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• 46 village guards in Silopi lay down arms: We won't fight our people 

  As the Turkish state continues to intensify its attacks on the Kurdish people in North Kurdistan territory, dozens of village guards in Silopi have laid down arms “to not be an accomplice to the state terror”.
• Cizre People's Assembly co-chair: We are not going anywhere 

  The popular resistance against the state of siege by Turkish forces has left three weeks behind in Cizre and Silopi districts of Şırnak.
• Co-mayor of Çatak jailed for “possibility of declaring self-rule” 

  Co-mayor of DBP-held Çatak municipality, in Van province, has been jailed due to her remarks on self-rule project of the Kurdish people living in Turkey.
• HPG releases balance sheet of war for 2015 

  People's Defense Forces Press Office (HPG-BIM) has released the balance sheet of war in North and South Kurdistan for the year of 2015 which witnessed an effective struggle against the Turkish state and ISIS.
• İdil police station targeted by armed action 

  An armed action has targeted the police station in İdil district of Şırnak Sunday evening.
• 13 detained in police attack on demonstrators in Istanbul 

  HDP Istanbul branch and HDK Istanbul Assembly held a demo outside Galatasaray Square in Beyoğlu district today in protest at the ongoing curfew and state of siege in the Kurdish region.
• Another civilian killed in Cizre under heavy attack 

  More civilians are losing their lives as a result of the onslaught by state forces, which continues in Şırnak's Cizre district in its 21st uninterrupted day.
• Attacks by state forces kill two more civilians in Silopi 

  As the state of siege continues in Şırnak's Silopi district for the 21st day, state forces have intensified their attacks on Barbaros neighborhood since last night.
• Cannon ball fired by police hits a house in Sur, leaves one woman dead 

  Attacks by Turkish military and police forces continue in the 33rd day of the onslaught in Amed's central Sur district.
• HDP MP in Cizre calls on international community to break the silence 

  HDP Şırnak MP Faysal Sarıyıldız stated that inhabitants of Cizre and Silopi have been deprived of food, drinking water, electricity, medical services, education, communication and all basic necessities
• Popular resistance in Cizre continues for the 21st day 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak, popular resistance continues for the 21st day against the state of siege targeting the Kurdish people's will for self-rule.
• KCK: Our people's resistance will triumph over the state's onslaught 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency has called upon the people in the areas of self-rule to avoid leaving their streets, neighborhoods and towns, stressing that refusing to leave was the greatest resistance against the ongoing onslaught.
• Neighborhoods in Silopi under heavy bombardment 

  As an onslaught under name of curfew continues in Şırnak's Silopi district for the 20th day, state forces have started a heavy bombardment against the neighborhoods protected by local self-defense units.
• Co-mayor of Silopi taken into custody 

  Co-mayor and a worker of Silopi municipality have been taken into custody.
• Families of 2 youths killed in Sur go on hunger strike to reclaim bodies 

  As murderous attacks by state forces continue in Amed's central Sur district for 32 days, bodies of İsa Oran and Mesut Seviktek who were killed by police on 23 December haven't been handed over to their families yet.
• One civilian and one soldier killed in Silopi 

  In Silopi district of Şırnak where a curfew has left 19 days behind, deliberate and random attacks by state forces claim more civilian lives every passing day.
• Three civilians missing since torture by police in Silopi 

  In Silopi district of Şırnak where an onslaught against civilians continues for the 19th day, Turkish forces are now resorting to house raids, arrests and torture in an effort to seize control of the civilian areas.
• Police attack funeral of HPG guerrilla in Nusaybin 

  Police have attacked the people joining the funeral of recently fallen HPG guerrilla Lütfiye Bulut in Nusaybin district of Mardin.
• KCK: 2016 will witness an unprecedented struggle by Kurdish people 

  "The year of 2015 passed with a struggle between those desiring to build dictatorship in Turkey and those desiring to democratize Turkey. It is understood that this struggle will continue by growing severer in 2016", KCK said.
• Turkish soldiers kill another Rojava citizen near the border 

  Farûq Osman Mihemed (40) from the village of Xanîkê on the eastern side of Kobanê Canton was shot by Turkish soldiers as he attempted to cross into Bakurê (Northern) Kurdistan yesterday.
• Another civilian killed as attacks intensify in Cizre 

  Attacks by state forces killed yet another civilian in Cizre district of Şırnak where a state of siege continues for 19 uninterrupted days.
• Youth kidnapped and murdered by police in Silopi 

  State forces that have yet not been able to break the popular resistance in the areas of self-rule in Şırnak's Silopi district have started to perpetrate executions in custody.
• Another woman killed by state forces in Cizre 

  Turkish state forces continue attacking civilian areas with heavy arms in Cizre district of Şırnak where a total of 25 civilians have been killed during the last 18 days of curfew.
• Police attack people marching to Sur under curfew 

  Police forces have staged a crackdown on thousands who gathered in the main Kurdish city Amed today for a march to the central Sur district, which is set to be followed by another to Botan region.
• TAK: We aren't dependent on PKK, our actions will spread 

  Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (also known as the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks, Teyrêbazên Azadiya Kurdistan, or TAK) has announced initiation of a new battle initiative in response to the all-out annihilation concept of the Turkish-AKP state.