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• Demo against Turkish government in Zurich: "We do not forgive, we demand accountability!" 

  Several organisations demonstrated against the Turkish government in Zurich against Ankara's organised irresponsibility in dealing with the earthquake, calling for the tyrannical Erdogan system to be smashed.
• Kurdish Youth Movement in Vienna protests isolation of Öcalan  

  Members of the Kurdish Youth Movement (TCŞ) protested the Turkish state and the isolation of Öcalan in a march in Vienna.
• Activists in Vienna protest Turkish government 

  The Turkish state was protested in Vienna for its mishandling of the earthquake.
• TEHIS spokesperson says that water shortage in Hatay continues  

  TEHIS spokesperson and TOP member Tolga Kubilay Çelik rejected the Hatay Governor's statement that there is no water shortage, saying that the "people want clean water to drink."
• Earthquake survivor: The government left me to die, the workers saved me! 

  Malik Dalyan waited for help for two days after the earthquake, trapped under the rubble of his home in the borough of Armutlu in Hatay. He asked: "Have we been abandoned because we are Alevis?"
• IYI party withdraws from electoral alliance 

  Two months before the parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey, the IYI party has withdrawn from the electoral alliance with the CHP and other parties.
• Constitutional Court to hear HDP’s complaint against suspension of treasury funds 

  The Turkish Constitutional Court will hear the HDP's complaint against its exclusion from state party funding next week.
• French Communist Party calls for the annulment of proceedings to ban the HDP 

  “We strongly condemn the ban and assure the HDP of our full solidarity. We demand the annulment of the current proceedings, respect for the rule of law and freedom for all peoples of Turkey,” stated the French Communist Party.
• Parliamentary question on Turkey earthquake tabled in Switzerland 

  A parliamentary question has been tabled in the Swiss Parliament over the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Kurdistan.
• Social Freedom Party: Our relief efforts are terrorized 

  The Social Freedom Party Spokesperson Juliana Gözen said that the party’s relief efforts in the earthquake-hit cities are being "terrorized".
• ILRIG: We want to benefit from North-East Syria’s democratic autonomy experience 

  A delegation from North and East Syria which participated in the conference "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Peace and Stability in the World" in South Africa met with the International Labour Research and Information Group.
• The Forbidden Cemetery in Hatay  

  At least 5 thousand victims of the February 6 earthquake have been buried in a cemetery in Hatay, where taking pictures is prohibited. New graves are being dug to bury more dead.
• Sevgi Park in Hatay evacuated by police  

  After the Maraş-centered earthquake, the solidarity tents set up by revolutionary and civil society organizations in Sevgi Park in Hatay were removed by the police.
• Paris Massacre: Who hired killer William Malet? 

  A press conference was held at the Ahmet Kaya Kurdish Cultural Centre concerning the investigation into the murder of three Kurdish activists in Paris on December 23, 2022.
• HDP MP Tiryaki: AKP may pave the way for voter migration 

  HDP MP and a member of the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK), Mehmet Rüştü Tiryaki, said: "The AKP may pave the way for voter migration. A policy of depopulation may be introduced to force Kurds and Alevis in the earthquake area to leave their cities.”
• Lawyers renew application to visit Öcalan 

  Lawyers from the Asrın Law Office have applied to meet with their client, Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign issues statement of solidarity with Jeremy Corbyn 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign issues statement of solidarity with Jeremy Corbyn.
• "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Peace for the World and Stability Conference" issues final declaration 

  The final declaration of the "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Peace for the World and Stability Conference" held in Cape Town was published. The conference demanded the release of the Kurdish people's Leader and all other prisoners.
• Police take Left Party members into custody in Istanbul 

  Police attacked the press statement that the Left Party wanted to make in Kadıköy, to demand the government’s resignation. Many people, including Left Party PM Alper Taş, were beaten and detained.
• Ata on day 209 of protest in front of OPCW against Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  "The Turkish state killed my niece with chemicals. Why won't you investigate?" is written on a purple cardboard sign held by Xosnav Ata, who lost his nieces Gülperin Ata and Mihriban Ata in the chemical attacks of the Turkish state.
• 8 detained in police attack on demo against crackdown on NGOs after earthquake 

  The state repression against non-governmental organizations continues increasingly in the aftermath of the 6 February earthquake that devastated parts of ten cities.
• Conference for Öcalan’s freedom in Cape Town continues on day two 

  A two-day conference titled 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Peace and Stability for the World' is being held in South Africa.
• KESK: The government must resign 

  A delegation from KESK visited districts and villages in Adiyaman where the earthquake caused heavy destruction. The delegation demanded the immediate resignation of the AKP-MHP government.
• Police take many members of People's Houses into custody 

  Turkish police took many into custody, after attacking the press statement that was made in front of the Community Centers Headquarters after the Governor's Office after he ordered the emergency evacuation of the solidarity points in Defne, Hatay.
• Lawyers apply to visit Öcalan 

  Lawyers of the Asrın Law Office have applied to meet with their client, Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.