"Kurdish-majority"

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21 March 2025

Nearly one million people gather in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on March 21, 2025, to celebrate Newroz, a Middle Eastern and Central Asian new year festival marking the beginning of spring. This year's Newroz takes place amid a peace process between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Above, a crowd member holds a portrait of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas.

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21 March 2025

On March 21, 2025, nearly one million people gather in Diyarbakir, Turkey, to celebrate Newroz, a Middle Eastern and Central Asian new year festival marking the beginning of spring. This year's Newroz takes place amid a peace process between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Above, crowd members hold portraits of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas and jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.

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21 March 2025

On March 21, 2025, nearly one million people gather in Diyarbakir, Turkey, to celebrate Newroz, a Middle Eastern and Central Asian new year festival marking the beginning of spring. This year's Newroz takes place amid a peace process between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Above, crowd members hold portraits of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas and jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.

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#12180607

21 March 2025

Nearly one million people gather in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on March 21, 2025, to celebrate Newroz, a Middle Eastern and Central Asian new year festival marking the beginning of spring. This year's Newroz takes place amid a peace process between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Above, a crowd member holds a portrait of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas.

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21 March 2025

Nearly one million people gather in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on March 21, 2025, to celebrate Newroz, a Middle Eastern and Central Asian new year festival marking the beginning of spring. This year's Newroz takes place amid a peace process between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Above, pro-Kurdish DEM Party co-chair Tulay Hatimogullari dances with participants.

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#12180617

21 March 2025

Nearly one million people gather in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on March 21, 2025, to celebrate Newroz, a Middle Eastern and Central Asian new year festival marking the beginning of spring. This year's Newroz takes place amid a peace process between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Above, pro-Kurdish DEM Party co-chairs Tuncer Bakirhan, Tulay Hatimogullari, and Gulistan Kilic Kocyigit sit together.

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#12180587

21 March 2025

Nearly one million people gather in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on March 21, 2025, to celebrate Newroz, a Middle Eastern and Central Asian new year festival marking the beginning of spring. This year's Newroz takes place amid a peace process between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

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#12180597

21 March 2025

On March 21, 2025, nearly one million people gather in Diyarbakir, Turkey, to celebrate Newroz, a Middle Eastern and Central Asian new year festival marking the beginning of spring. This year's Newroz takes place amid a peace process between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Above, crowd members hold portraits of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.

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21 March 2025

On March 21, 2025, nearly one million people gather in Diyarbakir, Turkey, to celebrate Newroz, a Middle Eastern and Central Asian new year festival marking the beginning of spring. This year's Newroz takes place amid a peace process between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Above, crowd members hold portraits of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.

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#12180603

21 March 2025

On March 21, 2025, nearly one million people gather in Diyarbakir, Turkey, to celebrate Newroz, a Middle Eastern and Central Asian new year festival marking the beginning of spring. This year's Newroz takes place amid a peace process between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Above, crowd members hold a large banner of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.

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#12180636

21 March 2025

Nearly one million people gather in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on March 21, 2025, to celebrate Newroz, a Middle Eastern and Central Asian new year festival marking the beginning of spring. This year's Newroz takes place amid a peace process between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Above, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) member of parliament Sezgin Tanrikulu watches the crowd.

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#10792121

18 November 2023

Members of the Kurdish community wearing military uniforms celebrate during the Kurdish Heritage Festival while calling for the creation of the country of Kurdistan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 17, 2023. Kurdistan or Greater Kurdistan is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population. Kurdish nationalist organizations wish to create an independent nation state (Kurdistan) consisting of some or all of the areas with a Kurdish majority. The Kurds live in a territory between Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. They are considered stateless because despite having a distinct culture and a desire to create their own state, they are forced to live in the states of other nations.

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18 November 2023

Man wearing the Flag of the YPG (People's Defense Units or People's Protection Units) as Members of the Kurdish community wearing military uniforms celebrate during the Kurdish Heritage Festival while calling for the creation of the country of Kurdistan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 17, 2023. The YPG is a mainly Kurdish militant group in Syria and the primary component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Kurdistan or Greater Kurdistan is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population. Kurdish nationalist organizations wish to create an independent nation state (Kurdistan) consisting of some or all of the areas with a Kurdish majority. The Kurds live in a territory between Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. They are considered stateless because despite having a distinct culture and a desire to create their own state, they are forced to live in the states of other nations.

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18 November 2023

Members of the Kurdish community wearing military uniforms celebrate during the Kurdish Heritage Festival while calling for the creation of the country of Kurdistan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 17, 2023. Kurdistan or Greater Kurdistan is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population. Kurdish nationalist organizations wish to create an independent nation state (Kurdistan) consisting of some or all of the areas with a Kurdish majority. The Kurds live in a territory between Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. They are considered stateless because despite having a distinct culture and a desire to create their own state, they are forced to live in the states of other nations.

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#10792124

18 November 2023

Members of the Kurdish community celebrate during the Kurdish Heritage Festival while calling for the creation of the country of Kurdistan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 17, 2023. Kurdistan or Greater Kurdistan is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population. Kurdish nationalist organizations wish to create an independent nation state (Kurdistan) consisting of some or all of the areas with a Kurdish majority. The Kurds live in a territory between Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. They are considered stateless because despite having a distinct culture and a desire to create their own state, they are forced to live in the states of other nations.

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18 November 2023

Members of the Kurdish community celebrate during the Kurdish Heritage Festival while calling for the creation of the country of Kurdistan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 17, 2023. Kurdistan or Greater Kurdistan is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population. Kurdish nationalist organizations wish to create an independent nation state (Kurdistan) consisting of some or all of the areas with a Kurdish majority. The Kurds live in a territory between Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. They are considered stateless because despite having a distinct culture and a desire to create their own state, they are forced to live in the states of other nations.

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