Thirty-thousand pro-Kurdish demonstrators turned out in support of the PKK and convicted terrorist Abdullah Ocalan, yesterday, on a day called "Nevruz" in Turkey. Many criticized the demonstration for provoking unrest on a day that marks the first day of spring, and celebrates: peace, friendship and solidarity.

The event was organized by the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) along with a number of nongovernmental agencies (NGOs). Pro-Kurdish slogans were chanted and demonstrators carried posters of terrorist Ocalan, others burned Turkey's national flag and damaged public property.