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• HDP MP Tiryaki: AKP may pave the way for voter migration 

  HDP MP and a member of the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK), Mehmet Rüştü Tiryaki, said: "The AKP may pave the way for voter migration. A policy of depopulation may be introduced to force Kurds and Alevis in the earthquake area to leave their cities.”
• Lawyers renew application to visit Öcalan 

  Lawyers from the Asrın Law Office have applied to meet with their client, Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign issues statement of solidarity with Jeremy Corbyn 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign issues statement of solidarity with Jeremy Corbyn.
• "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Peace for the World and Stability Conference" issues final declaration 

  The final declaration of the "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Peace for the World and Stability Conference" held in Cape Town was published. The conference demanded the release of the Kurdish people's Leader and all other prisoners.
• Police take Left Party members into custody in Istanbul 

  Police attacked the press statement that the Left Party wanted to make in Kadıköy, to demand the government’s resignation. Many people, including Left Party PM Alper Taş, were beaten and detained.
• Ata on day 209 of protest in front of OPCW against Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  "The Turkish state killed my niece with chemicals. Why won't you investigate?" is written on a purple cardboard sign held by Xosnav Ata, who lost his nieces Gülperin Ata and Mihriban Ata in the chemical attacks of the Turkish state.
• 8 detained in police attack on demo against crackdown on NGOs after earthquake 

  The state repression against non-governmental organizations continues increasingly in the aftermath of the 6 February earthquake that devastated parts of ten cities.
• Conference for Öcalan’s freedom in Cape Town continues on day two 

  A two-day conference titled 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Peace and Stability for the World' is being held in South Africa.
• KESK: The government must resign 

  A delegation from KESK visited districts and villages in Adiyaman where the earthquake caused heavy destruction. The delegation demanded the immediate resignation of the AKP-MHP government.
• Police take many members of People's Houses into custody 

  Turkish police took many into custody, after attacking the press statement that was made in front of the Community Centers Headquarters after the Governor's Office after he ordered the emergency evacuation of the solidarity points in Defne, Hatay.
• Lawyers apply to visit Öcalan 

  Lawyers of the Asrın Law Office have applied to meet with their client, Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Police take action to evacuate Hatay’s Sevgi Park where volunteers organize aid efforts 

  Police asked relief organizations and volunteers to evacuate the Sevgi Park in Hatay province, where aid efforts are organized.
• AKP blocks and seizes earthquake aid in Ağrı 

  The earthquake aid supplies provided by the Kurds in Ağrı province were blocked by the government and the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH). Patnos District Governorate confiscated the Patnos Municipality's aid truck without citing any reason.
• Conference for Öcalan’s freedom kicks off in Cape Town 

  A conference titled 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Peace and Stability for the World' has kicked off in South Africa.
• IEH medical team sets off for north Syrian earthquake area 

  Earthquake aid in northern Syria is blocked by both the Turkish state and the Assad regime. The Internationale Nothilfe e.V. has now sent a team of doctors to the region to look after survivors in cooperation with local partners.
• 322 unaccompanied children who surived earthquake still under treatment in hospital 

  The Ministry of Family and Social Services said that the treatment of 322 unaccompanied children who were removed from the rubble after the earthquake continues.
• Koçyiğit: 'We will heal our wounds, but we will also hold those responsible accountable' 

  HDP Muş MP Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit said that the AKP-MHP government is an enemy of the people in every sense.
• Buildings in danger of collapsing are declared “habitable” 

  After the severe earthquake on 6 February, the Turkish state is declaring more and more partially collapsed buildings as "slightly damaged" and thus habitable.
• Rojava academics visit universities in Germany 

  Dijle Haidar, one of the academics from Rojava that has visited some universities in Germany, said that they wanted to launch sister universities and joint projects.
• DİK, DAD and HDP Faith Commission visit earthquake-hit Pazarcik 

  The Democratic Islamic Congress (DİK), the Peoples and Faiths Commission of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the Democratic Alevi Associations (DAD) visited Pazarcik district, the epicentre of the 6 February earthquake.
• Communist Party of Swaziland holds seminar “Justice for Kurds, freedom for Öcalan” 

  The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) organized a seminar titled “Justice for the Kurdish People - Freedom for Comrade Öcalan”.
• Farmer in Antakya: Earthquake destroyed my years-long labour in a blink 

  Farmer Mehmet Görüroğlu’s house on the fault line in Antakya Güzelburç was damaged and his field was split in half. The farmer said that: "My 40 years of labour was destroyed in the blink of an eye."
• Earthquake in Malatya leaves buildings collapsed, resulting in casualties 

  According to initial reports, 29 buildings have collapsed in a new earthquake in the province of Malatya, where deaths and injuries have been reported.
• One family in Adiyaman lost 35 relatives in the earthquake 

  Tens of thousands of people lost their lives in Adiyaman (Semsûr), 80 percent of which became uninhabitable after the two earthquakes on 6 February. Some families lost dozens of relatives. The Filikî family lost 35.
• Kayataş: We will increase solidarity 

  DBP Ankara Advisory Office spokesperson Kayataş said that they will expand the solidarity network despite the government's obstacles.