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17 killed in attacks in Hesekê
17 people were reported killed in two separate attacks which targeted the people attending the Newroz celebration in Hesekê town of Cizire Canton in Rojava, West Kurdistan. -
Masses flock to Kandil for Newroz celebration
Tens of thousands of people from all four parts of Kurdistan as well as from abroad have started to flock to Kandil for Newroz celebration. -
Newroz in Amed kicks off with the march of the youth
Hundreds of thousands of people have started to gather for the historic Newroz celebration in Amed today, which is expected to be the most massive and enthusiastic Newroz celebration ever. -
Newroz fire in Kobanê lit by YPG/YPJ fighters
Celebrations to mark the Kurdish New Year, Newroz, have started in Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava. -
DBP calls for mass participation at Newroz
Calling for mass participation at Newroz celebrations, the DBP said: “The message of Mr. Öcalan will give a greater meaning to this year’s Newroz”. -
Kongra Gel: 2015 Newroz should mark the freedom of Leader Apo
Kongra Gel has issued a statement regarding this year’s Newroz saying it has to be the Newroz for the freedom of the Kurdish Leader, Abdullah Öcalan, and called for mass participation. -
Erdoğan: I am opposed to the Monitoring Delegation
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that he is against a Monitoring Delegation, the formation of which is seen as a crucial step to start formal negotiations in the resolution process. -
Mazlum Doğan’s sister: A handful of people have turned into millions
The flame of revolt against torture and surrender ignited by PKK founder member Mazlum Doğan 33 years ago on 21 March 1982 in the notorious Diyarbakır prison has turned into a popular march to freedom. -
Öcalan: Not 10%, a higher vote should be the goal
Negotiation Delegation spokesperson Sırrı Süreyya Önder said the main subject of their meeting with Kurdish leader Öcalan had been the Newroz letter. -
Newroz fire lit in Kobanê
Residents in Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava, who have turned back to their homeland after its liberation by YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) fighters commenced celebrations for Newroz, Kurdish New Year. -
Sarıyıldız: Our march has a strategic message
HDP MP Sarıyıldız, who is on the “Freedom for Öcalan march” from Cizre to Amed, said that the aim of the march was to warn the AKP and the state that Öcalan, who had created important opportunities for peace, needed to be free. -
Turkish tankers carrying ISIS oil
Sadik Al Hiseni, the head of the security committee in the city of Diyala in Iraq, says they have arrested several Turkish tankers trying to take ISIS oil out of the province of Salahuddin. -
Demirtaş: We will present the oppressed of Turkey with a great victory
HDP Co-president Selahattin Demirtaş said that the 2015 Newroz would bring freedom to the peoples of the Middle East, adding that rather than making demands of the state they would solve their own problems. -
'Freedom for Öcalan' march to Amed continues
'Freedom for Öcalan march' from Cizre to Amed continues on the sixth day. -
Delegation heads for İmralı
Delegation for İmralı talks has left for the island to visit Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in the island prison today. -
Fears on the lives of 200 Assyrians detained by the ISIS
About 200 Assyrian civilians are still detained by the ISIS after being kidnapped from 11 villages in Tal Tamir countryside on 23 February, reported Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. -
Freedom for Öcalan vigil in Strasbourg in its 143rd week
The vigil held in front of the European Council to demand freedom for the Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the political prisoners in Turkey continues in its 143rd week. -
136-person delegation from Italy to join Newroz
A delegation of 136 people, including academics, trade unionists, representatives of women’s organisations and mayors from Italy will join the Newroz celebrations in North Kurdistan. -
Kürkçü: Rojava Revolution awoke all oppressed peoples
Hundreds of thousands of people attended the Newroz celebration on the Suruç-Kobanê border yesterday. -
Assyrians and Azeris are on 'Freedom for Öcalan' march
Assyrian and Azeri people who are also joining the march for the freedom of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan said the Kurdish leader is the only guarantee of democratic life and a free future for the peoples of the Middle East. -
İmralı delegation to visit Öcalan tomorrow
Delegation for İmralı talks will visit Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in the island prison tomorrow. -
Two strategic points liberated in Kobanê
YPG Press Centre said in a written statement that the Kobanê resistance against the occupation attempt of ISIS continued on the 183rd day and in the phase of victory. -
Demirtaş to Erdoğan: We will not let you become the President
HDP Co-president Demirtaş said: " “We are not a movement of negotiations. We never had a dirty negotiation or bargaining with the AKP, and we will never have.” -
Newroz fire lit in Suruç and Kobanê
Newroz fire has been lit in Etmenek village of Suruç district where hundreds of thousands of people from Kobanê have been hosted since the beginning of the attacks by ISIS -
40 thousand have returned to Kobanê so far
People from Kobanê who had to flee from the massacre threats of ISIS have started to return to the liberated city. 40 thousand people have already returned to Kobanê from Suruç.