Despite the violence and the intimidation by the police, one million people managed to reach the area where Newroz celebrations are taking place in Diyarbakir.

Since early this morning people started to pour into the streets, walking and by buses and cars. Police tried to block the way by attacking the crowd gathering with tear gas and baton charging.

They could not succeed in stopping the human river so eager to celebrate Newroz and asking for peace and a solution to the Kurdish question. The huge crowd was the best response to the Turkish establishment whose only idea of a solution is through war and violence.