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• 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.
• 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.