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• DBP member and People's Assembly co-chair murdered in Silopi 

  It came out that DBP Assembly member Sêvê Demir, Silopi People's Assembly co-chair Pakize Nayır and KJA activist Fatma Uyar are among the four people murdered by state forces in Şırnak's Silopi district yesterday.
• 37 people detained in Silopi 

  As many as 37 people have been taken into custody in Silopi district of Şırnak where onslaught by Turkish forces against the areas of self-rule continues for 23 days.
• 4th day of hunger strike by families to reclaim the bodies of their children 

  Amed's Sur district remains under onslaught by Turkish forces for over one month now. While attacks result in a growing number of casualties every day, state forces are holding the bodies of some civilians they killed in the district.
• People flock to Dicle neighborhood to reclaim the bodies of slain civilians 

  State forces conducted a heavy aggression on Şırnak's central Dicle neighborhood at around 23:30 last night, killing two civilians who remain unidentified.
• DBP Amed office raided by special operation police 

  Special operation police teams have raided provincial office of Party of Democratic Regions (DBP) in the main Kurdish city Amed.
• Four more people murdered in Silopi 

  In Silopi district of Şırnak where a state of siege continues for 23 days, bodies of four slain civilians have been brought to Silopi State Hospital.
• Man shot by police in Cizre dies 

  Attacks by state forces have claimed yet another civilian life in Cizre district of Şırnak where a curfew and onslaught continues for 23 days.
• Tanks shelling neighborhoods in Cizre 

  As genocidal attacks by state forces continue in Şırnak's Cizre district for the 23rd day, tanks deployed in town centre have started to shell neighborhoods.
• Two civilians murdered by special operation police in Şırnak 

  Special operation police have murdered two people in Şırnak last night.
• Turkish document of massacre: Our state is in a difficult period 

  An official document has been revealed detailing the background of the blatant massacre committed by Turkish state forces against the civilian population in North Kurdistan.
• 155 years prison sentence for 13 Kurdish politicians in KCK Van case 

  A total of 155 years prison sentence has been given to 13 Kurdish politicians tried in the so-called KCK trial in Van province.
• Urgent call for Silopi and Cizre 

  Şırnak branches of DBP and HDP have called for urgent action for Silopi and Cizre districts where people are under a threat of imminent massacre.
• Botan Initiative: State forces in Silopi are executing people one by one 

  Botan Democratic People's Initiative has released a statement calling on Kurdish people to rise up as state forces have started executions in Şırnak's Silopi district.
• AFAD camp sheltering Êzîdîs evacuated and occupied by Turkish forces 

  Turkish security forces have today forcibly evacuated the AFAD camp sheltering Êzîdîs in Nusaybin district of Mardin.
• 20 detained as thousands are forced to leave Silopi 

  As the self-rule resistance of people continues in Şırnak's Silopi district for the 22nd day, Turkish military and police forces are intensifying their attacks on neighborhoods in an effort to force the people to leave the town.
• Civilian shot by police in Cizre dies 

  In the 22nd day of the onslaught against popular self-rule resistance, state forces continue terrorizing people under an uninterrupted aggression in Şırnak's Cizre district.
• 46 village guards in Silopi lay down arms: We won't fight our people 

  As the Turkish state continues to intensify its attacks on the Kurdish people in North Kurdistan territory, dozens of village guards in Silopi have laid down arms “to not be an accomplice to the state terror”.
• Cizre People's Assembly co-chair: We are not going anywhere 

  The popular resistance against the state of siege by Turkish forces has left three weeks behind in Cizre and Silopi districts of Şırnak.
• Co-mayor of Çatak jailed for “possibility of declaring self-rule” 

  Co-mayor of DBP-held Çatak municipality, in Van province, has been jailed due to her remarks on self-rule project of the Kurdish people living in Turkey.
• HPG releases balance sheet of war for 2015 

  People's Defense Forces Press Office (HPG-BIM) has released the balance sheet of war in North and South Kurdistan for the year of 2015 which witnessed an effective struggle against the Turkish state and ISIS.
• İdil police station targeted by armed action 

  An armed action has targeted the police station in İdil district of Şırnak Sunday evening.
• 13 detained in police attack on demonstrators in Istanbul 

  HDP Istanbul branch and HDK Istanbul Assembly held a demo outside Galatasaray Square in Beyoğlu district today in protest at the ongoing curfew and state of siege in the Kurdish region.
• Another civilian killed in Cizre under heavy attack 

  More civilians are losing their lives as a result of the onslaught by state forces, which continues in Şırnak's Cizre district in its 21st uninterrupted day.
• Attacks by state forces kill two more civilians in Silopi 

  As the state of siege continues in Şırnak's Silopi district for the 21st day, state forces have intensified their attacks on Barbaros neighborhood since last night.
• Cannon ball fired by police hits a house in Sur, leaves one woman dead 

  Attacks by Turkish military and police forces continue in the 33rd day of the onslaught in Amed's central Sur district.