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• At least 90 detained in Istanbul in the last 24 hours 

  The number of those detained as a result of the raids carried out by the police after yesterday’s armed attack at Istanbul Courthouse has reached 90.
• Turkish Defence Minister and Chief of General Staff visit Baghdad and Hewlêr 

  Turkish Defence Minister Yaşar Güler and Chief of General Staff Metin Gürak are on a state visit to Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. The Turkish delegation met with the Barzanîs in Hewlêr.
• Conference for Abdullah Öcalan in Bilbao 

  Conference in Bilbao to show solidarity with the leader of the Kurdish people, Abdullah Öcalan.
• Police take 40 people into custody in Istanbul 

  Forty people were detained in Istanbul, while a 24-hour lawyer restriction decision was issued.
• Four lawyers taken into custody in Istanbul 

  The ÇHD announced that 4 of its lawyers were taken into custody during a police raid on its offices.
• Mothers at Justice Vigil in Amed call for support for the Freedom March 

  The mothers holding the Justice Vigil in Amed said everyone should support the Freedom March.
• Freedom March from Paris to Strasbourg continues 

  During today's Freedom March in the suburb of Villiers le Bel in the capital Paris, leaflets were distributed to inform the French public about the illegal and inhuman isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Bakırhan reacts to the government and opposition in the earthquake zone 

  DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan, who attended the earthquake commemoration events in Malatya, said: "Both the government and the opposition were buried under this wreckage, they did not give self-criticism."
• Internationalists to march from Basel to Strasbourg 

  A long march from Basel to Strasbourg will be staged to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution for the Kurdish question.
• Police take DEM Party Youth Assembly member Çakmak into custody  

  DEM Party Youth Assembly member Kemal Çakmak was taken into custody in Bozova.
• Public meeting in Bremen to call for participation in Cologne march 

  Preparations for the February 17 march in Cologne continue at full speed. A public meeting and tradesmen visits were held in Bremen. Women called for participation in the march.
• Inflation rate was 129% says ENAG and not 64.86 as stated by TurkStat 

  The war on numbers continues in Turkey with the government trying to deny the heavy economic crisis. Inflation rate was 129% according to ENAG and 64.86 according to TurkStat.
• DEM Party brings the Parliament's decision to dismiss Atalay to Constitutional Court 

  The DEM Party brought the Parliament's decision to dismiss Atalay to the Constitutional Court.
• DEM Party Co-Chair meets with earthquake victims in Maraş 

  6 February marks the first anniversary of the twin Maraş-centered earthquakes that devastated large parts of at least 11 southern and eastern cities in Turkey last year, affecting more than 13 million people and leaving tens of thousands dead.
• Preparations finalised for the Kurdish Conference in London  

  Preparations have been finalised for the 3rd Annual Kurdish Conference to be held in London on 15 February with the participation of many personalities from politics, academia and women's organisations.
• Activists in Berlin demand freedom for Öcalan 

  On the second day of the march in Berlin, activists marched from Alexanderplatz to Brandenburger Tor.
• KON-MED working hard to ensure everyone will attend march for freedom in Cologne 

  KON-MED is working hard to ensure that everyone, from seven to seventy, in Germany will attend the big march to be held in Cologne for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan on 17 February.
• March from Zaandam to Amsterdam ends 

  The long march started by the Kurdish Youth Movements from Zaandam to Amsterdam yesterday has ended enthusiastically at the central station.
• Long march demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 14 

  Kurdish activists have completed the 14th stage of the 25-day-long march demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Justice for Kurds" as part of the international campaign "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, a Political Solution to the Kurdish Question".
• 8 politicians tried in the Kobanê Case remain in prison 

  The release request for the 18 politicians tried in the Kobanê Case was rejected.
• DEM Party executive Muhammed Ayten sent to prison 

  DEM Party executive Muhammed Ayten sent to prison on the allegation of "membership in an illegal organisation".
• Socialists on day 2 of hunger strike against isolation 

  A demonstration was staged in Basel on the second day of the 3-day hunger strike started by socialists in support of the hunger strikes of PKK and PAJK prisoners in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan demanding the end of the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurdish youth activists march in Amsterdam, demanding freedom for Öcalan 

  Members of TCŞ and TekoJIN marched in Amsterdam against the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Young people in Muş send 50 letters to Abdullah Öcalan 

  Young people in Muş sent 50 letters to Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Social Contract in North-East Syria presented in Madrid  

  PYD politician Mizgîn Ahmed presented the new Social Contract for the democratic autonomous region of Northern and Eastern Syria at the Fundación Anselmo Lorenzo in Madrid.