JINHA

AMED – Abdullah Öcalan's Newroz message is now being read before a crowd of millions in the main Kurdish city of Amed.

The crowd shouted as one, "long live the leader Öcalan," in the moments of silence before the message was read. Members of the delegation from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) are currently reading the message before the crowd—MP Pervin Buldan in Kurdish, MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder in Turkish.

"The struggle we have waged for the brotherhood of peoples and for peace has reached a threshold," said Öcalan. "With the announcement in Dolmabahçe, we are in a new period. With the congress I have called, a new age will begin.

Sırrı Sürreyya Önder brought greetings on behalf of the leader of the PKK, seen by many as the leader of the Kurdish people.

The message is continuing to be read.

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