THE SOCIAL EXCLUSION OF ROMANS IN KOCAELİ

Roman and social exclusion concepts have been described and what kind of scientific connection they are all have been queried in this article. Target population of the study has been confined to the county of Kocaeli, İzmit. Quantitative data have been used about Romans of Kocaeli related more recently study in the article. Quantitative data have been obtained by Taylan et al. (2014) through face-to-face survey of Roman citizens included 112 women, 96 men totally 208 Roman citizens inhabited in Serdar and Yenimahalle. Romans are subjected to social exclusion by the social environment they live together. The hypothesis of research indicated this sentence has been supported through the survey of what kind of and to what extent Romans of Kocaeli are exposed to social exclusion with discrimination. Research findings: Romans know that their identity causes discrimination and exclusion, and they keep clear of expressing the identity frankly. Roman women are more anxious, more hopeless and more pessimistic about the future than men. Roman are generally stuck in their neighborhoods. Their relations with the city center are weak. The stigmatized spaces they inhabit and the undesirable jobs they perform reveal the fragile sociality of Roman, while stereotypes about Roman people are indicative of their long-standing marginalization.