After the Newroz celebrations which saw the participation of tens of thousands of people in the Kızıltepe district of Mardin on 20 March, the police attacked the march organised by young people.

30 people were taken into custody, 18 of them children, and were later released, but images of police violence during the detention process emerged. In the images taken with a mobile phone camera, two young people who were taken into custody are kicked and exposed to violence by a police officer.

Police who were on duty at Mardin Provincial Security Directorate Security Branch, entered the area during the Newroz celebration in Nusaybin. Young people reacted to the police, who then started threatening people.