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• Cizre families detained by police on their way to the basements 

  Police detained families marching to basements in Cizre to reach the trapped people feared massacred by Turkish forces
• DIHA reporter detained in Cizre 

  As the Turkish state's war against the Kurdish people continues, members of Kurdish press are also targeted by state forces in an effort to hinder the exposure of truths of the ongoing coflict in the Kurdish region.
• 30 more corpses brought from Cizre to Urfa for autopsy 

  Bodies of 30 more victims of Cizre basement massacre have been brought to Urfa province last night.
• Families of basement victims still prevented from entering Cizre 

  Families of wounded people trapped in the basements of savagery in Cizre were prevented from entering the town once again.
• 31 more corpses retrieved from the scene of Cizre massacre 

  31 more corpses have been recovered from the area of the basements in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood where dozens of trapped people were massacred while awaiting evacuation 3 days ago.
• HDP invites EU institutions to protect values and universal principles 

  HDP Co-chairs have written a letter inviting European Union institutions to protect democratic values and universal principles all together in the face of the recent developments and escalating conflict in the Kurdish region of Turkey.
• Has another massacre been committed in the third basement in Cizre? 

  Turkish Minister's statement “Operations in Cizre have ended”, and the ongoing failure of access to the third basement strengthen doubts over a massacre like what happened in the other two basements in which state forces killed dozens in mass.
• HDP Co-President Demirtaş: Genocide committed in Cizre 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş stated that genocide was taking place in Cizre, and called upon everyone to increase the level of resistance. Demirtaş noted that Cizre would not kneel down before AKP policies.
• No contact with the 3rd basement, smokes rising around the building 

  No news has been received since yesterday from the third basement of atrocity in Cizre's Sur neighborhood where 45 people had taken shelter amid the ongoing onslaught and aggression by state forces.
• Heavy clashes between YPS and state forces in Şırnak 

  Turkish state forces have started an aggression on Yeni neighborhood of Şırnak province Thursday noon, to which Civilian Defense Units YPS/YPS-Jin and residents are responding with self-defense.
• Police attack civilians on their way to evacuate people in Cizre basement 

  Police attacked the civilians who were on their way to evacuate the 23 wounded people trapped in a basement in Cizre’s Sur neighborhood, where 22 civilians have died since yesterday.
• Families to march to the third basement where one more wounded dies 

  One more wounded civilian, who was trapped in a basement in Sur neighborhood where 21 wounded people had been killed yesterday, died today. The death toll increased to 22, and 23 wounded people still wait for ambulances in the basement.
• 28 specialist sergeants refusing to fight in Sur resign from duty 

  28 specialist sergeants serving under the command of Brigadier General Aydoğan Aydın have resigned from duty refusing to participate in the operation in Amed's central Sur district.
• YPG takes control of Menagh Military Airbase and Minîh village 

  YPG and Jaysh Al-Thuwar forces took control of Menagh Military Airbase and the village of Minîh.
• One youth killed amid attacks by state forces in Gever 

  One youth has been killed in Gever (Yüksekova) district of Hakkari where attacks by state forces continue since late yesterday.
• Two identified victims of Cizre massacre from the 1st basement 

  2 of the 8 bodies sent from Cizre to Urfa for autopsy have been idetified as Sultan Irmak and Fehmi Dinç.
• Latest situation in Cizre: 66 massacred, no news from 73 others 

  While people trapped in basements are being massacred by state forces in Cizre town of Şırnak, dozens of corpses have been taken to hospital and no news is received from many others facing a threat of imminent execution.
• People in the 3rd basement cannot breathe due to tear gas fired by police 

  20 slain and 25 wounded people trapped in a building in Cizre's Sur neighborhood remain under fire by state forces.
• 12 more corpses retrieved from the scene of Cizre massacre 

  Death toll is increasing in the massacre committed by Turkish state forces against dozens trapped in a basement in Cudi neighborhood of Şırnak's Cizre district 2 days ago.
• Bodies of Cizre basement victims dismembered and unidentifiable 

  A total of 27 burnt and fragmented corpses were retrieved from the scene of the massacre committed by Turkish state forces in a basement in Şırnak's Cizre district 2 days ago.
• HDP calls upon international organizations to take urgent action for Sur 

  HDP MP Sibel Yiğitalp wrote a letter to international organizations calling for urgent action against the ongoing denial of families retrieval of bodies of their children killed in the central Sur district of Diyarbakır.
• Turkish airstrikes against guerrilla areas in South Kurdistan continue 

  Turkish military continues to conduct airstrikes against PKK-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• Derya Koç in the third basement: We could be massacred anytime 

  It came out that Turkish forces committed yet another savagery in another basement in Şırnak's Cizre district where as many as 40 people had taken shelter and remained trapped for days.
• Another savagery in Cizre: 20-25 people burned to death 

  It came out that Turkish forces committed yet another savagery in Şırnak's Cizre district following the savage massacre of dozens in two basements in Cudi neighborhood two days ago.
• Autopsy begins on 8 corpses brought to Mardin from Cizre basement 

  Out of the 27 burnt and fragmented corpses retrieved from the scene of Cizre massacre yesterday, 8 have been brought to Mardin and taken under post-mortem examination.