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• Police take DEM Party Youth Assembly member Çakmak into custody  

  DEM Party Youth Assembly member Kemal Çakmak was taken into custody in Bozova.
• Public meeting in Bremen to call for participation in Cologne march 

  Preparations for the February 17 march in Cologne continue at full speed. A public meeting and tradesmen visits were held in Bremen. Women called for participation in the march.
• Inflation rate was 129% says ENAG and not 64.86 as stated by TurkStat 

  The war on numbers continues in Turkey with the government trying to deny the heavy economic crisis. Inflation rate was 129% according to ENAG and 64.86 according to TurkStat.
• DEM Party brings the Parliament's decision to dismiss Atalay to Constitutional Court 

  The DEM Party brought the Parliament's decision to dismiss Atalay to the Constitutional Court.
• DEM Party Co-Chair meets with earthquake victims in Maraş 

  6 February marks the first anniversary of the twin Maraş-centered earthquakes that devastated large parts of at least 11 southern and eastern cities in Turkey last year, affecting more than 13 million people and leaving tens of thousands dead.
• Preparations finalised for the Kurdish Conference in London  

  Preparations have been finalised for the 3rd Annual Kurdish Conference to be held in London on 15 February with the participation of many personalities from politics, academia and women's organisations.
• Activists in Berlin demand freedom for Öcalan 

  On the second day of the march in Berlin, activists marched from Alexanderplatz to Brandenburger Tor.
• KON-MED working hard to ensure everyone will attend march for freedom in Cologne 

  KON-MED is working hard to ensure that everyone, from seven to seventy, in Germany will attend the big march to be held in Cologne for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan on 17 February.
• March from Zaandam to Amsterdam ends 

  The long march started by the Kurdish Youth Movements from Zaandam to Amsterdam yesterday has ended enthusiastically at the central station.
• Long march demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 14 

  Kurdish activists have completed the 14th stage of the 25-day-long march demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Justice for Kurds" as part of the international campaign "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, a Political Solution to the Kurdish Question".
• 8 politicians tried in the Kobanê Case remain in prison 

  The release request for the 18 politicians tried in the Kobanê Case was rejected.
• DEM Party executive Muhammed Ayten sent to prison 

  DEM Party executive Muhammed Ayten sent to prison on the allegation of "membership in an illegal organisation".
• Socialists on day 2 of hunger strike against isolation 

  A demonstration was staged in Basel on the second day of the 3-day hunger strike started by socialists in support of the hunger strikes of PKK and PAJK prisoners in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan demanding the end of the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurdish youth activists march in Amsterdam, demanding freedom for Öcalan 

  Members of TCŞ and TekoJIN marched in Amsterdam against the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Young people in Muş send 50 letters to Abdullah Öcalan 

  Young people in Muş sent 50 letters to Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Social Contract in North-East Syria presented in Madrid  

  PYD politician Mizgîn Ahmed presented the new Social Contract for the democratic autonomous region of Northern and Eastern Syria at the Fundación Anselmo Lorenzo in Madrid.
• Activists in Lucerne introduce Öcalan's paradigm through his books 

  Activists in Lucerne introduced Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan through prepared brochures, as well as his books and speeches.
• Peace Mothers send messages of support to the long march in France 

  As the 25-day-long march for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues in France, Peace Mothers saluted the activists and conveyed their support.
• Freedom March from Paris to Strasbourg on its 12th day 

  The march for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan continued today in the Paris suburb of Villeneuve Saint Georges.
• KON-MED Co-Chair visits activists on solidarity hunger strike in Cologne 

  Members of AVEG-KON, SKB, Young Struggle and TSP started a 3-day hunger strike in Cologne today to support the demands of prisoners on hunger strike in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan.
• Socialists from Turkey go on solidarity hunger strikes in Cologne, Paris, Basel and London 

  Socialists abroad started three-day hunger strikes in four European countries to demand freedom for all political prisoners and an end to the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Action for the "100,000 cards for Öcalan" takes place in Payerne 

  The campaign “100,000 cards for Öcalan” has reached the Swiss city of Payerne. Dozens of cards were written and sent to Imrali.
• Chamber of Architests protests lack of transparency in work on Diyarbakır Prison No. 5  

  The Chamber of Architects protested the lack of transparency in the process of turning Diyarbakır Prison No. 5 into a museum.
• Venturini: Öcalan is a key figure not only for the Kurdish movement but for the whole Middle East 

  Italian professor Federico Venturin said that Öcalan is a key figure in the search for peace.
• Bayındır: We will not give up 

  Despite a decision by the Constitutional Court, the imprisoned TIP Hatay MP, Can Atalay, was deprived of his mandate. DBP MP Bayındır described the procedure as a “coup mechanism”.