Heval Dilbahar emphasized the need for local governments and intellectuals to take bolder steps to preserve the Kurdish language. "If peace is to come to these lands, we must first make peace with Kurdish," he said.
Abdullah Öcalan's "Manifesto for a Democratic Civilisation Volume I" book has been translated into Swedish.
Şırnak Chief Public Prosecutor, who deemed the song "Şervano" "dangerous", demanded that the artist Umut Botan, who sang the song, be punished for "terrorist organization propaganda".
Chepni Alevis living in Dîlok organise many events, including a history exhibition, in order to keep the young population in their villages and bring back those who migrated due to economic reasons.
Speaking about the theatre actor Bavê Teyar, who was killed in Turkey's drone attack, his co-star Îsa Oso said, "Bavê Teyar became a star that guided us. He made a promise to the martyrs, we made a promise to him and we will keep our promise until the end."
Kurdish singer Kasım Taşdoğan was sentenced to 30 months in prison for "making illegal organization propaganda" on the grounds of 3 Kurdish songs.
Kevana Zêrîn Women's Cultural Movement has released the song and music video titled "Sakîna yê" prepared for Sakine Cansız.
Hunergaha Welat released a new music video titled "Gujje Çemê Me" for those who resist the attacks on North and East Syria.
The 262nd issue of the Kurdish weekly newspaper Xwebûn was published with the headline 'They were the pens of truth'.
Writer Nusret Yıldız wrote more than 30 books in prison, where he was imprisoned for 30 years. Yıldız was only able to print one of his books due to the publishing houses' condition of transferring the works to digital media.
Artists participating in the mobilisation declared after the attacks on North & East Syria says "The situation we are in is a war of existence and non-existence. Therefore, the day is the day of revolutionary people's war."
Noting that concrete steps must be taken for the solution of the Kurdish issue, artist Hozan Diyar said: "Unless the isolation policies against Leader Apo are ended and the will of the Kurds is respected, no lasting progress can be made."
DEM Party MP Özgül Saki said that political parties and democratic mass organizations must formulate a policy against the problems of opening repatriation centers to inspection, work permits that increase assault and sexual violence, education and labor exploitation.
The third volume of PKK Leader Abdullah’s “Democratic Civilization Manifesto” series, “Sociology of Freedom”, has been published in Spanish.
It has been 24 years since the death of Ahmet Kaya, who had to go into exile in Paris after being lynched at an award ceremony where he said he would sing in Kurdish.