Turkiye banned Newroz ... Kurdish party Mayors, jailed their leaders, and detained thousands over alleged PKK ties, which they deny. Meanwhile from their base in northern Iraq’s Qandil mountain ...

Turkey banned Newroz ... pro-Kurdish party mayors, jailed their leaders and detained thousands over alleged PKK ties, which they deny. Meanwhile from their base in northern Iraq's Qandil mountain ...

One sign of common thinking did emerge as Kurds celebrated the March 21 Newroz ... pro-Kurdish party mayors, jailed their leaders and detained thousands over alleged PKK ties, which they deny.

This year’s festival would be “commemorated in a different way,” said Kurdish politician Barham Salih. It would be a “Newroz of defiance.” Four Years in the Mountains of Kurdistan ...