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• Soma trial adjourned until 15 April 

  The trial of 45 people, 8 of them in custody, charged with responsibility for the mine disaster in Soma which resulted in the deaths of 301 miners, has been adjourned until 15 April after protests from widows of the miners.
• YPG operation in Minîfê Avî village 

  YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have launched an offensive against ISIS gang groups in the village of Minîfê Avî to the southeast of Kobanê Canton of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Tuncel: Provocation in Ağrı instigated by AKP 

  HDP MPs Pervin Buldan and Sebahat Tuncel evaluated the incidents that took place in the Diyadin district of Ağrı at the weekend. A HDP delegation is to visit the province today.
• KNK condemns Turkish military operation in Ağrı 

  KNK has released a statement condemning the Turkish Armed Forces operation that began just before the Spring Festival and tree planting event that was scheduled to take place on Mount Tendürek in the Diyadin town of Ağrı on 11 April.
• Demirtaş: Operation in Ağrı is a provocation for the sake of more votes 

  HDP Co-president Selahattin Demirtaş made a speech at a solidarity dinner organised by the HDP’s Ankara branch at the Neva Palas Hotel, saying what took place in Ağrı on 11 April was an election provocation by the AKP government.
• YPG: 75 gang members killed in Cizîrê and Kobanê 

  The YPG Press Office has announced that 58 gang members have been killed in clashes in Cizîrê Canton since 8 April, while 17 others were killed in clashes with the ISIS gangs last night and today in Kobanê canton.
• Budak killed by Turkish soldiers laid to rest 

  Thousands bid farewell in Diyadin to former DBP Diyadin co-chair who went to the scene of an operation by the Turkish army as a human shield and lost his life as a result of the fire opened by soldiers from helicopter.
• Prof. Harvey: Rojava must be defended 

  Prof. David Harvey called for worldwide support for the alternative system to capitalism being established in Rojava.
• DBP delegation on the way to the operation area 

  A delegation of the DBP has left for the operation area in Ağrı where HDP Diyadin former co-chair Cezmi Budak and a guerrilla lost their lives as a result of fire opened by Turkish soldiers from helicopters yesterday.
• YPG launches operation to liberate Derfilitî village 

  Fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have launched an operation to liberate the village of Derfilitî in Kobanê Canton of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant to start on 14 April 

  The construction of the infrastructure of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant is to be started on 14 April with a ceremony attended by the Energy Minister Taner Yıldız, despite protests and court complaints.
• Body of Cezmi Budak sent to Erzurum for post-mortem 

  Former co-chair of HDP Diyadin organisation Cezmi Budak lost his life as soldiers attacked the civilians in the area of a military operation in Ağrı yesterday.
• Shops closed in Ağrı to protest the military operation 

  Local people in Doğubayazıt and Diyadin districts of Ağrı have taken down the shutters today to protest against yesterday's military operation of the Turkish army at Mountain Tendürek.
• Different statements from Ala and Erdoğan on clashes in Ağrı 

  Former Interior Minister Efkan Ala and President Tayyip Erdoğan made contradictory statements about the clashes between HPG (People's Defense Forces) guerrillas and Turkish soldiers in a rural area in Ağrı province of North Kurdistan yesterday.
• Body of Budak killed by soldiers taken to hospital morgue 

  Body of former co-chair of HDP Diyadin organisation, Cezmi Budak, who was killed by Turkish soldiers in Ağrı today has been taken to Diyadin State Hospital's morgue.
• Turkish army launches another operation in Siirt 

  Turkish army has launched yet another military operation in Garisa region between Eruh and Pervari districts of Siirt province.
• Soldiers open fire on human shields in Ağrı, one killed, one wounded 

  While the clash in Ağrı is reported to be continuing, Turkish soldiers have attacked the civilians who went to the area of clashes to act as human shields in order for the operation to end without leaving casualties.
• Demirtaş: General Staff should stop serving the AKP 

  Clash has been reported between HPG (People's Defense Forces) guerrillas and Turkish soldiers in a rural area in Ağrı province of North Kurdistan today.
• DBP and HDP youth go into action for Hasankeyf 

  Young members of the HDP and BDP are mobilising to oppose the construction of the Iliisu dam, which will submerge the ancient town of Hasankeyf and displace 80 thousand people from their homes.
• Armenian Parliament: Yazidis need urgent aid 

  The Armenian Parliament has debated the massacres of Yazidis by ISIS and called on international organisations to provide aid.
• Syriac associations and organisations declare support for HDP 

  Syriac associations and organisations have issued a written statement declaring support for the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) in the upcoming general elections on June 7 in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Youth wounded by police in Kobanê demos dies 

  17 year old Serhat Savaş who was wounded by police during October's Kobanê demonstrations in Istanbul, has lost his life.
• Images from HDP meeting introducing candidates 

  The HDP meeting which drew intense interest witnessed great excitement as Co-presidents Figen Yüksekdağ and Selahattin Demirtaş introduced its 550 candidates for a 'New Life'.
• KCK: Everyone should work night and day in election campaign 

  The KCK Executive Council Co-presidency has called for mass participation in the 7 June general election campaign.
• HDP opens the door into a 'New Life' 

  The HDP has introduced its parliamentary candidates at a meeting in Ankara.