The death toll rose to 50 thousand 96
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- 17:08 20/3/2023
AFAD announced that the number of people who lost their lives in the earthquake increased to 50 thousand 96.
AFAD announced that the number of people who lost their lives in the earthquake increased to 50 thousand 96.
224 people, including 46 children, who were detained by the police after Newroz yesterday, were released after their statements.
HDP Bursa Provincial Co-Chair Mehmet Dilek, who was detained in a raid on his house, was released.
Şenyaşar family shared the message "Those who do not talk about justice in the 2023 elections will lose".
Presidential candidate of the Nation Alliance, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who visited HDP, stated that they will end the fight in this country and pointed to the Parliament for the solution of the Kurdish Question. HDP Co-Chairs, on the other hand, said that holding the meeting in the Parliament was to display that they were in favor of a solution to the Kurdish Question under the umbrella of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
In Amed, where the Newroz final will be held tomorrow, HDP MPs invited the public to the field, said: "This year's Newroz is important for both Mr. Öcalan, the people of Kurdistan and the Middle East."
The people of Amed, who participated in every Newroz epic, stated that this year they will be in the area against war, oppression, exploitation, rent and plunder. The people of Amed said: "While we heal the wounds of the earthquake victim, we will start the election that will put the government in history."
HDP Bursa Provincial Co-Chair Mehmet Dilek was detained after the police raided his house.
The fire of Newroz is lit in 7 provinces and districts with the slogan "Everywhere is Newroz, Everytime is freedom" and "Freedom with the fire of Newroz".
The mass that brought their resistance and anger to the Newroz area in Anıtpark, emphasized the isolation, the earthquake and the May 14 election, and stated that they insisted on overturning the AKP-MHP government.
Following the end of Newroz, in which hundreds of thousands attended, in Yenikapı Square, the police attacked the crowd and detained approximately 200 people, including disabled children and lawyers.
Giving the message that the Labor and Freedom Alliance will walk shoulder to shoulder, EMEP Chairperson Ercüment Akdeniz said: “We have opened the Third Way in Turkey apart from the People's and Nation's alliance. A new history cannot be written without this alliance."
The Istanbul Newroz, which people flock to, started with the members of the Peace Mothers Council lighting the fire. HDP Istanbul Provincial Co-Chair İlknur Birol drew attention to the isolation in Imralı and said: "We will lift the isolation."
Newroz in İzmir, which is celebrated with great enthusiasm every year, has left its place of rebellion and anger against the government due to the earthquakes this year.
The young people who started to flock to Yenikapı Square, the address of 2023 Newroz in Istanbul, greeted PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan with slogans and condemned the isolation.