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• ISIS blows up ancient Baal Shamin temple in Palmyra 

  ISIS gangs continue destroying historical sites in Syria. Gangs affiliated to the barbaric Islamist organization blew up the ancient temple of Baal Shamin in the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria on Sunday.
• David Harvey meets his readers in Amed 

  British geographer, political economist, social theoretician and activist Professor David Harvey met his readers at the Amed Book Festival yesterday.
• Protests at assimilation on Kurdish Language Day 

  Yesterday Kurdish Language Day was celebrated in many provinces in North Kurdistan. A large Kurdish-language crèche was opened in Van and the foundations laid of a second Kurdish crèche in Amed.
• Festivity banned by military coup takes place in Mardin 

  The Hessıt Merenê fete, an Arab and Syriac festivity which was banned by the military coup of 12 September 1980, has taken place for the first time since then, nearly 36 years later.
• The cry of silence, traces of an Armenian memory” exhibition in Amed 

  Antoine Agoudjian, a French artist of Armenian origin, has opened a photography exhibition called “The cry of silence, traces of an Armenian memory” in a part of the old city walls in Amed, called Keciburnu.
• 'Remove censorship, not Bakur' protest in Istanbul 

  Hundreds of movie laborers, movie lovers and screen writers marched from the French consulate to Galatasaray square against cancellation of screening the guerrilla documentary, “Bakur”(North), at the 34th İstanbul Film Festival.
• Applications start for the 9th London Kurdish Film Festival 

  Applications have begun to be accepted for the biggest Kurdish Film Festival in the world, the London Kurdish Film Festival.
• Yazidi Kurds’ cheerless festival 

  The Yazidi Kurds celebrate the first Wednesday of April, according to the Muslim calendar, as ‘Çarşema Sor’ (Red Wednesday). Yazidi children living in a tent city in Batman celebrated the festival by painting eggs red.
• Guerrilla documentary Bakur denied screening at Istanbul Film Festival 

  The film: “A Guerrilla Documentary: Bakur (North)”, which is in the programme of the 34th Istanbul Film Festival, was prevented from being screened on the pretext that “there is no registration document”.
• Yazidi holy feast 'Çarşema Sor' celebrated on Mount Sinjar 

  The Yazidi New Year's Day, also called Charshema Sor or the Red Wednesday, is being celebrated by the people on Mount Sinjar.
• French writer publishes book 'To Die for Kobanê' 

  French writer and film maker Patrice Franceschi has published his 27th book titled 'To Die For Kobane' [Mourir Pour Kobanê].
• Zarok TV to start broadcasting in three Kurdish dialects 

  Zarok TV, the first Kurdish-language children's channel, will start broadcasting from the main Kurdish city Amed (Diyarbakır) after long preparations on March 21st, Newroz—Kurdish New Year.
• Newroz 2015 program announced 

  The programme of Newroz celebrations to take place in Turkey and North Kurdistan between 17 and 22 March has been announced.
• Special screening for “Missing Girls of Dersim” documentary at UK Parliament 

  Britain Alevi Federation will host a special screening of the " Hay Way Zaman (Unburied in the Past- The Missing Girls of Dersim)" documentary film at the British Parliament on 2 March.
• Newroz celebrations to commence in Suruç 

  This year's Newroz celebrations will commence in Suruç district of Urfa on 17 March while one single rally will take place in the main Kurdish city Amed on the 21st.
• HDP marks International Mother Language Day 

  The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has issued a written statement to mark International Mother Language Day, saying that the mother tongue is the honour of an individual and that no one abandons their honour.
• HDP tables motion on ban on mother languages in Turkey 

  HDP has tabled a motion asking for an investigation into the prohibition in Turkey of the use of languages other than Turkish and promotion of the use and protection of all mother tongues.
• Mother tongue class opened in Dersim 

  A class for teaching Kurdish language has been opened at the Youth Cultural Centre of the Dersim Municipality.
• KCK: Let us step up the struggle for mother tongue education 

  The KCK Executive Council has issued a statement on the occasion of World Mother Tongue Day, 21 February, calling for the struggle against assimilation and denial and for mother tongue education and self-government to be stepped up in all spheres.
• Political prisoners in Siirt send books to Suruç 

  The political prisoners in Siirt Prison have sent 2 boxes of books to the Kader Ortakaya Library and Arin Mirkan Museum in the border village of Miseynter in Suruç.
• 4th Copenhagen Kurdish Film Festival begins 

  The 4th Copenhagen Kurdish Film Festival has started. The title of this year’s festival is “Migration, Fleeing, Hopes and Dreams”.
• When music resists violence 

  When music resists violence
• London Kurdish Film Festival Screenplay Competition 

  London Kurdish Film Festival Screenplay Competition
• Dengbej at Siirt Festival 

  Dengbej at Siirt Festival
• Mom, Am I Barbarian ? 

  Mom, Am I Barbarian ?