Turkish Kurds gather to celebrate the Nowruz in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, March 20, 2011. The Nowruz has traditionally been used as an opportunity to highlight separatist demands by Kurdish rebels and police had to intensify security against possible violence as tensions run high ahead of nationwide general elections. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for ‘new year’, is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring in Central Asian republics, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iran.? Read more » (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Thousands celebrate Nevruz spring festival in Istanbul
Newroz 2011 piroz be à Cukurca ?avec son W kurde.
Dans la province d?Hakkari, les festivités de Newroz, le nouvel an kurde, ont débuté le samedi 19 mars dans les arrondissements (ilçe) de Cukurca et de Semdinli. Elle se poursuivait ce dimanche 20 mars à Hakkari, le même jour qu?à Diyarbakir.
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