Osman Baydemir

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 Kurdish issue-focused Democratic Peoples' Party (HDP) has slammed the Constitutional Court over its decision not to rule for the release of the party's jailed co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ. 

Representatives of Kurdish groups across the Middle East have met in Moscow on Feb. 15 to attend a conference on Kurds and their future. 

Four lawmakers from the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) were detained on Jan. 25, including Diyarbakır MP İmam Taşçıer, Sanlıurfa MP Osman Baydemir, Iğdır MP Mehmet Emin Adıyaman and Muş MP Ahmet Yıldırım.

Ankara police detained two lawmakers from the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) as part of an anti-terror probe on Dec. 13. 

The HDP's Diyarbakır deputy and parliamentary group deputy chair, Çağlar Demirel, and its Siirt deputy, Besime Konca, were detained in relation to an ongoing probe in Diyarbakır and Batman. Konca was later released under judicial control. 

Subpoenas were issued for eight lawmakers from the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) over the Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) case in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Sept. 5. HDP group deputy chairman Çağlar Demirel was among the ones that a subpoena was issued for by the Diyarbakır Second Heavy Penal Court, Anadolu Agency reported.