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• Unnamed source: More than 150,000 people died in the earthquake 

  According to the information given by a source from the AKP, the number of people who lost their lives in the earthquake is more than 150,000. Turkish Interior Minister Soylu allegedly instructed governors to remove the debris together with the dead.
• Former CHP leader Deniz Baykal passed away 

  Deniz Baykal, the former chair of the CHP, passed away.
• Scandal in Osmaniye State Hospital 

  People who died in the hospital in Osmaniye, one of the places that suffered great destruction in the earthquake that hit Turkey and Kurdistan on 6 February, are put in a black bag and thrown into the corridors.
• Civil Society Solidarity in Armutlu 

  The earthquake victims were left to their fate in the neighbourhood of Armutlu in the Defne district of Hatay, where the state teams arrived 4 days later.
• Mountain villages of Adiyaman cannot be reached 

  In Adiyaman, search and rescue efforts continue, but many mountain villages around the city cannot be reached.
• People of Elbistan call for help: "Get our dead out of the rubble!" 

  Search and rescue work in the district of Elbistan, which was hardest hit by the earthquake, is progressing slowly. People are sleeping in the open, complaining: "We want tents, but the state won't even give us a scrap of cloth."
• MP İpekyüz: There is a very urgent need for tents and heating in Adıyaman 

  HDP deputy Necdet İpekyüz said that there is still a need for tents, stoves and hygiene products in Adiyaman province hit by two powerful earthquakes on Monday.
• Participants of long marches in Germany and Switzerland meet in Freiburg 

  The participants of the long marches through Germany and Switzerland for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and a solution of the Kurdish question met today in Freiburg and are walking the last stretch together.
• Bodies wrapped in blankets buried in mass graves in Adiyaman 

  Dead bodies removed from the rubble in Adiyaman hit by the massive earthquakes on Monday have been buried in mass graves for the last three days.
• HDP MP Bülbül in Adıyaman: Failure to reach trapped people on time led to a great tragedy 

  “Destruction is followed by psychological collapse, the state is abandoning the people,” said HDP MP Kemal Bülbül, who is in the earthquake-hit province of Adıyaman.
• MEDYA-DER joins search and rescue efforts in Pazarcik 

  Şeyhmus Karadağ, Co-Chair of the Association for Assistance and Solidarity with Families that Lost Their Relatives in the Cradle of Civilizations (MEDYA-DER), joined the search and rescue efforts in Pazarcik, saying: “We will continue to help our people."
• Ferhat Pala: We need more things for children in Pazarcik 

  Ferhat Pala, one of the HDP Van youth council members involved in helping the earthquake victims in Pazarcik, called on everyone to help.
• Prisoners in Kırıklar jail send winter clothes in solidarity with earthquake victims 

  The detainees in Kırıklar No. 2 F Type Prison sent their winter clothes in solidarity with the earthquake victims.
• KESK: The state was completely absent from the beginning of this catastrophe  

  KESK co-chair Mehmet Bozgeyik said that "the state was completely absent from the beginning of this catastrophe and collapsed."
• Autonomous Administration Education Board representatives hold meetings in Germany 

  Northern and Eastern Syria Autonomous Administration Education Board representatives continue their meetings in Germany.
• Number of victims continues to increase 

  AFAD announced that the number of victims of the earthquakes that struck last Monday increased to 18,342.
• Solidarity meeting in Lorient for earthquake victims  

  A meeting was held in Lorient, France, in solidarity with earthquake victims.
• HDP Europe Crisis Coordination Desk set up  

  A spokesperson from HDP was named to coordinate cooperation with the earthquake zone from Europe.
• Internationalists conclude Long March 

  Internationalists marching from Switzerland to France for the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan have concluded their protest on the fourth day after the postponement of the Strasbourg rally planned for Saturday due to earthquake.
• Activists in front of UN call for solidarity with earthquake survivors 

  Activists carrying out a vigil for the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in front of the UN in Geneva commemorated the victims of Monday’s earthquakes and called for solidarity with survivors.
• HDP Crisis Coordination: The government is trapped under the rubble 

  "Our task today is to strengthen social solidarity networks against the profit-driven economy and ruthless order," said the HDP, which has set up a crisis team and is deploying 2000 volunteers in the earthquake zone.
• Earthquake survivors left to their fate in Elbistan 

  Earthquake survivors have been left to their fate in Elbistan, devastated by Monday’s earthquakes. Search and rescue efforts in the district started two days after the disaster. There is neither water, electricity, nor tents for the survivors.
• State of emergency enters into force as death toll reaches 16,170 in Turkey 

  The parliament of Turkey has approved a three-month state of emergency in 10 provinces worst-affected by two devastating earthquakes on Monday that claimed thousands of lives.
• KONGRA-GEL: We should not leave our people alone, helpless and hopeless 

  Calling for solidarity with the earthquake victims, KONGRA-GEL said: “We should lend support to our people affected by the earthquakes in these difficult and painful days.”
• Long March activists: Turkish colonialism responsible for consequences of earthquake 

  In the long march of the Kurdish youth movement for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, the earthquake in Kurdistan, Turkey and Syria is a central theme.