Serhildan

Serhildan
Part of Kurdish rebellions in Turkey
Date14 March 1990 – Present
Location
Eastern and Southeastern Turkey
Caused by
GoalsCreation of an autonomous Kurdish region, reinstitution of Kurdish-language education, release of political prisoners and Abdullah Öcalan, end of military operations against Kurdish dissidents[5][7][8]
MethodsCivil disobedience, civil resistance, demonstrations, riots, strike actions, hunger strikes, self-immolations, Spontaneous uprisings, terror,suicide bombings, guerilla warfare,
StatusOngoing
Concessions
Parties

Kurdish Protesters Unorganized Kurdish citizens
HDP
KCK
HPG
YJA-STAR
YDG-H
(2006-15)
YPS
YPS-Jin
Mazlumder
Yakay-Der
Peace Mothers[5]
İHD[12][13]

Defunct:
HEP
(1990–93)
DEP
(1993–94)
HADEP
(1994–03)
Kurdish Parliament in Exile
(1995–98)[14]
DEHAP
(1997–05)
DTH
(2005)

DTP
(2005–09)
Lead figures
Former:
Casualties and losses
179+ killed
1,968+ injured
17,679+ arrested

The word serhildan describes several Kurdish protests and uprisings since the 1990s that used the slogan "Êdî Bese" ("Enough") against Türkiye. Local shops are often closed on the day of demonstrations as a form of protest.

Protests are held every year on 15 February, the date of Abdullah Öcalan's capture, and during Newroz on 21 March, the Kurdish New Year.[15]

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has thus far refused to acknowledge the demands of the protests, calling them a conspiracy[16] by an alleged Ergenekon–PKK axis.[17]

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  2. ^ Martin van Bruinessen, "Zaza, Alevi and Dersimi as Deliberately Embraced Ethnic Identities" in '"Aslını İnkar Eden Haramzadedir!" The Debate on the Ethnic Identity of The Kurdish Alevis', p. 14.
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  5. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference prison was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  10. ^ "ARTS-CULTURE - Newroz or Nevruz?". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  11. ^ Language Policy and National Unity: The Dilemma of the Kurdish Language in Turkey Archived 29 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "İHD, PKK'cı artık istifa ediyorum". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 30 July 2005. Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
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  14. ^ "ZAMAN". Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  15. ^ "Protesting as a Terrorist Offense" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  16. ^ "TURKEY - Tension in Southeast a 'conspiracy,' says Turkish PM". Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  17. ^ "Erdoğan says Ergenekon-PKK alliance behind rising tension". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2011.