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• Tabqa women protest attacks in Ain Issa 

  Tabqa women condemned the attacks of the Turkish state and the silence of the Russian and Damascus governments, while expressing their support to the resistance in Ain Issa.
• Man on prison leave kills wife in Balıkesir 

  A man named Recep Kırtay, who was on prison leave, murdered his wife, Çiğdem Kırtay, in Balıkesir.
• Hearing of Rojbin Çetin and Yıldız Çetin adjourned 

  The hearing of the trial against Rojbin Çetin and Yıldız Çetin has been adjourned.
• TJA: AKP-MHP is erecting a fascist legal system 

  TJA responded to the arrest of Leyla Güven emphasizing that the AKP-MHP government is building a fascist legal system. "The Kurds and women declared it null and void," said TJA.
• KNK: Güven jailed for playing significant role in national unity 

  KNK Women's Commission slammed Leyla Güven's arrest and said, “Leyla played an important role in national unity efforts during an important process. For this reason, the fascist regime jailed Leyla Güven in an inhuman and brutal way”.
• 100 reasons: Women demand the release of Leyla Güven 

  In several cities in Germany and the Netherlands, women protested against the arrest of Kurdish politician Leyla Güven in Turkey. The actions took place as part of the campaign "100 reasons to condemn the dictator".
• Women’s organizations: Leyla Güven is the will of women 

  Women's organizations opposing the arrest of DTK co-chair and Hakkari Deputy Leyla Güven said, "Leyla Güven, who has always fought injustice and unlawfulness, is the will of women."
• TJK-E: Let's be the voice of Leyla Güven 

  The Kurdish Women’s Movement in Europe (TJK-E) said: "We will continue our struggle until the real criminal, Erdogan, is brought to justice. We call on everyone to be the voice of Leyla Güven. Leyla Güven is our honor."
• Dersim Women's Platform calls for mass protest for Gülistan Doku 

  January 5 marks the first anniversary of the disappearance of Kurdish student Gülistan Doku from Dersim. On this occasion, the local women's platform calls for a mass protest against state-sponsored patriarchal violence.
• Man kills wife in Konya 

  Muhammed K. murdered Esma Nur K. in Karatay,  Konya. The couple who was in the process of divorce.
• The missing women of Afrin 

  The Missing Afrin Women Project has recorded over 200 cases of women abducted by mercenaries since the invasion of Afrin in March 2018.
• Ibrahim: Turkish state targets Kurdish women 

  The Co-chair of the Lawyers Union in al-Jazira region indicated that the will of the Kurdish women was targeted by the Turkish state, which enacted laws according to its mentality, and said: "The relevant institutions are in that sleep of death."
• YJA Star announces death of commander Aryana Baran 

  Guerrilla commander Aryana Baran has succumbed to cancer in the Medya Defense Zones. YJA-Star remembers the commander who fought in the Kurdish mountains for over twenty years.
• Mother Taybet commemorated where she was killed 

  Mother Taybet, one of the symbolic figures of the self-government resistance, was commemorated in Silopi on the 5th year of her murder.
• Women in Maxmur on hunger strike against the isolation of Öcalan 

  Women from Makhmur launched a hunger strike against the isolation of the Kurdish People's Leader.
• Women from Raqqa condemn Turkey’s war crimes 

  Women in Raqqa call upon the international community to do their humanitarian duty and to take action against the conspiracies and attacks targeting the people in the region.
• Man kills wife in Istanbul 

  A woman named Seher Çatalca was murdered by her husband, Ceyhun Çatalca, with a cutting tool in Tuzla.
• Women in Hamburg take action in solidarity with Meryem S. 

  In Hamburg, an international women's alliance protested against femicide and expressed solidarity with Meyrem S. the Kurdish woman seriously injured by her ex-husband who also injured her two children.
• Man kills woman in Antalya 

  A man named Erhan Razı killed his friend Karina Demchenko in Muratpaşa.
• Online meeting today addresses violence against women in Turkey 

  Over the past years the incidence of violence against women, including the murder of women by men, Femicide, has steadily increased in Turkey. Online meeting today to talked about these issues.
• TJA activist faces a prison sentence of up to 15 years 

  TJA activist Gülcihan Şimşek faces between 7,5 and 15 years in prison for alleged "membership in a terrorist organization".
• Two more women murdered in Turkey 

  Two women have been killed in Turkey.
• "100 Reasons" campaign in Melbourne 

  Signatures have been collected in Melbourne for the "100 Reasons" campaign initiated by the Kurdish women's movement to prosecute Erdogan for his crimes and stop feminicides.
• Summary of proceedings against HDP Amed MP Güzel 

  A summary of proceedings was prepared about HDP Amed MP Semra Güzel for the cards she sent to prisoners to celebrate 8 March, which was considered ‘propaganda for a terrorist organisation’.
• "The dictator must be brought to justice" 

  Actions have taken place in Belgium, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark as part of the "100 Reasons to prosecute the dictator" campaign. The Kurdish women's movement wants to bring "dictator Erdogan" to justice.