Newroz celebrations will begin in Amed tomorrow, 11 March. The theme of Newroz this year will be isolation, pressures on the mother tongue and Kurdish national unity.

The motto for this year’s Newroz events has been determined as "Ji bo yekîtî, demokrasî, azadî" in Kurdish and “Demokrasi, Adalet, Özgürlük için” [For democracy, justice, freedom] in Turkish.

Co-chairs, co-spokespersons and representatives of Kurdish parties will hold a press conference in Sur, Amed tomorrow and announce the Newroz program. The parties to attend the press conference are: Democratic Society Congress (DTK), Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK), Free Women’s Movement (TJA), Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Democratic Regions Party (DBP), Kurdistan Islamic Party (AZADÎ), Revolutionary Democratic Kurdish Association (DDKD), Human and Freedom Party (PİYA), Kurdistan Communist Party (KKP) and Kurdistan Democratic Platform (PDK).