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• Ahmet Türk: Turkey isolates both Kurds and Mr. Öcalan 

  "The main aim of the State is to carry out policies oppressing Kurds. Kurds are put back into discipline if they ask for their rights", said Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk.
• Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens France after Munster attack 

  Ignoring the fact that almost all the assailants that carried out terrorist attacks in Europe so far came to Europe through Turkey, Erdoğan continued his threats against western countries.
• NGOs against German arms trade with Turkey 

  More than a hundred NGOs decided to monitor the Berlin government's green light to arms trade and set up an International Information Network called "Global Net - Stop the Arms trade".
• Jaafari: “Ankara needs to withdraw their soldiers from Afrin” 

  Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations Bashar Jaafari stated that they are hoping that the triple mechanism made up of Russia, Iran and Turkey will pressure Turkey to withdraw their military units.
• Kurdish officials: Is Germany a state of law or a police state? 

  German police conducted a raid on the Democratic Kurdish Society Center in Hannover on Thursday. Kurdish officials condemned the raid and the German government’s criminal cooperation with the Turkish state.
• German police confiscate materials in ongoing raid on NAV-DEM 

  As the search of the Kurdish association NAV-DEM in Hannover continues, the police confiscated materials of the association.
• French MP to Turkish Ambassador: We stand with Kurdish insurgents 

  A commission meeting held in the French parliament and attended by Turkish Ambassador witnessed harsh criticism towards the Turkish state. A deputy from the Communist Party mentioned “barbarity” and “ethnic cleansing”.
• German police raid Kurdish association NAV-DEM in Hannover 

  German police conducted a raid on Kurdish association NAV-DEM in Hannover.
• Swiss MPs: “Turkish state commits crimes, stop weapons sales” 

  23 Swiss MPs submitted a joint inquiry, pointing out that the Turkish state is in violation of international law in Afrin, and demanded that Switzerland stop selling military equipment to Turkey urgently.
• Syria’s future becomes more complicated in Turkish capital 

  Russia, Iran and Turkey came together in a summit in Ankara to discuss the future of Syria. This summit was held in the gardens of an invading force in Syria, and as expected, ended in insolubility.
• 17-month prison sentence for HDP's Baydemir approved 

  The 17-month prison sentence issued to HDP MP Osman Baydemir has been approved. Baydemir’s MP status may also be voided.
• 25 detained in raid on HDP office in Istanbul 

  Police raided the HDP office in Avcılar, Istanbul and detained several people.
• Money sent to Erdoğan stir the EU up 

  Several EU countries are protesting Brussels as the Erdoğan regime siphoned European Union funds given to Turkey to be spent on refugees. The countries including Germany say, “Turkey must first implement the projects they already received funds for.”
• Birthday greetings to jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan 

  The trade union based Freedom for Öcalan Campaign has asked the British Ambassador to Turkey to help them deliver birthday greetings to jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Syria’s future discussed in invader’s capital 

  Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and their Iranian counterpart Hasan Rouhani met in Ankara for a Syria summit.
• HDP and DTK members prevented from going to Öcalan’s village 

  A group of HDP and DTK members that were on their way to Kurdish leader Öcalan’s village Amara on his birthday have been blocked in Halfeti.
• Two Italian municipalities award Öcalan with Honorary Citizenship 

  Two more municipalities in Italy have awarded Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan with Honorary Citizenship, bringing the total number to 9.
• 9 Boğaziçi University students jailed for defending Afrin 

  Out of the 15 Boğaziçi University students who were detained three weeks ago for protesting those celebrating the invasion of Afrin, 9 have been jailed while the other 6 were released on condition of judicial control.
• 50 new PKK investigations in Germany in two months 

  According to the Federal Prosecutor's Office, 50 new investigations have been initiated in the first two months of 2018 on suspicion of links to the PKK.
• Turkey’s violation of the UN Security Council resolution in Afrin 

  Afrin city and its neighborhoods are still under barbaric bombardment by the Turkish invasion airstrikes, which target neighborhoods and public facilities. The children's section of Afrin Hospital was the target of airstrikes on 13 March.
• HDP Deputy Co-chair taken into custody 

  The AKP regime continues its political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives.
• Two musicians detained for singing in Kurdish in a wedding 

  Police raided a wedding celebration and detained the musicians who were singing in Kurdish.
• Campaign to boycott tourism in Turkey 

  One of the main sources of income of the Turkish regime is tourism. With the invasion of Afrin and the civilian massacres, another boycott tourism campaign has been launched on social networks.
• Afrin: Resettlement from East Ghouta, then Idlib and Atme 

  After the forced eviction of the population of Afrin, Salafist groups from East Ghouta are settled in the city. In the further course, thousands of people from Idlib and the refugee camp Atme are to be brought to Afrin.
• Bomb attack injures 17 in Raqqa 

  Two people carried out a bomb attack with a motorbike in Raqqa at 22:00 last night, leaving 17 people injured.