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• International delegation waiting for Ministry's answer to meet Öcalan 

  An international delegation led by Nelson Mandela's lawyer Essa Moosa has arrived in Istanbul to contribute efforts for the ending of the isolation on the Kurdish leader and the ongoing war in North Kurdistan.
• Two minors injured in police crackdown in Mersin 

  While Kurds across Turkey and North Kurdistan take to the streets to condemn the February 15 international plot against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, demos are traditionally being suppressed by police by use of force.
• 4 injured as police attack protestors in Istanbul's Gazi neighborhood 

  Hundreds have gathered in Gazi neighborhood of Istanbul's Sultangazi district to protest the ongoing siege and genocidal attacks of state forces in North Kurdistan.
• Armed attack on Kurdish protestors in Stockholm leaves one wounded 

  Kurds in Sweden staged a long march from Södertälje to Fittja district of Stockholm yesterday to condemn the February 15 international plot against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Police stops Yüksekdağ's car and utters threats with gun 

  As the Turkish state's all-out war against the Kurdish people is going on increasingly, politicians defending Kurdish rights continue to be targeted as well.
• Two injured in armed attack on HDP office in Bursa 

  HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) office in Yenişehir district of western Bursa province was targeted by an armed attack late Wednesday evening.
• Rojava Kurdistan Representation Office opens in Moscow 

  Rojava Kurdistan Democratic Autonomous Administration Representation Office has opened in Russia’s capital city Moscow Wednesday afternoon with the participation of Russian officials and Kurdish representatives.
• International delegation led by Judge Moosa asks to visit Öcalan in İmralı 

  A delegation of worldwide known names led by Judge Essa Moosa has asked to be granted a visit to Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı Prison on the 18th anniversary of the international conspiracy this February.
• 16-year-old shot by police in Adana dies 

  16-year-old youth by the name of Mahmut Çakır, who had been shot by police during a demo in the southern province of Adana on 31 January, has died.
• Turkish military activity in Jarablus continues 

  Turkish Armed Forces placed 1200 armed Turkmens under the disguise of the Free Syrian Army in the villages of Kubri and Hırbe along the border in Jarablus in early January 2016.
• Three civilians killed in attack by Turkish soldiers in Bashiqa 

  Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Mosul executive Xeyas Surçi told Rojnews that Turkish soldiers bombed the Shabak village of Fazıliyê in Bashiqa region of Mosul city.
• 3 HDP MPs start hunger strike in the Ministry of Interior 

  HDP Group Deputy co-chair İdris Baluken, deputies Meral Danış Beştaş and Osman Baydemir have started hunger strike in the office of the Turkish Interior Ministry.
• Democratic Syrian Assembly invited to Geneva-3 Conference 

  The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has invited the Democratic Syrian Assembly to the Geneva-3 Conference aimed to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria.
• Kurdish activists on hunger strike in Paris taken into custody 

  Four Kurdish activists on hunger strike outside the French parliament in Paris have been detained by police.
• Participants of Geneva-3 Conference becoming clear 

  Reliable sources told ANF that Geneva 3 Conference has been postponed for a few days due to some unresolved problems and Turkish state's ongoing efforts to hinder the participation of Kurds.
• ANHA: Turkish army has entered Jarablus 

  Hawar News Agency (ANHA) has reported that Turkish troops have entered Syrian territory through Jarablus border crossing Tuesday evening.
• Scholars in UK declare support for academics victimised in Turkey 

  Scholars associated with universities and higher education institutions in the UK and internationally have released an open letter of support for academics being victimised in Turkey.
• Academics for peace release another declaration 

  Over a thousand academics for peace who have been targeted intensely over the ‘We will not be a party to this crime' declaration, have released another statement in the face of the attacks they have faced for demanding peace against war.
• Media ban on blast at Sultanahmet Square 

  A media ban has been imposed on this morning's blast which hit the touristic Sultanahmet Square in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
• At least 10 killed in blast at Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square 

  A blast has occurred at the Sultanahmet Square in the Turkish city of Istanbul at around 10 a.m. Tuesday morning.
• Blast at Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square 

  A blast has occurred at Sultanahmet Square in the Turkish city of Istanbul Tuesday morning.
• Apoist Youth Initiative: 2 policemen killed in Istanbul 

  Apoist Youth Initiative has announced that two policemen were killed in an action conducted by their side in Istanbul yesterday.
• Families of Turkish officers arrested by guerrillas call for peace 

  Families of arrested Turkish officers have re-voiced their demand for an end to the ongoing war, for which they hold the AKP government responsible for freezing the process of resolution and escalating the war further every day.
• Turkish officers under arrest by guerrillas call for peace in the new year 

  ANF reporters have reached 8 of the Turkish officers who remain under arrest in guerrilla areas in South Kurdistan territory. Two of these are police officers, and the other six are members of the Turkish army.
• Once again Kurds are killed... 

  Turkish officials say they have started an operation to remove the trenches dug by PKK-affiliated youths in cities. Kurdish officials, on the other hand, say youths built up these barricades to protect themselves from the attacks.