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• 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.”
• Gerîla TV releases another footage of the revolutionary operation in Zap 

  The online portal Gerîla TV released another footage of the revolutionary guerrilla operation carried out in the region of Zap in northern Iraq in January.
• Freedom March in İdil: We will not stop until our leader is freed 

  Participants of the Freedom March, who were welcomed with enthusiasm in İdil, said, "A solution will not be possible unless the gates of Imrali are opened. We will not stop until our leader is freed."
• Arab guerrilla: We are fighting in the ranks of the PKK for a free life 

  Rênas Cûdî, one of the Arab guerrillas in the HPG, stated that they are fighting in the ranks of the PKK for a free life, saying, "No one can stand against the will of our peoples."
• Great Freedom March in Muş: We will destroy the İmralı torture system 

  The participants of the Kars branch of the Great Freedom March reached Malazgirt district of Muş. DEM Party MP Cengiz Çiçek said, "We march for the abolition of the İmralı torture system. Victory belongs to those who set out for freedom."
• 'Great Freedom March' continues in Şırnak 

  Participants of the 'Great Freedom March' were welcomed with enthusiasm in the Şırnak province.
• Footage of guerrilla action in Metina 

  Gerîla TV published another footage of the ongoing resistance against the Turkish occupation forces in guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Kaya: We'll continue our march despite all pressure and obstacles 

  MED TUHAD-FED co-chair Emine Kaya said: “We will continue our march despite all the pressure and obstacles. No matter how much they want to prevent it, we are moving forward determinedly."
• HPG and YJA guerrillas: The International Conspiracy has failed 

  HPG and YJA guerrillas said that contrary to what the authors of the International Conspiracy intended, the paradigm of the Kurdish People's Leader has spread all over the world.