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• Demirtaş: Turkey should cooperate with PYD 

  HDP Co-president said that the operation for Suleyman Shah tomb has once again proved that the Turkish government's policy on Syria is based on faults and mistakes.
• Karayılan: Suleyman Shah Tomb operation - neither success nor victory 

  PKK Executive Committee member Murat Karayılan said the operation to move the tomb of Suleyman Shah had involved the approval of the PYD and YPG, adding that the Turkish state had also reached agreement with ISIS to ensure there was no intervention.
• Remzi Kartal: Hard work needed for electoral victory 

  Kongra-Gel co-chair Remzi Kartal said at a meeting in Amsterdam regarding the June general election in Turkey that a deliberate manipulation is at work concerning the electoral threshold that HDP faces.
• HDP delegation visits KCK executives in Kandil 

  A delegation of the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) has gone to Kandil for a meeting with KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) executives.
• Yüksek: YPG gave AKP government lesson in humanity 

  DBP Co-president Kamuran Yüksek said the AKP Government, with the draft ‘internal security’ law which is currently being debated in the Turkish parliament, wishes to abolish the constitutional right to protest.
• YPG and Turkish flags wave at the new site of the tomb 

  Flags of the Turkish state and the YPG/YPJ are waving in the village of Ashme where the tomb of Suleyman Shah is set to be relocated.
• Tent city for 1,000 people to be set up in Kobanê 

  Work has started to set up a new tent city with a capacity for 1,000 persons to the west of Kobanê for the families whose houses have been devastated in the war.
• March in Cologne against PKK ban 

  A large group of Kurdish people and their political friends held a march in Cologne on 21 February to protest the ban on the PKK.
• Tomb being moved to village under YPG/YPJ control 

  Preparations are continuing for the tomb of Suleyman Shah to be relocated in the village of Ashme, which is in the Canton of Kobanê. The village is under the control of YPG/YPJ forces.
• Buldan: Security bill is against human rights 

  Debate in the Turkish parliament on the internal security bill prepared by the AKP government continues while the opposition parties, primarily the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), is strongly opposing the bill.
• Joint operation by YPG and Turkish army on Tomb of Suleyman Shah 

  The Turkish army has carried out a joint operation to evacuate the Tomb of Suleyman Shah with YPG forces after the Kobanê Canton Defence Ministry issued permission for Turkish troops to cross into Kobanê.
• 10 articles of the internal security package approved 

  The first 10 articles of the controversial 'internal security package' were approved in Parliament earlier Sunday.
• March against PKK ban in Bremen 

  A demonstration was organised yesterday in Bremen calling for the ban on the PKK in Germany to be lifted.
• Mother Language Day marked in Kobanê 

  People in Kobanê have marked the International Mother Language Day at the martyrs' cemetery.
• Kurdish students at Ege University attacked by nationalists 

  Tensions rose at Ege University in İzmir after a nationalist group attacked the HDK (Peoples' Democratic Congress) stand opened by Kurdish students.
• Demirtaş: We will continue resisting against the internal security package 

  Demirtaş said: “The righteousness of our approach regarding the security package has been proved by the AKP deputies' attitude containing violence."
• Dutch YPG fighter treated in Germany: My heart is in Kobanê 

  YPG fighter Richard Jansen from Holland who has been brought back to Europe for treatment for an injury he sustained in clashes in Sinjar said that: “I am happy to be a part of the honorable struggle waged by the Kurds."
• YPJ fighter laid to rest by women in Van 

  YPG fighter Şirin Kalkan (Slav Dara) has been laid to rest today by women in the Edremit district of Van.
• 5 youths detained in Van 

  Five youths including DBP (Party of Democratic Regions) Erciş District Youth Assembly member were taken into custody in Edremit district of Van.
• Teachers from Kobanê visit DTK 

  Teachers from Kobanê visiting the DTK (Democratic Society Congress) in Amed said they would soon reopen schools in the war-ravaged city.
• Kurdish people in Germany to protest PKK ban 

  The ban on the PKK is to be discussed during a special session in the German Bundestag on 26 February on the basis of the Die Linke’s motion demanding the removal of the ban, which has been in effect since 1993.
• Women demand justice for Paris murders 

  The Amara Women’s Assembly in Frankfurt yesterday held its weekly justice action organized to demand justice for the three Kurdish women assassinated in Paris, Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez.
• 10 more villages liberated in Kobanê 

  Ten more villages have been liberated from the clutches of ISIS gangs on the southern front in Kobanê Canton.
• Latest poll: HDP to exceed threshold 

  According to polling carried out by the KONDA research organisation in January 2015, the HDP is set to exceed the 10% electoral threshold at the June general elections, and win over 70 seats.
• AKP deputies attack HDP and CHP deputies in parliament 

  Scuffles broke out in the Turkish Parliament last night during debate on the Internal Security Package. 6 deputies from the HDP and CHP were injured.