What was read out yesterday was a declaration of peace and unity for Mesopotamia, Kurdistan and Anatolia. I listened to the “historic” declaration expected from Abdullah Ocalan on a live transmission from NTV. Everything was momentous yesterday [March 21]. All leading Turkish television channels were transmitting the Nowruz celebrations in Diyarbakir of more than a million … Continue reading Cengiz Çandar: A Newroz vision for Turkish-Kurdish relations