Newroz

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Five-Day Newroz Celebrations in 66 Places

The Newroz programme of the DTP starts in Urfa on 20 March and ends in Kars on 24 March. Kurdish musicians and politicians will take the stage.

19 March 2009 Bawer Çakır

Students React To Help The Journalist Erkan Çapraz

University students from Yüksekova start a signature campaign to support Erkan Çapraz of the Yüksekova Haber Newpaper to stop the pressure on him, which is preventing him to do his work as a journalist.

Inspectors Launch Inquiry on Newroz Incidents

Two chief inspectors appointed by the Ministry of Interior have resumed investigations on March 22 incidents in Siirt. Journalists requested to hand over pictures and videotapes in search of evidence.

A Diyarbakir “Outing”: “What are Gays Doing at Newroz?”

A group of gay and lesbian Kurds in Diyarbakir decided that this year’s Newroz would not only be a call for political freedom, but also an honest declaration of their sexual identity.

25 March 2008 Murat Özpamuk

DTP Condemns Excessive Police Violence at Newroz

DTP MP Akin Birdal holds the Siirt governor and chief of police responsible for riots at Newroz celebrations, as well as the Minister of the Interior and the Prime Minister.

25 March 2008 Murat Çelikkan

Two Deaths at Newroz Celebrations

In some cities in the southeast of Turkey, the governors did not allow Newroz celebrations to take place. Two people died in Van and Hakkari. Hundreds of people were taken into police custody.

24 March 2008 Emine Özcan

Newroz: “Our Message is Peace!”

As preparations for a big Newroz celebration in Diyarbakir are nearing their end, some say “we have to go for peace.” However, others fear trouble and will stay away.

20 March 2008 Emine Özcan

Let Newroz and Nevruz bring Peace and Spring!

Let Newroz and Nevruz bring Peace and Spring!

The Turkish Peace Parliament has called on the spring festival to be “an opportunity to face the past" and ÖDP MP Uras has called for "a beginning of a solution."

20 March 2008 Erhan Üstündağ

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