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• 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.
• IHD reports 46,292 human rights violations in the Kurdish region in 2016 

  Human Rights Association announced that nearly 50 thousand human rights violations were experienced in Northern Kurdistan during 2016.
• Mardin Co-mayor Ahmet Türk: I am tried due to the political atmosphere 

  Mardin Metropolitan Municipality Co-mayor Ahmet Türk stated that he was subjected to injustice, investigation and prosecution, and stood trial due to the political atmosphere in every period of politics so far.
• The state commits a crime against humanity in Nusaybin 

  Mardin Chamber of Doctors President Dr. Zeki Uzun criticized the demolition of houses on top of corpses in Nusaybin and described the situation as an ethical and humanitarian scandal.
• 50 political prisoners transferred from Erzurum unbeknownst to families 

  More than 50 political prisoners have been transferred from Erzurum to Van.
• Five killed in two separate blasts in Til Hemîs 

  5 people were killed in two separate blasts in Til Hemîs today.
• Municipalities of Kulp and Başkale also seized by trustees 

  Two more DBP-held municipalities in Northern Kurdistan have seized by the state through trustees appointed in place of elected co-mayors.
• Curfew amid Turkish military operation in Mardin's Sulak village 

  Curfew has been declared in a village of Mardin Sunday afternoon.
• 6 locals detained by soldiers in a 'security zone' in Adıyaman countryside 

  Gendarme forces conducted a raid and detained six people in a village in the countryside of Adıyaman province.
• Two thousand people fleeing ISIS atrocity take refuge in Manbij 

  More people fleeing the atrocity of ISIS gangs are taking refuge in Manbij.
• Were six guerrillas who died in Bitlis countryside executed by soldiers? 

  Six guerrillas lost their lives during a Turkish military operation in Bitlis countryside. The one bullet shot on the head of each guerrilla arouses suspicion that the guerrillas might have been executed.
• Two detained during house raids in Van 

  Police conducted simultaneous house raids in Van and detained two people.
• Intellectuals and academics visit Qandil in support of guerrillas 

  After peshmergas and youths from Southern Kurdistan, a group of intellectuals and academics from Behdinan region have visited Qandil and expressed support for guerrillas.
• HPG reports military operations in Amed countryside 

  HPG reported that Turkish army launched operations in Amed countryside.
• 26 prisoners transferred from Batman to Van 

  26 inmates in Batman M Type Closed Prison were transferred to Type T and Type F prisons in Van.
• Yellow-red-green paint of the stage in Newroz area changed into orange 

  The yellow-red-green paint of the activity stage in the Kültür (Culture) Park in Van's İpekyolu district has been changed into orange by the state-appointed trustee.
• Northern Syria Federal System Executive Council Co-chairs elected 

  Co-chairs for the Northern Syria Democratic Federal System Executive Council have been elected.
• DIHA reporter and 7 people jailed in Ağrı 

  Yet another member of free press has been jailed in Turkey which has become an open prison for journalists.
• Military operation in Amed countryside 

  Turkish army launched an operation in Çiyaye Lis region located in the triangle area between Kulp, Lice and Silvan districts of Amed.
• Hundreds in Tirbespiyê demand freedom for Öcalan 

  Hundreds in Tirbespiyê city of Rojava took to the streets to condemn the isolation and demand the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurdish youth hold conference in Sulaymaniya for the national congress 

  Kurdish youth came together in a conference titled “The Role of the Kurdish Youth in the Kurdish National Congress” in Sulaymaniyah.
• Êzidîs liberated from ISIS reunite with their families 

  The Êzidxan Women’s Movement (TAJÊ) has been with the Êzidîs liberated from ISIS in their adventure to return to their own people and their own lands and has shouldered many responsibilities in Shengal.
• 30-day detention for 9 politicians including Co-mayors of Nusaybin 

  A 30-day detention has been issued for 9 politicians including Nusaybin Municipality Co-mayors Cengiz Kök and Sara Kaya.
• Trustee in Van's Edremit district has the signs in Armenian removed 

  Reaction against various practices of Atıf Çiçekli, the trustee appointed to Van's Edremit district, is growing. Çiçekli’s new act has been to have the signs in Armenian removed.
• “Transfer of Êzidîs to AFAD camp creates a basis for a new massacre” 

  HDP’s Êzidî MP Atalan said the Yenişehir trustee deliberately exiled the Êzidîs to AFAD camps housing ISIS supporters and opened the door for a new massacre.