Top Kurdish Holidays- Kurdish Calendar

[dyaoko]

the aim of this topic is to gather all Kurdish hollidays and important dates for Kurds to make a calendar out of it.

you can add in any calendar system, Universal, Kurdish , Arabic, please use Styling and Font size to make it read better.
this topic will be updated regularly and we will make a Google Calendar out of it downloadable by everyone.


22 January : Anniversary of Kurdistan's Republic declared Autonomy in Mahabad - January 22 1946

13 July : Assassination of Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou the leader the Kurdistan Democratic Party : July 13, 1989, Vienna


13 November : Hundreds of Kurdish kids burnt to death in Amude cinema.
27 November : Kurdistan Worker's Party funded at 27 November 1978

16 March : Halabja poison gas attack by Saddam and iraqi army. the attack killed between 3,200 and 5,000 people, and injured around 7,000 to 10,000 more, most of them civilians;[1][2] thousands more died of complications, diseases, and birth defects in the years after the attack March 16, 1988


5 March : Rising up in Ranya City in Southern Kurdistan
7 March : Rising up in Slemany City in Southern Kurdistan
11 March : Rising up in Hewler City in Southern Kurdistan
12 March : Rising up in Qamishlo in Western Kurdistan - 2004

21 March : Newroz - The first day of the Kurdish new year.

[Anthea]

April 4 : Birthday of ? - 1948 (if you do not know I am not telling you)

[brendar]

April 4 : Birthday of ? - 1948 (if you do not know I am not telling you)

I think its related to the Êzidî Kurds where they celebrate the New Year on the first Wednesday of April.

[Anthea]

April 4 : Birthday of ? - 1948 (if you do not know I am not telling you)

I think its related to the Êzidî Kurds where they celebrate the New Year on the first Wednesday of April.

Wrong but good guess

[Kulka]

5 march - Raparin la shari Ranya (7 - Shari Slemany, 11 - Shari Hewler)

We also have 12 march - Revolution in Qamishlo (2004)

Maybe not a holiday, but the day to remember:
13 November - hundreds of Kurdish kids burnt to death in Amude cinema.

[KaniRashi]

April 4 : Birthday of ? - 1948 (if you do not know I am not telling you)

Abdullah Öcalan...

[Anthea]

April 4 : Birthday of ? - 1948 (if you do not know I am not telling you)

Abdullah Öcalan...

At last someone else who knows when Abdullah Öcalan's birthday is

CONGRATULATIONS KaniRash we must be the ONLY 2 people here who knew

[dyaoko]

5 march - Raparin la shari Ranya (7 - Shari Slemany, 11 - Shari Hewler)

We also have 12 march - Revolution in Qamishlo (2004)

Maybe not a holiday, but the day to remember:
13 November - hundreds of Kurdish kids burnt to death in Amude cinema.

Thanks this is exactly what we need,
do you remember the years for Raparin and Amude cinema?

[dyaoko]

April 4 : Birthday of ? - 1948 (if you do not know I am not telling you)

Abdullah Öcalan...

At last someone else who knows when Abdullah Öcalan's birthday is

CONGRATULATIONS KaniRash we must be the ONLY 2 people here who knew

adding birthday of ochalan to the calendar, probably wouldnt be the best idea because
in kurdistan lots of people have fake birth dates (mostly because families want to send their sons to mandatory military service LATER than 18 years old) or some other reasons , and also lots of people dont even remember their birthday, it is not like west that we care about it too much.
if we want to add his birthday, we need to find birthday of all kurdish leaders

I would add the day that ochalan was arrested as a Historic day to the calendar (does someone know when he was arrested) or when he founded a party ,

[Anthea]

adding birthday of ochalan to the calendar, probably wouldnt be the best idea because
in kurdistan lots of people have fake birth dates (mostly because families want to send their sons to mandatory military service LATER than 18 years old) or some other reasons , and also lots of people dont even remember their birthday, it is not like west that we care about it too much.
if we want to add his birthday, we need to find birthday of all kurdish leaders

I would add the day that ochalan was arrested as a Historic day to the calendar (does someone know when he was arrested) or when he founded a party ,

It is a date that Kurds in NK recognise as his birthday whether or not it is his actual birthday is not important. I do not believe Kurds celebrate anyone else's birthday

Rather like people celebrating the birth of Jesus on 25 December

I believe that Ocalan was arrested on 15 February 1999

I remember the day well because my friends and I all went to protest outside the Greek Embassy in London

The PKK was officially founded 27 November 1978

[Anthea]

5 march - Raparin la shari Ranya (7 - Shari Slemany, 11 - Shari Hewler)
Maybe not a holiday, but the day to remember:
13 November - hundreds of Kurdish kids burnt to death in Amude cinema.

Thank you Kulka. I have to confess that I did not know about the fire in Amude. I cannot imagine how a town recovers from something like that.

[dyaoko]

any more dates ?