Diyarbakır

A rally was organised by the DTP in Diyarbakir yesterday. Tens of thousands gathered on the Station Square in Diyarbakir to protest against operations and call for rights.

In Diyarbakir the police organised a conference "against terrorism" at a school. Education Trade Union Egitim-Sen warns that children and their families are being put on lists.

The Diyarbakir Gün TV channel has been broadcasting in Kurdish, but has faced many difficulties due to RTÜK stipulations.

Around 30,000 people joined Kurdish writer Mehmed Uzun’s funeral procession in Diyarbakir on Saturday (13 October).

"Kurds in Turkey: Main Requirements for a Peace Process" was the title of the conference, which was held on 29 and 30 September in Diyarbakir.

Diyarbakir mayor Osman Baydemir has breached the "discourse of peace" with militarist language. However, no problems will be solved when a discourse of war takes over.

The Diyarbakir governor's office has objected to the naming of a park after deceased human rights activist and publisher Ayse Nur Zarakolu. A court has decreed that she spread "separatist propaganda".