destroyed the children’s centre in the Roma neighbourhood of Sulukule.

The Roma of Sulukule have called on the public to protest against the destruction of their neighbourhood to mayors, the President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdogan.