Newroz 2024. Nowruz is a celebration that marks the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one and is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually takes place on march 21. Kurds in karakoçan (dep), a district in turkey’s eastern province of elazığ (xarpêt), kickstarted turkey’s 2024 newroz celebrations on friday, paying tribute to iconic kurdish figures mazlum doğan and hayri durmuş, and calling for the freedom of abdullah öcalan and the recognition of kurdish rights.

A fistfight broke out in turkey’s parliament on friday (august 16).disorder. This year’s newroz, the kurdish new year celebrated by millions of kurds, will be observed at hundreds of locations in turkey, with 57 central points highlighted.