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Convenings

Meetings, classes, clinics, forums and cultural gatherings of Chapters across the network.

01Coming up

No convenings are announced yet. Chapters list theirs here once confirmed.

03Days in the calendar

Festivals, remembrance and civic days. Chapters often meet around them.

  • March 21 · Festival

    Newroz

    Kurdish new year and national day: the legend of Kawa the blacksmith and hillside bonfires.

    Newroz / نەورۆز

  • April 22 · Civic

    Kurdish Journalism Day

    Anniversary of the first Kurdish newspaper, Kurdistan, Cairo, 1898.

    Roja Rojnamegeriya Kurdî

  • May 15 · Cultural

    Kurdish Language Day

    Anniversary of the journal Hawar, 1932.

    Roja Zimanê Kurdî

  • December 17 · Civic

    Kurdistan Flag Day

    Observed in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

    ڕۆژی ئاڵای کوردستان

  • January 22 · Remembrance

    Republic of Mahabad

    Proclamation of the Republic of Mahabad, 1946.

    کۆماری مەهاباد

  • January 26 · Remembrance

    End of the Kobanî siege

    End of the siege of Kobanî, 2015.

    Rizgariya Kobanî

  • March 16 · Remembrance

    Halabja remembrance

    Chemical weapons attack on Halabja, 16 March 1988.

    هەڵەبجە

  • April 14 · Remembrance

    Anfal remembrance

    Remembrance of the Anfal campaign, observed in the Kurdistan Region.

    ئەنفال

  • August 3 · Remembrance

    Yazidi genocide remembrance

    Attack on Shingal (Sinjar) by ISIL, 3 August 2014; found a genocide by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry (2016).

    Fermana Şengalê

  • Date varies · Remembrance

    Dersim remembrance

    Killings and deportations in Dersim, 1937 to 1938, as documented by historians.

    Dersim

  • Date varies · Religious

    Çarşema Sor (Red Wednesday)

    Yazidi new year.

    Çarşema Sor

  • Date varies · Religious

    Cejna Êzîd

    Yazidi feast after a three-day fast.

    Cejna Êzîd

  • Date varies · Religious

    Eid al-Fitr (Cejna Remezanê)

    End of the fast of Ramadan.

  • Date varies · Religious

    Eid al-Adha (Cejna Qurbanê)

    Feast of the Sacrifice at the close of the Hajj.

04How convenings work

  • No attendee list is ever published.
  • In-person venues are shared with registered participants unless the organiser marks the venue public.
  • No photos or recordings of participants without their consent.
  • No party, candidate, faction or armed actor is promoted.
  • Every convening follows the law of the country where it takes place.

Shared events

Sharing opens soon

Events shared by members, each linked to its organiser’s own announcement.

05Hold a convening

Chapters and Cells propose convenings to the organisation. A convening is listed once its organiser confirms the date, format and access.

Propose a convening

06How a convening runs

Process

Holding a convening

How a Chapter or Community Cell holds a meeting, class or gathering, safely.

5 steps

OrganiserKCOParticipants01 · StartConvening proposed02 · GateListed03 · StepRegistration04 · StepHeld05 · OutcomeSummary

Run log

  1. 01 · Organiser

    Convening proposed

    A Chapter or Community Cell proposes the date, format and access; the organiser is named by role.

  2. 02 · KCO

    Listed

    A convening is listed once its organiser confirms the date, format and access.

  3. 03 · Participants

    Registration

    People register; an in-person venue is shared with them.

    Rule
    No attendee list is ever published.

  4. 04 · Organiser

    Held

    The convening follows the law of the country where it takes place.

    Rule
    No photos or recordings of participants without consent.

  5. 05 · KCO

    Summary

    What was discussed and decided, never who attended.

The convening rules on the News and Events pages.

Cite this page
APA

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Convenings. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/news/events/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Convenings.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/news/events/.

BibTeX
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	year = {2026},
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	title = {Convenings},
	url = {https://kurds.global/news/events/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/news/events/},
}

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07Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

  1. NEWROZ-reception: Join and celebrate the Kurdish New Year with us, symbol of freedom and living together in peace

    2024 · Kurdish Institute of Brussels

    ArticleKurdish Institute of Brussels

  2. After decades spent gathering Kurdish literature and cultural artifacts for an “exile museum,” one man’s life’s work is under threat.

    2026 · Kurdish Exile Museum

    ArticleKurdish Exile Museum

  3. Etnik Kimliğin Yeniden İnşasında Yerel Basının Rolü: “Nevruz-Newroz” Kutlamalarının Iğdır Basınına Yansıması

    Ali PARİM, Recep ALTAY · 2023 · Iğdır Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

    ArticleCrossref

  4. NEWROZ, MUJERES, TERRITORIO Y RESISTENCIA KURDA FRENTE AL ESTADO TURCO

    Lidia Iris Rodríguez Rodríguez · 2026 · Revista Habitus – Revista do Instituto Goiano de Pré-História e Antropologia

    ArticleCrossrefCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

  5. Mobilising the Kurds in Turkey: Newroz as a myth

    Delal Aydin · 2013

    ArticleOpenAlex

  6. ‘Nevruz’ or ‘Newroz’? deconstructing the ‘invention’ of a contested tradition in contemporary Turkey

    Lerna K. Yanık · 2006 · Middle Eastern Studies

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen access

  7. Newroz

    Encyclopaedia Iranica Online

    DatasetCrossref

  8. Construction nationale et néo-ritualisation : analyse anthropologique de la célébration du nouvel an kurde (Newroz)

    Caroline Wallis · Agence Bibliographique de l’Enseignement Supérieur

    ThesisCrossref

Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; Kurdish Exile Museum (Site feed; headline and link only), 2026-10-23; Kurdish Institute of Brussels (Site feed; headline and link only), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23.

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