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• HDP Spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen detained at Ankara airport 

  HDP Spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen has been detained at Ankara's Esenboğa Airport Sunday morning.
• HDP MP Hüda Kaya released on conditions of judicial control 

  HDP Istanbul MP Hüda Kaya has been released on conditions of judicial control after her detention in Afyon province last night.
• Detained HDP MP Hüda Kaya taken to court in Amed 

  HDP Istanbul MP Hüda Kaya who was detained in Afyon last night, has been taken to Amed to give her statement.
• HDP's Hüda Kaya held at İzmir airport for 12 hours 

  HDP Istanbul MP Hüda Kaya who was detained and handcuffed in Afyon last night, is being held at Adnan Menderes Airport in the western province of İzmir for 12 hours.
• HDP MPs Beştaş and Kaya detained during police raids 

  Turkish police conducted operations against HDP parliamentarians last night.
• HDP MPs have talks with European officials during PACE sessions 

  The HPD parliamentarians who participated in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe meetings that began in Strasbourg on Monday and ended today met with several European officials.
• NAV-DEM calls for participation in the demonstrations across Germany 

  NAV-DEM called for strong participation in the marches and rallies that will be held with the motto "Freedom for Öcalan, status for Kurdistan" across Germany tomorrow.
• What did the PYD and Russia discuss in Moscow? 

  PYD Representative to France Xalid İsa spoke to ANF on the meeting they attended in Moscow on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s invitation.
• Turkish forces kill at least 10 more civilians in al-Bab 

  With the recent Turkish attacks and casualties, the number of citizens killed by Turkish shelling and attacks in al-Bab city and its countryside since November has risen to 303.
• PACE concerned over Turkey's revised constitution and referendum 

  PACE Monitoring Committee expressed serious doubts about the desirability of holding a referendum under the state of emergency and on-going security operations in southeast Turkey.
• HDP's Baluken to stand trial on Monday 

  The first trial of the case for which HDP deputy co-chair İdris Baluken was jailed will be held on January 30.
• Moscow meeting on Syria, attended by 14 constituents, ends 

  14 constituents including Rojava's Democratic Union Party ( PYD) participated in the meeting on Syria in Moscow.
• PEN International delegation visits HDP in Ankara 

  A PEN International delegation has met with a HDP delegation in Ankara today and expressed their deep concern over the repression of freedom of expression and the persecution of writers in Turkey.
• Rojava Delegation in Moscow: Negotiations that exclude us will fail 

  Democratic Autonomy Administration’s Representative to France who arrived in Moscow after the invitation of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, said “We represent all of the colors in Syria. Negotiations that exclude us will not succeed.”
• Russia invites PYD delegation to Moscow 

  Russia has invited 3 PYD officials to Moscow. The PYD delegation will meet with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
• Journalists Arzu Demir sentenced to 6 years in prison due to her books 

  ETHA and ANF reporter Arzu Demir has been sentenced to a total of 6 years in prison in two separate cases against her books “The Womanly State of the Mountain” and “Rojava State of the Revolution”.
• Zurich Mayor writes a letter to Kışanak: We support your struggle 

  In a letter to arrested Amed Co-mayor Gültan Kışanak, Zurich Mayor Corine Mauch said “We support your struggle for freedom and democracy.”
• HDP Party Assembly member Ahmet Kaya formally arrested 

  Detained in Ankara yesterday, HDP Party Assembly member Ahmet Kaya has been formally arrested and sent to prison today.
• 37 teachers detained in İzmir and two jailed journalists held in isolation 

  The political genocide practices of the AKP/Palace regime continue both across the country and in prisons.
• Minor injured in Adana prison fire dies 

  Jailed minor Ferhat Kaya who got injured in the fire that broke out in an Adana prison last week, has died after 8 days of struggle for life.
• Detained HDP MPs released after “forced court appearance” 

  HDP deputies Osman Baydemir, Ahmet Yıldırım, Mehmet Emin Adıyaman and İmam Taşçıer who were detained earlier today, have been released after “forced court appearance”.
• ISIS attacks on liberated villages to the west of Raqqa repelled 

  Wrath of Euphrates fighters have repelled the ISIS attacks on liberated villages to the west of Raqqa, during which many ISIS members were killed.
• HDP Iğdır MP detained for “forced court appearance” in Istanbul 

  HDP Iğdır MP Mehmet Emin Adıyaman has been detained in Istanbul this morning and taken to court to give a statement.
• Germany sentences Kurdish politician Ahmet Çelik to 3 years in prison 

  Kurdish politician Ahmet Çelik who is already jailed for 1,5 years in Cologne, Germany has been sentenced to 3 years in prison.
• Astana meeting on Syria ends up with fiasco 

  The 'Syrian talks' commenced in Astana yesterday have ended up with fiasco, as was expected.