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• Teachers in Sheikh Maqsoud vow to protect the Kurdish language 

  Kurdish language teachers in Sheihk Maqsoud, Aleppo celebrate May 15.
• TJA celebrates Kurdish Language Day 

  TJA celebrated the 15 May Kurdish Language Day and called on people to reclaim their language.
• The voice of knowledge: Hawar Magazine 

  Hawar magazine published the first issue on 15 May, which since 2006 is celebrated as Kurdish Language Day.
• Grup Yorum calls on people to protect Ibrahim's grave 

  Grup Yorum issued a call inviting people to go to Gökçek's grave, after the "immoral and inhumane treatment" of the bass player's remains.
• PKK Culture and Art Committee pays tribute to Hozan Mizgîn 

  "In the person of Martyr Hozan Mizgîn, we remember all the martyrs of revolution in Kurdistan and reiterate the promise to keep their memories alive in a free Kurdistan," said PKK.
• Amazigh music loses its champion 

  Singer Idir, one of the foremost ambassadors of Amazigh music, has died aged 70.
• Artist Seîd Gabarî passed away in Hewlêr 

  Artist Seîd Gabarî died at the age of 64 in the city of Hewlêr in the Federal Kurdistan region where he was undergoing treatment for lung cancer.
• Kurdish artists release video in solidarity with Grup Yorum 

  Kurdish artists prepared a video drawing attention to the death fast of Grup Yorum member Ibrahim Gökçek. The artists said: "Let's reclaim the resistance".
• Grup Yorum: Accept Ibrahim's demands 

  Grup Yorum said that its member, Ibrahim Gökçek, who is on the 320th day of death fast, is in a very serious condition and asked their "demands to be accepted".
• DKP/Union says: Let's raise Ibrahim Gökçek's voice 

  DKP/Union issued a statement in support of Grup Yorum member on death fast, Ibrahim Gökçek and said: "Now it's our turn."
• PKK calls for urgent action for Ibrahim Gökçek 

  "We once again express our condolences to the families and friends of Helin Bölek and Mustafa Koçak, promising that we will keep their memories alive in our struggle for democracy and freedom with the destruction of the fascist regime."
• Yerevan Radio archive goes digital 

  The Kurdish-German Cultural Institute started to publish the Yerevan Radio archive digitally.
• TEV-ÇAND's Turan says that artists have a global responsibility 

  TEV-ÇAND co-chair Bülent Turan said that artists should take responsibility of the global struggle in this phase of crisis of capitalist modernity.
• Online seminars on Kurdish language and literature 

  The universities of Rojava, Duhok, Inalco and Sorbonne have launched a joint study programme on Kurdish language and culture on the Internet.
• Filmmaker Kamkarî: Kurdish artists cannot be apolitical 

  Ferîborz Kamkarî, who is from Sinê,  East Kurdistan, talked about the future of cinema, Kurdish cinema and the coronavirus crisis.
• Yekta Şoreş talks about his poetry book 'Azadî' 

  Talking about his new Kurdish poetry book, Yekta Şoreş stated that poetry is one of the most effective actions against the system.
• Artists can be an antidote in times of crisis, says Deniz Deman 

  Artist Deniz Deman said that artists should be the antidote to fascism in this time in which Kurdish people are facing both the coronavirus epidemic and Turkish state aggression.
• Kurdish Artists' Platform calls for national unity 

  The Kurdistan Artists Platform underlined that the problems in Zînî Wertê are a cause of great anxiety for Kurds and called on all forces to act in line with national interests. 
• Documentary "Commander Arian" freely available on the Internet 

  The documentary film "Commander Arian" by Alba Sotorra is freely available on the Internet in seven languages. The film is an impressive portrait of a YPJ commander fighting for a free life.
• 28 years in the service of the Kurdish language 

  The Kurdish Institute of Istanbul was founded 28 years ago to promote the Kurdish language and culture. Already on the day of the opening the first raid took place.
• Zerzevan castle on the provisional list of UNESCO 

  The Zerzevan castle in Amed has been included in the UNESCO provisional list of World Heritage Sites. The Eastern Roman military base was built in the 4th century and used for three centuries.
• INALCO approves online course for Kurdish teachers 

  The project offered to future Kurdish teachers was accepted by the National Institute of Eastern Languages and Civilizations (INALCO).
• "Red Wednesday" celebrated in Shengal 

  The Yazidi holiday "Çarşema Sor" (Red Wednesday) has been celebrated at home in Shengal due to the Corona pandemic.
• The pain of a mother 

  With the painting "Mother", artist Runak Resulpur from Eastern Kurdistan illustrates the pain of Halime Aksoy, who received her son's corpse in a postal package three years after his death.
• Learning Kurdish online with Fêrgeha Kurdî  

  Fêrgeha Kurdî will begin Kurdish lessons online to favour people who are forced at home because of the coronavirus emergency. The first video will be released today.