Governorate allows for Newroz celebration in Turkey’s Diyarbakır

Governorate allows for Newroz celebration in Turkey’s Diyarbakır

ISTANBUL
Governorate allowed for Newroz celebration in ssouthern east province of Diyarbakır on March 18, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The Newroz celebration will be organized on March 21 between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. by People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP).

HDP Lawmaker Osman Baydemir and former Mardin Mayor Ahmet Türk are expected to make speeches during the event.

Newroz refers to the celebration of the traditional Iranian people’s new year holiday of Nowruz in Kurdish society. 
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