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• Detention warrant for two HDP MPs for Van 

  Detention warrant has been issued for HDP Van MPs Adem Geveri and Lezgin Botan.
• Dozens of Van Metropolitan Municipality employees under investigation 

  90 employees of the Van Metropolitan Municipality that protested the detention of Co-mayor Bekir Kaya two months ago are now facing an investigation due to their objection.
• ‘Urban transformation’ for Cizre’s Cudi neighborhood 

  ‘Urban transformation’ decision has been taken for Cizre’s Cudi neighborhood recently destroyed by the Turkish state. Residents of Cizre learned about the project through billboard commercials, and are unhappy about it.
• Co-mayors of Nusaybin formally arrested after 13 days in custody 

  Nusaybin Co-mayors Cengiz Kök and Sara Kaya have been formally arrested after 13 days in custody.
• Xıdır Salih: This will be the year of autonomy for Shengal 

  Shengal Construction Assembly President Xıdır Salih said preparations are underway for the declaration of autonomy in Shengal, which will be made soon.
• Five people detained in Urfa due to social media posts 

  Five people were detained in Halfeti, Urfa yesterday morning due to their social media posts.
• "ISIS will have to trample on our bodies to enter Kobanê" 

  YPJ fighter Newroz Agiri, who had participated in the resistance against ISIS in Kobanê, said “Reactionism, particularly that of ISIS, wants to enslave women and the rest of humanity. Today is not the day to sit at home.”
• Co-mayors of Şırnak's Uludere district detained 

  The AKP/Palace fascism and attacks towards the DBP-held municipalities and their elected representatives continue uninterrupted.
• Muradiye Co-mayor and six other people formally arrested 

  Seven people including Co-mayor Dr. Mehmet Ali Tunç have been formally arrested in Van's Muradiye district.
• HPG reports sabotage action by guerrillas in Çukurca 

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas carried out a sabotage action against soldiers in the countryside of Hakkari's Çukurca district.
• HDP MPs Baydemir and Yıldırım detained in Amed 

  HDP MPs Osman Baydemir and Ahmet Yıldırım were taken into custody at Diyarbakır Courthouse where they were following the trial in KCK Main Case.
• HDP Amed MP Taşçıer detained for “insulting the President” 

  HDP Amed MP İmam Taşçıer was taken into custody while leaving his house in Amed.
• Court rules continuation of detention for Tuncel and Kışanak 

  During the first hearing, court has ruled the continuation of detention for Sebahat Tuncel and Gültan Kışanak.
• Mardin Co-mayor Ahmet Türk, jailed in Elazığ, hospitalized 

  Mardin Co-mayor Ahmet Türk, who is among the Kurdish politicians held hostage by the AKP government, has been hospitalized.
• "We promised Abu Layla, we will eradicate ISIS in Raqqa" 

  Shams al-Shimal Commander Mihemed Abu Adıl who partook in the Kobanê resistance stated that Kobanê did not fall and that Raqqa will fall very soon.
• Trustee appointed to Ağrı's Doğubayazıt District Municipality 

  Yet another DBP-held municipality in Northern Kurdistan has been seized by the state through a trustee.
• Turkish aerial activity over Medya Defense Zones 

  Reports are coming through of Turkish aerial activity over guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in Southern Kurdistan territory.
• YPS: 10 police killed, 17 others wounded in Amed 

  YPS carried out actions in Amed at the first anniversary of its establishment, leaving 10 police dead and 17 others wounded.
• Cizre Municipality seized by the state is administered by AKP members 

  All the investments and works of the Cizre Municipality are based “security” since the confiscation of the municipality by the state through the appointment of a trustee.
• Police search in Doğubeyazıt Municipality continues for the second day 

  The search started by police after a raid on Doğubeyazıt Municipality continues in its second day.
• Turkey-affiliated gangs shell a village of Efrîn 

  Turkey-affiliated gang groups in Azaz are shelling a village in Efrîn city of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• YPG General Command: We won't act according to Astana decisions 

  YPG General Command announced that they will not act according to the decisions that will be taken in the Astana talks on the Syrian crisis held under the leadership of Russia, Turkey and Iran.
• 132 more youths from Raqqa join the SDF ranks 

  132 more youths from Raqqa completed their training and joined the ranks of the SDF.
• Hundreds of immigrants take shelter in Efrîn 

  Residents of Northern Syria are forced to leave their land due to the ongoing attacks of the Turkish army and affiliated gang groups.
• YPG fighter from the US martyred in northern Raqqa 

  YPG Media Center announced that a YPG fighter from the US participating in Operation Wrath of Euphrates died during clashes in Little Siwêdiya village in western Raqqa on January 15.