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• Martyr Jêhat Bagok YPS Retaliation Unit claims responsibility for action in Amed 

  The Martyr Jêhat Bagok YPS Retaliation Unit said that they carried out an action against the police school guard post in Amed's Rêzan (Bağlar) district.
• South Kurdistan government prevents demonstration against the international conspiracy 

  The South Kurdistan Committee for the Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan reacted to the prevention of protests against the conspiracy and said, "They violate the principles of national morality."
• KCK: Turkey must get rid of its ecocidal mentality 

  Regarding the disaster in Erzincan, where cyanide-contaminated spoil buried workers and a toxic dust cloud contaminated an entire region, KCK warns that the effects could reach as far as the Persian Gulf.
• Yazidis and Arabs in Shengal protest the international conspiracy against Öcalan 

  Hundreds of Yazidis and Arabs took to the streets in Shengal, vowing to ensure the autonomy of the Shengal with the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
• 'Great Freedom March' in Halfeti: Abdullah Öcalan's freedom is the only way 

  The ‘Great Freedom March’, which started on 1 February demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question, reached Halfeti on its 15th day.
• Many people taken into custody in Urfa, Mardin and Dersim 

  Many people were detained in new police operations carried out by Turkish state forces. In Mardin and Dersim.
• Great Freedom March calls for urgent meeting with Öcalan 

  The 'Great Freedom March', which started from the cities of Van and Kars, has reached Urfa.
• Teachers' boycott in South Kurdistan continues 

  Teachers not given their salaries in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) organised boycott protests in many cities.
• Police take 12 people into custody in Amed and Batman 

  At least 12 people were taken into custody in police raids carried out simultaneously on many houses in Amed and Batman early this morning.
• 'Great Freedom March' in Amed: This is the road to Öcalan's freedom 

  The 'Great Freedom March', which started from the cities of Van and Kars, converged in Amed after 13 days and saw the enthusiastic participation of the residents despite the blockade for which thousands of police officers were mobilized.
• KCK: Strong participation in the Freedom Campaign is the most meaningful response to the conspiracy 

  “Let us join the freedom campaign in all four parts of Kurdistan and all over the world. Let us destroy the conspiracy and build a free life,” said the KCK on the upcoming anniversary of the 15 February conspiracy against Öcalan.
• HPG and YJA Star guerrillas: No power can alienate us from our leader 

  Stating that the International Conspiracy has not achieved its goal, the guerrillas said, "We are assertive and determined in our struggle, no force can alienate us from our leader."
• Kars and Van branches of "Great Freedom March" merge in Amed 

  The Kars and Van branches of the "Great Freedom March", which is being carried out to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a democratic solution to the Kurdish question, merged in Amed after 13 days.
• DEM MPs Uçar, Çiçek and Bayındır: We are marching for a peaceful solution to the Kurdish question 

  The march is voicing the demand for "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Democratic Solution to the Kurdish Question" and urging the government to implement solution policies.
• Turkish state builds a new road in Berwari 

  RojNews agency reported that the occupying Turkish state started construction of a new in Bewarî and prevents citizens from entering the area.
• ‘This march is for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and Kurdistan’ 

  Participants of the Great Freedom March were welcomed by a large crowd in Siirt. DEM Party MP Ömer Öcalan said, "This land has had enough of war and deaths. Kurds need status and Mr Öcalan must be released."
• Seventy-minute footage of the revolutionary guerrilla operation in Zap 

  Gerîla TV released seventy-minute footage of the revolutionary guerrilla operation in the guerrilla-held Zap region in southern Kurdistan on 12 January.
• Arab women and youth in Shengal protest the international conspiracy against Öcalan 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan was arrested in Kenya and handed over to Turkey on 15 February 1999. Kurds and other peoples in the Middle East and all around the world are protesting the international conspiracy on its upcoming anniversary.
• MP Dindar: Kurdish people are welcoming our march with great embrace 

  DEM Party MP Mahmut Dindar stated that the Kurdish people welcomed the Freedom March with great embrace and said, "We will definitely break the lock of İmralı."
• HPG reports dozens of Turkish airstrikes against guerrilla areas 

  While Turkish fighter jets carry out daily waves of attacks on the guerrilla areas in southern Kurdistan, the guerrillas defend themselves.
• Great Freedom March: The Kurdish question can be solved with Abdullah Öcalan 

  Participants of the Great Freedom March were welcomed with enthusiasm in Kızıltepe where they pointed out that “The Kurdish question can be solved with Abdullah Öcalan.”
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Serhed Tekoşîn 

  The HPG announced the death of guerrilla Serhed Tekoşîn. The guerrilla fell as a martyr in a Turkish state attack in the Zap region last March.
• KCK calls on everyone to attend rally in Cologne on 17 February 

  The KCK Executive Council co-presidency called on all Kurds living in Europe and their friends to attend the Cologne march to be held on 17 February to demand the physical freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HPG guerrillas: We will frustrate Turkey’s attacks with stronger actions 

  HPG guerrillas Andok Gabar and Rênas Cûdî said that the guerrilla put up an unprecedented resistance everywhere in 2013 and stated that they will frustrate the attacks of the Turkish state with stronger actions in the new period.
• Ahmet Türk: Our struggle is for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Ahmet Türk, DEM Party's Co-Mayoral Candidate for Mardin Metropolitan Municipality, said: "Mr Öcalan is a mind for peace in the Middle East, a teacher and the address of the solution. Our struggle is for the liberation of Mr Öcalan.”