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• New information appears in case of Gülistan Doku 

  It has been learned that Cemile Yücer, the mother of Zainal Abarakov, the main suspect in the disappearance of Gülistan Doku, wrote a petition to CIMER saying that she wanted to leave the country.
• Turkish police raid Democratic Regions Party in Amed 

  Turkish police raided the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Amed provincial building.
• Police take 6 people into custody in Kızıltepe  

  At least 6 people were taken into custody in house raids carried out by Turkish state forces in Kızıltepe, in the province of Mardin.
• Communist Revolutionary Movement calls for protests against those seeking to resurrect ISIS 

  The Communist Revolutionary Movement (TKŞ) called the Turkish state and international forces responsible for the recent ISIS attack in Heseke, and urged the people and all democratic circles to take to the streets against those seeking to resurrect ISIS.
• HDP executive receives jail time for a speech delivered 8 years ago 

  İskenderun district co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Abdurrahim Şahin, has been sentenced to 2 years and 1 month in prison for a speech he delivered in 2014.
• Prosecutor demands 16 people, including relatives of Roboski dead, to be punished 

  The prosecutor demanded 16 people, including the relatives of those killed in Roboski, to be sentenced because of their participation at a commemoration of the massacre.
• Trial for the murder of Deniz Poyraz postponed to 29 April 

  The trial over the killing of Deniz Poyraz at Izmir Provincial Organization Office of the HDP on 17 June 2021 was postponed to 29 April.
• Selahattin Demirtaş sentenced for insulting former prime minister 

  HDP politician Selahattin Demirtaş, imprisoned in Turkey since 2016, has been sentenced to another prison term for allegedly insulting the former prime minister.
• Riseup4Rojava initiative calls on people throughout Europe to mobilize 

  The Turkish state has been intensifying its attacks on the Autonomous Administration in Northern and Eastern Syria and Shengal for weeks. Riseup4Rojava initiative called on people throughout Europe to mobilize.
• Swiss academic Ueli Mäder says PKK should be removed from EU list of terrorist organisations 

  Eric Fromm Award-winning Swiss academic Ueli Mäder said that the PKK should be removed from the EU list of terrorist organizations, and that problems have to be solved by establishing relations on the right basis.
• Izmir Women's Platform: We will establish the country of freedom Deniz Poyraz dreamed of 

  The Izmir Women's Platform made a statement in front of the courthouse before Deniz Poyraz's hearing and said: "We gave our word to Deniz; we will establish the country of freedom she dreamed of."
• French associations hold solidarity meetings in Brittany 

  French associations in solidarity with the Kurds held meetings with the participation of internationalist activists in many cities in Brittany.
• PUK says its presidential candidate will be Barham Salih 

  Eta Serawi, a member of the PUK Politburo, announced that the PUK presidential candidate should be Barham Salih.
• Campaign to remove PKK from EU list of terrorist organisations continues in Switzerland 

  The signature campaign launched in Switzerland to demand the removal of the PKK from the EU list of terrorist organizations continues. About 6 thousand signatures have been collected so far, but activists aim to collect 150,000.
• Attack on two Syrian citizens in Bursa leaves one dead 

  Two Syrians were attacked with guns in the Osmangazi district of Bursa. One of the Syrians died.
• Aarau Rojbin Women's Council rallies against isolation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  A rally promoted by Aarau Rojbin Women's Council was organised to draw attention to the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan and to demand his freedom.
• Families submit another application to visit Imrali 

  The family and legal guardian of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan renewed the application to Turkish authorities to pay a visit to İmralı prison where Öcalan is held under aggravated isolation.
• Islamic State attacks army barracks in Iraq killing 11 soldiers 

  Islamic State mercenaries attacked an army barracks in a mountainous area north of Baghdad, killing 11 soldiers , Iraqi security officials said.
• Günay: “Society is not condemned to polarization, our search for a third way continues” 

  HDP spokesperson Ebru Günay said: "Society is not compelled and not condemned to political polarization inside the system. Our quest for a third way continues."
• Prof. Phillipson: Turkey practices state terrorism against Kurds 

  Prof. Robert Phillipson from Copenhagen Business School defined Turkey's violence against the Kurds as "state terrorism" and added, “As the executive powers of the AKP-MHP government increase, it is very unlikely for them to resume the peace talks."
• 26 candidates run for Iraqi presidency 

  The Iraqi Parliament will elect a new president on 8 February. 26 people have already been nominated.
• Bomb leaves 12 members of Damascus internal security forces dead 

  12 members of the internal security of the Damascus government were killed in a bomb attack against a bus in Syria's Daraa region.
• Vigil in front of the UN headquarters leaves one year behind 

  Every Wednesday for the past year, people have been protesting in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva demanding the release of Abdullah Öcalan and a democratic solution to the Kurdish question.
• Hrant Dink commemorated in Istanbul: 15 missing years 

  In Istanbul, thousands of people in front of the former editorial building of the Armenian weekly Agos commemorated the journalist Hrant Dink, who was murdered 15 years ago by a Turkish fascist.
• HDP MP faces withdrawal of parliamentary immunity over Kurdish music 

  Another request for the withdrawal of parliamentary immunity has been filed against HDP MP Remziye Tosun. The Kurdish politician states that she will not bow to the lawlessness prevailing in Turkey.