Speaking at the Newroz Celebrations in Diyarbakır reborn with the Newroz fire, DBP Co-chair Saliha Aydeniz said. "We will ensure the freedom of Mr. Öcalan and all political prisoners."
Newroz celebrations are held in Diyarbakır, Cizre, Nusaybin, Yüksekova, Siirt, İdil, Viranşehir, Ağrı, Muş, Konya, Ceyhan and Tekman with the slogan "Dem dema serkeftinê"(It is time to succeed).
People started to flock to the Diyarbakır Newroz Celebrations early in the morning with the slogan "Dem dema serkeftinê ye" (It is time to succeed). The celebrations has begun.
The Şenyaşar family, continuing the Justice Watch, called for Newroz to be crowned with justice.
Killed by a bullet from the gun of a police officer, Kemal Kurkut was commemorated upon his grave.
Those who were murdered in 1992 Nusaybin Newroz were commemorated with carnations on Pira Şehidan.
Sending a message to Hakkari Newroz celebrations, DTK Co-chair Leyla Güven said: "Kurdish people have never been helpless and without a solution. Our solution and our remedy is the epic resistance and the self-power of our people.
Sending a message to Van Newroz celebrations, philosopher Noam Chomsky said: "Kurdish people have faced and overcome terrible repression and violence. That is a lesson that Kurdish resistance and accomplishment has seared into our consciousness."
A message of resistance against the oppression of the government has been given in the Newroz Celebrations held in Serhad and Botan.
The only message in the Newroz celebrations in Van have been "It is time for the freedom of Öcalan'. Speaking at the event where people keep shouting slogans, HDP MP Feleknas Uca said: "You will never be able to prevent the demand for the freedom of Öcalan."
For the 2022 Istanbul Newroz to be celebrated in Yenikapı, citizens residing in distant districts of İstanbul are pouring to Yenikapı to celebrate Newroz. Despite the cold weather, the citizens are experiencing a festive enthusiasm with their colorful clothes.
Celebrating Newroz day of the peoples, PKK and PAJK prisoners called on the Kurds to participate in the celebrations.
The number of those arrested increased to 11 with the decision to arrest 4 of the women detained in the Diyarbakır-based operation.
189 local and foreign journalists applied for accreditation to follow the Diyarbakır Newroz.
Five years have passes since Kemal Kurkut was murdered by the police during Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır. Kemal Kurkut's mother Secan Kurkut asked those who will participate in the celebrations this year to remember Kemal and said: "Think of Kemal everytime a Newroz fire is lit."