Newroz of the change flowing towards freedom
Dicle Müftüoğlu The sole goal of the hundreds of thousands who filled the Newroz square in Amed with the excitement ...
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Öcalan’s historic appeal kickstarts Kurdish Newroz celebrations with renewed calls for peace
This year's Newroz celebrations, with the slogan, Rêbertiya Azad Civaka Demokratîk - (Leadership and Freedom for a Democratic ...
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Women light Newroz fire on Diyarbakır’s ancient walls, honouring Kurdish resistance
In a powerful act of remembrance and defiance, Kurdish women’s organisations led Diyarbakır (Amed)’s first Newroz fire of the year ...
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Turkey: Amedspor fans mark Women’s Day with powerful choreography
Thousands of Amedspor Football Club fans transformed Diyarbakır’s (Amed) Tahir Elçi Stadium into a sea of purple on Tuesday, marking ...
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Peace Mothers urge government to act on Öcalan’s call
The Peace Mothers Assembly has announced its support for imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan's recent appeal for peace, and called ...
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Kurds prepare to celebrate Öcalan’s historic call in Diyarbakır, Van
Excitement is building in Diyarbakır (Amed) and Van (Wan), the two most populated Kurdish majority cities in east and south-east ...
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Solar project threatens livelihoods in Turkey’s Kurdish region
Local residents and rights organisations in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Kulp (Pasur) district of Diyarbakır (Amed) province are protesting against a controversial ...
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Diyarbakır Municipality promotes Kurdish language in public spaces
In a significant step to promote the use of the Kurdish language in public spaces, the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakır ...
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Overwhelming support for mother tongue education in Turkey, survey reveals
An overwhelming 97.8% of participants in a recent survey conducted by the Sociopolitical Field Research Centre in Turkey, which primarily ...
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Grief in Diyarbakır as journalist Aziz Köylüoğlu killed in targeted Turkish drone attack
A memorial for veteran journalist Aziz Köylüoğlu, who was killed in a Turkish drone strike on 27 January in Ranya, ...
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