Mehmet Ali Taşçı from Dicle Culture and Arts Association, who is preparing to celebrate Serê Salê with various events in Amed, said: “The content of our event is full. We will have a few surprises."
Ömer Fidan, Co-chair of Kurdish PEN, which continues their work based in Amed, said: “We aim to end the fragmentation in every area of Kurdistan and achieve unity. We want to raise awareness for imprisoned writers."
The 212th issue of Xwebûn newspaper was published with the headline "Serkeftin wê ya dayikan be".
Ma Music instructor Ferhat Ertaş stated that assimilation has been deepened with memorylessness policies towards the Kurds and said: "There is a need for great support against this."
Talking about the ongoing pressures on Kurdish cultural and artistic works, Talat Yeşil, one of the MKM artists, said: “A society exists, moves forward and develops with art. Even if we enter the dungeon, this struggle will continue."
While historical buildings are introduced in Turkish and English in Cizîr, Kurdish is not included. Birca Belek Language and Culture Association Co-Chair Fatma Gizçiler drew attention to the multi-faceted assimilation policies in the city and said: "We should not allow assimilation."
At least 70 people, including the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Davut Tezcan, were detained in the police attack on the shopkeepers who wanted to be displaced on the grounds of the Presidency's "risky area" decision in Bitlis.
AKP's President Tayyip Erdogan once again ordered the judiciary not to release HDP former Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş.
Figen Yüksekdağ has written a book called 'The walls will be pulled down'. The book will be on shelves on September 1.
Suruç Families Initiative filed a criminal complaint against Ahmet Davutoğlu who was the prime minister at the time.
Director Kazım Öz who shared some of his films on his digital media platform for cinema lovers, granted access to the film 'Zer' this time.
“Devran”, the short story book of imprisoned former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş, has been staged by Jülide Kural and Ömer Şahin in İstanbul. While the audience have watched the play in applause, they have called for “freedom to Demirtaş”.
The festival promoted to commemorate Imam Abdullah was held in Hasankeyf for the first time after 3 years of silence. The festival issued a call to safe the historical site.
Zine and Sinan Tutal whose son Abdulkadir and 2 other relatives are on hunger strike, said, "we are wasting away witht hem" and demanded the government take action regarding the hunger strikes.
The Law Amending the Law on Evaluation and Classification of Cinema Films prepared by the Government has been legalized through the parliament. According to the new regulation which has been criticized as 'the regulation of cencor' a committee of 8 will evaluate and classify the cinema films before presentation.