Newroz Is Celebrated In Turkey Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY - MARCH 21: People watch the Newroz fire during Newroz festivities on March 21, 2021 in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Newroz is the Kurdish celebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year and the spring equinox, which is celebrated by diverse communities across western and central Asia. Newroz is the most important festival in Kurdish culture and has taken the form of political expression among Kurds in Turkey. A top Turkish prosecutor filed a case with the constitutional court on Wednesday demanding the closure of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP), in the culmination of a years-long clampdown on Turkish Parliament’s third largest party. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)