Kurdish culture

Istanbul Police Department has assigned a special team to inspect the attack carried out by two assailants on Selami Sarıtaş, the head of a cemevi in Istanbul's Kartal district, on Aug. 5.

One of the two motorcyclists, who allegedly made a scouting trip on the street before, approached Sarıtaş, who was returning home in his car, under the pretext of asking for an address.

BELGRADE - Shouting "Get out of Belgrade, murderer" and "This bastard advocated a bombing of Yugoslavia eight years prior to the NATO intervention", three members of the left-wing organisation SKOJ interrupted a speech by controversial French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy after late Wednesday's screening of his film Peshmerga at the BELDOCS documentary film festival.

French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy was hit in the face with a cake late on Wednesday, during the screening of his film Peshmerga at the BELDOCS festival.

The incident happened moments after he started addressing the audience in Belgrade's Cultural Center.

A man who attempted to enter a square where Newroz celebrations were occurring in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır was shot and killed by police for allegedly trying to enter with a knife, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Governorate allowed for Newroz celebration in ssouthern east province of Diyarbakır on March 18, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The Newroz celebration will be organized on March 21 between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. by People's Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP).

The 34th Istanbul Film Festival committee announced April 13 that the screening of a majority of films in the National Competition, National Documentary Competition, International Competition, Cinema in Human Rights Competition, Out of Competition, and New Turkish Cinema sections were canceled.

A delivery man for dailies Özgür Gündem and Azadiya Welat was shot dead by unidentified individuals