Birlikte
Birlikte is the name and motto of a series of semi-annual rallies and corresponding cultural festivals against right-wing extremist violence in Germany, which first took place on 9 June 2014 in Cologne. The term "" is Turkish and means "together" (German: ""). Birlikte – Zusammenstehen: 7–9 June 2014 The concept of a cultural festival named "" was based on an idea by , and was further developed and supported by the Cologne Arsch huh, Zäng ussenander (English: "Raise your ass, open your mouth!") campaign. The first rally " – " (English: "Birlikte – Standing together") was held on Whit Monday, 9 June 2014, on the occurrence of the tenth anniversary of the nail bomb attacks in Cologne. The festival deliberately took place at a spare area at Cologne's , near , the street, where the National Socialist Underground (German: ) (NSU) attacks had happened a decade earlier. The event comprised a mixture of speeches and multi-cultural music performances. Among the planned speakers and musicians were Stefan Aust, Aynur Doğan, Stephan Bachmann, BAP and Wolfgang Niedecken, the Bläck Fööss, Andreas Bourani, Tom Buhrow, Clueso, Wilma Elles, Eko Fresh, , Tommy Engel and , Sertab Erener and Demir Demirkan, Die Fantastischen Vier,