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• Spring reveals beauty of Akhtamar island 

  The almond trees are blooming in the Akhtamar island, in Lake Van conveying the mood of spring. The island represents one of the most famous historical legacies of the Armenian people in the Ararat Highlands.
• Turkey’s mercenary traffic in Libya  

  ANF attained information on the mercenary traffic of the Turkish State which does not withdraw mercenaries from Libya in spite of the ceasefire and calls by international forces. Turkey sent 18,000 mercenaries to Libya in a year.
• Bayık: Our Movement promotes Democratic Socialism within the framework of Democratic Modernity 

  “Our struggle is based on the “state + democracy” formula. We have abandoned the classical revolutionary notions. The three main pillars of radical democracy are women’s emancipation, societal democracy and ecology,” said Cemil Bayık of the KCK.
• Zehrê Şemo: In Shengal we are fighting for our existence 

  Zehrê Şemo from the Yazidi women's movement TAJÊ said that the agreement between the KDP and the Iraqi government is about “exist or don’t exist” and warned of a new massacre in the Shengal region.
• Cemil Bayik speaks about the political strategy of the KCK 

  Cemil Bayik, KCK co-chair gave an insight into the political strategy of the KCK in a long interview broadcast earlier this month.
• “Closure cases against pro-Kurdish parties have always been based on same logic” 

  Speaking about the closure case against the Peoples’ Democratic Party, politician and lawyer Cebbar Leygara said, "Although 25 years have passed since the closure of HEP and DTP, the reasons for the closure are the same."
• Emine Senyaşar: Why does nobody hear our complaints? 

  Emine Şenyaşar, who is demanding justice in front of the court in Urfa said: "Even if I knew that I was dying, I would not go from here."
• Sabri Ok: Europe acts hypocritically and opportunistically 

  While the second largest opposition party in Turkey is to be banned and thousands of people are in custody, the German government is calling for the HDP to distance itself from the PKK. Sabri Ok (KCK) finds this hypocritical and opportunistic.
• Ferit Şenyaşar: One of my brothers' killers could walk free in a few months 

  Ferit Şenyaşar and his mother Emine are demanding justice for his brothers and his father who were killed in 2018. He warned that the court is under political pressure and that one of the killers could walk "free within a few months".
• Trip to Amara 

  In 1974, Abdullah Öcalan and Cemil Bayik visited his family in Amara. His father said to them: "First you were leftists and communists, now you have become Kurds. The Kurdish question is a big problem. How will you get out of it?"
• Dr. Azzellini: Isolation on Imrali is aimed at silencing the society 

  According to political scientist and writer Dr. Dario Azzellini, Turkey isolates Abdullah Öcalan to show that it is futile to oppose the power.
• Africa has become the new ISIS stronghold 

  Journalist Wassim Nasr underlined the capture of a city in Mozambique by pro-ISIS mercenaries and said that the African continent has become the new stronghold of jihadists.
• Cemil Bayık: "Öcalan's birthday is the birthday of a nation, a people and humanity" 

  KCK Executive Council co-chair Cemil Bayık addressed the hunger strike, Öcalan's birthday and
• KCK: The HBDH carries on the tradition of Mahir Çayan and his comrades 

  The KCK paid tribute to Mahir Çayan and his comrades, killed in Kizildere on 30 March 1972.
• HDP releases Final Document of its Party Assembly meeting 

  On 28-29 March 2021, the HDP released the Final Declaration of its ordinary meeting which discussed the dissolution case filed against it.
• Karayilan: Is there room for the Kurds in the 21st century? 

  The Turkish state wants to restore the borders of the Ottoman Empire, said Murat Karayilan (PKK) exploring the question of whether there will be room for the Kurds in the political system of the 21st century.
• Ebu Rayid leaves the KDP to return to Shengal  

  Birhim Derwêş, known as Ebu Rayid, member of the High Tribe Community affiliated to the KDP, left the KDP and joined the Shengal Autonomous Council, calling on all Yazidis to defend Shengal.
• Nuri Mehmud: The operation in Hol Camp targets the ISIS mentality 

  The North and East Syria internal security forces have been carrying out an operation against ISIS in Hol Camp since Sunday. YPG spokesman Nuri Mehmud talked to ANF about the context of the operation and the demands to the international community.
• "Humanitarian and Security Operation" in Hol Camp through ANF's lenses 

  ANF cameras captured images of the "Humanitarian and Security Operation" launched by the Internal Security Forces in Hol Camp.
• The Turkish death squad in Europe and its connections 

  A Turkish death squad was exposed in Belgium. It had been involved in preparing an attack Kurdish politicians Remzi Kartal and Zübeyir Aydar. Photos of those involved have now emerged from the Palace in Ankara and the Turkish embassy in Paris.
• Abdullah Öcalan: This is very dangerous, it can't be accepted 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan stated in his short conversation with his brother on Thursday that such a conversation was very wrong and dangerous and added: "If there is to be a meeting, it should be with lawyers".
• Çiya Kurd: Turkish occupation will become permanent without struggle  

  If the world is silent and the peoples of Syria do not fight against it, the Turkish occupation will become permanent, said Bedran Çiya Kurd, representing the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.
• Newroz 2021: International Starting Signal for the Peoples' Agenda 

  An analysis of Newroz 2021 by Firaz Amargi, journalist in South Kurdistan.
• The HDP has a historical tradition and 40 years of experience, says deputy Nuran Imir  

  HDP deputy Nuran Imir rejected the demand to close the HDP and reminded that the people of Kurdistan have been in the field of politics for 40 years.
• Trial against the Saturday Mothers opens on Thursday 

  On 25 August 2018, the Saturday Mothers met for the 700th time in Istanbul to demand justice for their disappeared relatives. The police dispersed the sit-in with tear gas and plastic bullets. Now the trial begins against 46 activists.