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• Humanitarian aid is hindered in Şırnak city still under blockade 

  HDP's İrmez said: "The people of Şırnak experienced the harshest conditions of the war in the region. They displayed great resistance by not leaving their lands. Now it’s our turn, it’s time to support them.”
• Referendum rush in the municipalities usurped by the AKP government 

  The AKP has seen that they won’t take the Kurdish vote in the referendum and has started to give away gold and to promise jobs via the municipalities they have usurped.
• Co-mayor of Şırnak's Fındık town detained 

  Co-mayor of the municipality of Fındık town in Şırnak's Güçlükonak district has been detained.
• KCK vows to enhance resistance across Kurdistan 

  KCK Executive Council said: "With the multilateral struggle we will develop during 2017, the genocidal system in Turkey will be defeated and this will pave the way for democratization of Turkey and liberation of the Kurdish people."
• Co-mayors of Ağrı's Doğubayazıt district jailed 

  Seven people including Co-mayors of Ağrı's Doğubayazıt district have been formally arrested in the scope of ongoing political genocide operations.
• Ahmet Türk: Resistance cannot be wiped out, we will prevail 

  Mardin Metropolitan Municipality Co-mayor Ahmet Türk, released from prison yesterday, said oppression won’t achieve results and added: “You can silence the society, but you can never wipe out resistance.”
• Trustee appointed to Amed's Bismil district municipality 

  The municipality of Amed's Bismil district has also been seized by the government of Turkey with a trustee appointed in place of the elected co-mayors.
• Trustee appointed to Van's Gürpınar district municipality 

  The government has seized yet another municipality held by the Democratic Regions' Party (DBP).
• Şakir and Abdullah elected as co-chairs of Tevgera Azadi 

  Şilan Şakir and Mıhemed Abdullah were reelected as co-chairs in the 2nd Congress of Tevgera Azadi.
• Southern Kurdistan youth continue to join the PKK ranks 

  Southern Kurdistan youth who believe Kurdistan’s freedom can be achieved through the PKK continue to join tha ranks of the Kurdish Freedom Struggle.
• No information on ESP member detained in Van two days ago 

  ESP member Bedran Karayel was detained from the guesthouse he was staying in 2 days ago, and there is no information on his whereabouts since.
• Co-mayor of Amed's Kocaköy district formally arrested 

  Kocaköy Co-mayor Affüllah Kar has been imprisoned.
• DBP Van provincial co-chair formally arrested 

  DBP Van provincial co-chair Sevinç Şeker has been formally arrested.
• YPS: Three policemen killed in Hakkari 

  YPS stated that three policemen were killed in an action conducted by their members in Hakkari province.
• Villagers in Van clear the snowed-in roads on their own 

  The roads have been snowed in for the last 3 days in Karasu region of Van and the Van Metropolitan Municipality seized by the government hasn’t launched any efforts yet.
• KCK: Shengal is an issue of morality and conscience 

  In a message to the Tevgera Azadi congress in Sulaymaniyah, KCK said: "The basic demand of our people is to take their honorable place among the peoples of the world by achieving internal peace and protecting against external attacks."
• Co-mayor of Siirt's Gökçebağ town detained in house raid 

  Co-mayor of Siirt's Gökçebağ town, Serhat Çiçek has been taken into custody.
• DBP Van provincial co-chair taken into custody 

  DBP Van provincial co-chair Sevinç Şeker has been detained by police.
• Ceremony in Rojava for YPG's fallen British fighter Ryan Lock 

  A ceremony was held in Rojava, West Kurdistan for British YPG fighter Ryan Lock who fell martyr during the Raqqa operation on 21 December, 2016.
• Nuda Cultural Center in Van will turn into security directorate 

  The Van Security Directorate, unable to build outposts wherever they pleased when DBP had the municipality, has sprung into action once more with the appointment of trustees.
• Elazığ’s Karakoçan district municipality also seized 

  DBP’s Karakoçan Municipality has been seized by the government.
• Fire in Batman destroys Yılmaz Güney Cinema 

  The Yılmaz Güney Cinema in Batman city center went down in ashes in a fire.
• Two YPS members martyred in a clash in Kızıltepe 

  Two YPS members were martyred in a clash with Turkish forces in Kızıltepe, Mardin on January 21.
• HDP Van MP Nadir Yıldırım detained in Amed 

  HDP Van MP Nadir Yıldırım has been taken into custody in Amed.
• Co-mayor of Ağrı's Tutak district jailed 

  Co-mayor of Ağrı's Tutak district has been jailed alongside two other people for alleged “membership to a terrorist organisation”.