CULTURE

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• Kevana Zêrîn conference: “We will make a cultural revolution" 

  Kevana Zêrîn held its second conference in Medya Defence Zones emphasizing that they would carry out a cultural revolution in response to the attacks of the enemy.
• An artisan in Qamişlo 

  Cihan Abdulgaffur is an artisan in Qamişlo. Her life has changed with the Rojava revolution.
• Play Mem û Zîn cancelled by Cizre District Governor 

  The play Mem û Zîn, which was planned to be performed on 12 March in Cizre, was cancelled by the Cizre District Governor's Office.
• Second Istanbul Kurdish Film Festival to kick off on March 24 

  The second Istanbul Kurdish Film Festival will start on March 24. At the festival, 28 films will be shown to the audience. Organizers invite filmmakers, moviegoers, and the general public to our festival, which will take place from March 24 to March 29.
• Exhibition by Asli Filiz in Paris 

  An exhibition of works by the painter and graphic artist Asli Filiz has opened at the Kurdish Community Centre in Paris. The reception took place as part of the programme for Women's Day, 8 March.
• Turkish leaders forgot the promise made to Kurds after independence, says filmmaker Constantinides 

  Eleni Constantinides is a researcher and producer of historical documentaries. “The Silence of Asia Minor”, reflects on the transformations undergone by Asia Minor, or Anatolia, from the 6th century until the Gezi process.
• Archaeologists discover 9,000-year-old site in a desert in eastern Jordan 

  Archaeologists have discovered a 9,000-year-old site for a hunting ritual in a desert in eastern Jordan.
• Destar comes to life again with Xizir 

  In the month of Xizir in Dersim, the historical tool known as Destar or Distar, the hand-mill used by the Kurds for grinding wheat, corn, and barley for thousands of years, returns to life.
• Archaeological site discovered near Ain Issa 

  A historical site has been discovered near the northern Syrian town of Ain Issa. According to the cultural committee of the Girê Spî Council, the finds so far date to the Byzantine period.
• Kurdish language workshop announces final declaration 

  The final declaration of the Kurdish language workshop organized by the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) at Koya University in Erbil, South Kurdistan has been announced.
• KCK calls for a stronger struggle for language, existence and identity 

  KCK celebrated the International Mother Language Day, saying that “Our people should carry out the struggle to secure education in their mother tongue and refuse assimilationist policies.”
• Koya University in Hewler hosts international panel on Kurdish language 

  The panel was organized by the Kurdish Language Department of Koya University in cooperation with the KNK Language Commission on the International Mother Language Day.
• Education Union: Kurdish language should be guaranteed by constitution 

  Eğitim Sen (Education Union) Van branch co-chair, Murat Atabay, said that the Kurdish language should be guaranteed by the constitution, the obstacles in front of it should be removed and it should be the language of education.
• HDP: The right to education in Kurdish is a "right that cannot be postponed" 

  The Peoples' Democratic Party said in a statement to mark 21 February, International Mother Language Day, that the right to education in Kurdish is a "right that cannot be postponed".
• KNK: "Language is the identity of peoples" 

  The Kurdish National Congress said: "Language is the identity of peoples. Peoples without language are doomed to extinction."
• Education Trade Union (Eğitim Sen) Mersin branch says education in mother tongue a right 

  The Education Trade Union (Eğitim Sen) Mersin branch issued a statement on 21 February, International Mother Language Day and emphasized that education in one's own mother tongue is a right.
• MED-DER activities for International Mother Language Day begin today 

  MED-DER called for participation in the festival to be organized as part of the activities for International Mother Language Day.
• Gurbet's diary exhibited in Lausanne 

  The diary of Gurbetelli Ersöz, Turkey's first female editor-in-chief, engraved on stone tablets by visual artist Banu Cennetoğlu, is exhibited at the Lausanne Canton Museum.
• Amed to host activities for International Mother Language Day 

  MED-DER co-chair, Rıfat Ronî, said that their basic demand is education in the mother tongue and called for participation in the activities they will be organized within the scope of February 21 Mother Language Day.
• The diary of Gurbetelli Ersöz exhibited in Lausanne 

  The diary of Gurbetelli Ersöz, Turkey's first female editor-in-chief, engraved on stone tablets by visual artist Banu Cennetoğlu, will be exhibited on 17 February at the Lausanne Canton Museum.
• HDP visits St. Giragos Armenian Church in Amed 

  HDP co-deputy chair Garo Paylan visited the Surp Giragos Armenian Church whose restoration work is still going on in Amed (Diyarbakır) province.
• Rebetiko concert in London 

  A Rebetiko concert called 'Anathema se thalassa' (A curse on the sea) will be held at The Mildmay Club in London's borough of Newington Green.
• Police detain Kurdish director and actor Abdulselam Kılgı at Izmir Airport  

  Kurdish screenwriter, director and actor Abdulselam Kılgı was arrested at Izmir Airport when he entered Turkey from Germany.
• Investigation opened against artists in Nusaybin for singing in Kurdish 

  A lawsuit was filed against 3 members of the Mesopotamia Culture and Art Association for "making propaganda for a terrorist organization" on the grounds that they sang in Kurdish at a children's festival in Nusaybin.
• ‘Kurdish should be a language of education at schools’ 

  Head of Eğitim-Sen Hakkari Branch said that they disapprove of the restriction of education in mother tongue to elective courses and added that they rather advocate for Kurdish to be the language of education at Turkey’s schools.