Arşîvên Tag: dêrsim

Gaxan, a Kurdish festival held between 13-29 December, celebrates the return of the sun, and is a symbol of cultural defiance. In historically oppressed regions like Dersim, it represents the survival of Kurdish identity against decades of repression by the Turkish state. Gaxan, the Kurdish solstice festival held from 13-29 …

Calls for recognition, apology and compensation continue on the 86th anniversary of the execution of Alevi Kurdish political leader Seyid Rıza by the Turkish authorities after he led an uprising in Dersim (now officially Tunceli) that resulted in the deaths of at least 13,000 Kurdish Alevi people and became known …

Li 13 bajarên Kurdistanê serokê Tirkiyeyê Recep Tayyip Erdogan têk çû. Dêrsim wekî tûra berê vê, vê carê jî bû bajarê yekemîn ê li dijî serokê heyî dengê xwe bi kar anî. Bakurê Kurdistanê di hilbijartina Serokatiyê ya Tirkiyeyê de dijî rejîma Erdogan dengê xwe bi kar anî. Li 13 …