Didim Today

Newroz in Turkey will be celebrated on 20th March all over the resorts and Newroz refers to the celebration of the traditional Kurdish holiday for beginning of Spring and Summer and aims to put smiles on many faces due better weather and this is one of the official Kurdish festival that gets celebrated by Kurdish society all over the World.

The festival of Newroz is celebrated throughout the countries of the Middle East and Central Asia such as in Iran, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan along with Turkey and recognized by Turkish Government. Newroz is also celebrated by some part of Pakistan regarding to Wikipedia.

Kurdish people loves this celebration and many entertainments, music festival get attention on 19th March in Turkey also it is seen as another way of demonstrating support for the Kurdish causes all over the world.

The celebration coincides with the spring equinox which falls mainly on 21 March  and the festival is held usually between 18 and 24 March. The festival currently has an important place in the terms of Kurdish identity for the majority of Kurds, mostly in Turkey and Syria.

Though celebrations vary, people generally gather together to welcome the coming of spring; people wear coloured clothes and dance together. Famous high jump across from burning fire is part of the tradition of Newroz all over the World and many people will jump across over the burning fire to celebrate Newroz soon.

The Kurdish association with Newroz has become increasingly pronounced since the 1950s when the Kurds in the Middle East and those in the diaspora in Europe started adopting it as a tradition. Following the persecution the Kurds suffered in Turkey basically in many countries even like Iraq and Iran along with Syria over the past years, the revival of the Newroz celebration has become more intense and politicized and has also become a symbol of the Kurdish resurrection. By the end of the 1980s, Newroz was mainly associated with the attempts to express and resurrect the Kurdish identity.

Turkey legalized the celebration of the spring holiday in early 2000, spelling it Newroz and claiming it as a Turkish spring holiday. Also, using the Kurdish spelling Newroz rathern than Nevruz, has been officially forbidden,  though it is still widely used by Kurds. In the Kurdish regions of the country, specifically in Eastern Anatolia, but also in Istanbul and Ankara where there is a large Kurdish population, people gather and jump over bonfires due part of tradition and not this days gets celebrated all over the country because many festivals will bring  joy and happiness like many others all over the World.

Previous to it being legalized, the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, had chosen the date of the Newroz festival to stage attacks to obtain publicity for their cause; this led to Turkish forces detaining thousands of people who were seen as supporters of the Kurdish rebel movements.

Some Newroz celebrations endup with clash local police in some towns and cities however every year, Newroz celebrations getting better and hopefuly another amazing wonderful Newroz Festival will get celebrated all over the Turkey. If you got a Kurdish friend and want to celebrate their Newroz Festival you can just say “ Newroz Proze Be ” by the way because we all love spring and summer and this is one way other to celebrate Newroz.