A youth jumps over a bonfire during the Newroz celebrations marking the start of spring in Istanbul, Turkey. In Turkey, the spring festival traditionally serves as an occasion to demand more rights for the Kurdish minority and assert their ethnic identity.
A woman jumps over a bonfire during the Newroz celebrations marking the start of spring in Istanbul, Turkey.
A Kurdish woman dances with others during the Newroz celebrations marking the start of spring in Istanbul, Turkey.
Kurdish women dance during the Newroz celebrations marking the start of spring in Istanbul, Turkey.
Kurdish women dance during the Newroz celebrations marking the start of spring in Istanbul, Turkey.
Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, or HDP, listen to speeches during the Newroz celebrations marking the start of spring in Istanbul, Turkey.
A man plays music during the Newroz celebrations marking the start of spring in Istanbul, Turkey.
A youth jumps over a bonfire during the Newroz celebrations marking the start of spring in Istanbul, Turkey.
A supporter of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, or HDP, shout slogans during the Newroz celebrations marking the start of spring in Istanbul, Turkey.
