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Çarşema Sor: May this day be a harbinger of peace

Çarşema Sor: May this day be a harbinger of peace

On the first Wednesday after April 13 each year, Yazidis celebrate the festival of “Çarşema Sor” (Red Wednesday). HDP has marked the day, saying, “May this day be the harbinger of peace and fraternity”.

Happy Çarşema Sor to Yazidis

Happy Çarşema Sor to Yazidis

On the first Wednesday after April 13 each year, Yazidis celebrate the festival of “Çarşema Sor” (Red Wednesday), which marks the first day of the year and is a harbinger of revival and good days. Happy Çarşema Sor to Yazidis!

One Day with Viyan and Mizgin

ÊZİDÎ WOMEN SPEAK OUT: S/HE IS MY CHILD/4

One Day with Viyan and Mizgin

Viyan left her son Cihat behind in Mosul, "I could not mother a child born to me of rape." Mizgin's husband, on account of her abduction by ISIL blamed her for her plight and rejecting her, has chosen to punish her by filing for divorce.

30 January 2020 Nurcan Keskin

Ezidi Women Speak Out: 'S/He is My Child'

NEW SERIES TO START MONDAY

Ezidi Women Speak Out: 'S/He is My Child'

Many Ezidi women who returned from ISIL captivity with children have faced rejection by their community. The series based on interviews with some of these women will run for seven days starting Monday.

23 January 2020 Nurcan Keskin

Attack Against Yazidis in Batman on Parliamentary Agenda

Attack Against Yazidis in Batman on Parliamentary Agenda

HDP MP Uca has submitted a Parliamentary question about the Yazidi people who were attacked by a group who occupied their land in Turkey’s eastern province of Batman.

19 December 2019

Happy Çarşema Sor to Yazidis

Happy Çarşema Sor to Yazidis

On the first Wednesday after April 13 each year, Yazidis celebrate the festival of “Çarşema Sor” (Red Wednesday). Yazidis believe that “Çarşema Sor” marks the day when the world was fermented by God and life on earth started, namely the first day of the year.

Criminal Complaint Against Selling Yazidi Women

Criminal Complaint Against Selling Yazidi Women

Women in Diyarbakır have filed a complaint as to allegations that Yazidi women and children are being sold via an office in Antep.

8 December 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu