Serhildan

Serhildan
Part of Kurdish rebellions in Turkey
Date	March 14, 1990 – Present
Location	Eastern and Southeastern  Turkey
Caused by	Suppression of Kurdish language Institutional racism and discrimination Banning of pro-Kurdish political parties and political repression Imprisonment of Abdullah Öcalan Ban of Newroz celebrations
Goals	Creation of an autonomous Kurdish region, reinstitution of Kurdish-language education, release of political prisoners and Abdullah Öcalan, end of military operations against Kurdish dissidents
Methods	Civil disobedience, civil resistance, demonstrations, riots, strike actions, hunger strikes, self-immolations, Spontaneous uprisings,
Concessions given	Kurdish language unbanned in 1991 Newroz celebrations allowed since 1995 Kurdish language broadcasting allowed since 2006 Kurdish initiative by Prime Minister Erdoğan in 2009 Start of Solution process in 2013
Parties to the civil conflict
Kurdish Protesters Unorganized Kurdish citizens HDP KCK HPG YJA-STAR YDG-H YPS YPS-Jin Mazlumder Yakay-Der Peace Mothers İHD Defunct: HEP (1990-1993) DEP (1993-1994) HADEP (1994-2003) Kurdish Parliament in Exile (1995-1998) DEHAP (1997-2005) DTH (2005) DTP (2005-2009) Turkish Government Turkish Police Military of Turkey Village Guards Turkish Nationalists
Lead figures
Ahmet Fehmi Işıklar Vahdet Aydin Murat Bozlak Ahmet Türk Aysel Tuğluk Leyla Zana Pervin Buldan Selim Sadak Selahattin Demirtaş Gülten Kışanak Nurettin Demirtaş Osman Baydemir Turgut Özal (1990-93) Süleyman Demirel (1993-00) Ahmet Necdet Sezer (2000-07) Abdullah Gül (2007-14) Mesut Yılmaz (1997-99) Tansu Çiller (1993-96) Bülent Ecevit (1999-06) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003-14) Doğan Güreş (1990-94) İsmail Hakkı Karadayı (1994-98) Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu (1998-02) Hilmi Özkök (2002-06) Yaşar Büyükanıt (2006-08) İlker Başbuğ (2008-10) Işık Koşaner (2010-11) Necdet Özel (2011-15) Hulusi Akar (2015-Present)
Casualties
179+ killed 1,968+ injured 17,679+ arrested

Kurdish Protesters Unorganized Kurdish citizens
HDP
KCK
HPG
YJA-STAR
YDG-H
YPS
YPS-Jin
Mazlumder
Yakay-Der
Peace Mothers
İHD

Defunct:
HEP (1990-1993)
DEP (1993-1994)
HADEP (1994-2003)
Kurdish Parliament in Exile (1995-1998)
DEHAP (1997-2005)
DTH (2005)

Turkish Government
Turkish Police
Military of Turkey
Village Guards

179+ killed
1,968+ injured

Serhildan designate several Kurdish public rebellions since the 1990s with the slogan "Êdî Bese" ("Enough") against Turkey. The protestors use mainly stones, concrete paving stones, Molotov cocktails, slingshots and other materials as throwing objects and since the end of November 2009 also skyrockets. Local shops are often closed on the day of demonstrations, as a form of protest.