From Istanbul to Thessaloniki the exhibition "City, My nostalgia. The Romans of the City are remembered ". The memories 47 Romans, who at various times left or were forced to leave Istanbul, migrating to Athens and Thessaloniki, come to life through the exhibition "City, My nostalgia: Nostalgic refugees. The Romans of the City are remembered ", which after Constantinople and Athens is transferred to Thessaloniki. The exhibition will be hosted 11-18 December the "Evangelos Melissaris" Conference Center of the Municipality of Eleftherios-Kordelios (Monastery News 117), while its inauguration will take place next Saturday, at 6.00 afternoon.
Στην έκθεση, organized by the Lausanne Exchanges Foundation and with the support of the Capital of Culture Organization ?Istanbul 2010, are presented through recorded and written material snapshots from life 47 Romans of the City, who were forced to leave their place and today live in Athens and Thessaloniki. Tragic events, such as the September ones, which stigmatized the political life of Turkey, εξανάγκασαν τους περισσότερους Ρωμιούς της Πόλης να εγκαταλείψουν τα σπίτια τους.
Σκοπός της έκθεσης, as reported by its organizers, is to contribute to the documentation of a historical reality, that is, of the spiritual, economic and social prosperity of a group of Roma, who left, and whom the City, in turn, νοσταλγεί.
Η έκθεση συνοδεύεται από ένα ομότιτλο βιβλίο στο οποίο περιλαμβάνονται οι απαντήσεις των 47 Constantinople to questions about their experiences in the city, the date and the reasons that forced them to leave, their studies, τις οικογένειες και τις καταβολές τους.
Moreover, Based on the recorded interviews and the material gathered, a documentary entitled “City, My Nostalgia "directed by Thaksin Isbilen. This documentary clearly shows the nostalgia of the Romans they say: "The city is my homeland, I wish her everything ".