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• The documentary Efrînê Evînê tells occupiers: You won't succeed 

  Zekeriya Efrîn, who directed the musical documentary “Efrînê Evînê”, said that with their work, they sent a message to the invaders: "No matter how hard you attack, you cannot destroy our culture".
• Yilmaz Güney remembered by his grave in Paris 

  The great Kurdish director Yilmaz Güney died in France in 1984. Güney, who was a leftist director from Kurdish background in Turkey, portrayed the plea of Kurdish people in his films.
• Church service on Akdamar Island in Van 

  A service was held on Sunday in the Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross on the Akdamar Island in the Lake Van. The Turkish government approves only one religious ceremony per year in the more than thousand years old church.
• Drawings of Zehra Doğan at Berlin’s 11th Art Biennale 

  The fourth and final part of this year's Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art "Epilogue" presents as of today "Xêzên Dizî" - The Hidden Drawings - by Kurdish artist Zehra Doğan, which she made in prison.
• “Turkey’s acts seek to obliterate the heritage of the region” 

  Call upon human rights and humanitarian organizations, such as UNESCO, to take mechanisms to protect antiquities and archaeological sites under the control of the Turkish occupation.
• Occupation forces bulldoze archaeological hill in Girê Spî 

  Turkish occupation forces and mercenaries bulldoze most important archaeological hill in Girê Spi to loot it.
• Indigenous Cinema Festival kicks off in Chile 

  Indigenous Cinema and Video (C&V) Festival underway in Chile.
• First children writing contest kicks off in North East Syria 

  The Jazira Region Cultural Committee launched a contest with the slogan "Today's sapling is tomorrow's tree" within the scope of the "Writers of the Future" project.
• Biography of Sakine Cansız published in Russian 

  The first part of the three-volume book "My whole life was a struggle" by Sakine Cansız has been published in Russian translation.
• Screenings of Ji bo Azadiyê in the Arab world, Europe and Japan 

  Directed by Ersin Çelik, the film Ji bo Azadiyê (The End Will Be Spectacular), about the Sur resistance, will be released in the Arab world, Europe and Japan.
• Avrîn Cinema Commune gears up for Rojava Lêlûn Festival 

  The Avrîn Cinema Commune is organising the Rojava Lêlûn Festival to be held on 21 September
• Protest against eviction of Kurdish cultural centre in Istanbul 

  In Istanbul, a demonstration was staged against the forced eviction of the Mesopotamian Cultural Centre. The artists vowed the continuation of their struggle to preserve Kurdish culture and language.
• Reading group in Germany discusses Öcalan's Sociology of Freedom 

  A group of German readers curious about the ideas of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan created a reading group to read and discuss the book "Democratic Civilization Manifesto 3 - The Sociology of Freedom".
• Lêgerîn magazine publishes English and Portuguese versions 

  Lêgerîn magazine: after the Spanish came the English and the Portuguese.
• London Kurdish Film Festival online edition kicks off tomorrow 

  The 11th London Kurdish Film Festival (LKFF) will be going ahead online. The LKFF will open tomorrow, Saturday.
• AKP seizes the Mesopotamian Cultural Centre in Istanbul 

  The Mesopotamian Cultural Centre in Istanbul is to be evacuated today and handed over to the AKP-governed Beyoğlu Municipality. The cultural centre vows to take legal action.
• Culture and arts are forbidden in Van! 

  All social, political and cultural activities have almost come to a halt in this province of Van marked by prohibition.
• Young women and revolution in arts and culture 

  Kevana Zerin is one of the arts and cultural institutions for women in North and East Syria working for the empowerment of women through self-knowledge, culture and art.
• Attacks on Kurdish language and institutions 

  Pressures on Kurds have not changed since the 90s. Most institutions were closed with the state of emergency after the July 15 coup attempt, and now Turkish is imposed even in the Kurdish section. The attack has intensified in the last 10 years.
• Grup Yorum concert banned, audience arrested in Istanbul 

  Those going to the Grup Yorum concert in Istanbul were battered and arrested by the police who also made press members delete their photos.
• Paradigm-Basic Principles of Kurdish Freedom Movement in Swedish 

  A 116-page book presenting the evaluations of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Grup Yorum members taken into custody 

  The Turkish regime’s repression against political music band Grup Yorum continues.
• Call for Turkey to keep Hagia Sophia an inter-cultural space 

  The Human Rights Council-appointed experts are urging authorities to preserve the “outstanding universal value” which resulted in the 1,500-year-old basilica, World Heritage Status, according to a press release.
• London Kurdish Film Festival presents official trailer 

  The LKFF Online Edition will take place from 15th - 24th August 2020 on our YouTube channel free of charge.
• Kurdish artists call out with music: Xwe nekuje! 

  Artists with the cultural movement TEV ÇAND, created a music clip called “Xwe nekuje”.