ŞIRNEX – As Turkish state forces maintain a siege on the town of Cizre, state forces have introduced an unknown chemical agent into the sewers. Meanwhile, there has been no contact with a building where nine residents burned to death since yesterday evening.
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AMED- A shell hit a house in the Hasırlı neighborhood of Sur last night. Murat Menekçe (13) died, two children have been wounded in the house.
For 66 days, state forces have blockaded the Sur district of Diyarbakır, under the name of “curfew”. They have attacked on people with tanks and artillery in the town. A shell hit a house in the Hasırlı neighborhood last night. Murat Menekçe (13) died in the house due to the attack. Meanwhile, two children (9 and 11) have been wounded. The access of ambulance has been denied by state forces. Murat’s body was buried in a garden by his family.
The residents are tring to help the two wounded chilren. According to reports received, one of children has been seriously wounded.
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18 special operation police and soldiers were killed as a result of actions conducted by Civil Defense Units (YPS) in Şırnak, İdil and Sur on 31 January and 1 February.
PKK and PAJK prisoners in Turkish jails will go on a three-day hunger strike in protest at the isolation of Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan and genocidal attacks targeting civilian people in North Kurdistan.
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Most people in the West are blissfully unaware of what is going on in Turkey, a NATO ally, though some are shocked when they see stories about Kurds – who are the frontline against ISIS – being attacked, jailed or killed by Turkish police and paramilitaries. But those who know Turkey’s history and its dark secrets are not surprised when these atrocities happen – they have been happening for decades – against Kurds, progressives and anyone who challenges the corrupt establishment that forms successive Turkish governments.
Continue reading hereTurkey’s ‘deep state’ terror squads: the ‘spycops’ licensed to kill
The following article is a translation of an interview with a member of the YPS (Civil Defense Units) from Nusaybin in North Kurdistan / Southeast Turkey that was conducted by the German publication Lower Class Magazine. The original German version of the interview can be viewed HERE.
What is the YPS? Why are they expanding their barricades and digging trenches?
Continue reading North Kurdistan: Interview with Deniz Bagok, A YPS fighter from Nusaybin
ŞIRNAK (DİHA) – Onslaught by state forces has claimed two more civilian lives in Cizre district of Şırnak where a state of siege continues for 33 days.
During yesterday’s artillery strikes on Cudi neighborhood, cannon shells fired by Turkish forces hit a civilian house, leaving three kids inside heavily wounded.
Among these, 12-year-old Yusuf Akalın died last night, while others remained under treatment at hospital.
Yusuf’s cousin 10-year-old Büşra Akalın has also died while receiving treatment at Mardin State Hospital today.
The other kid, Dilan Akalın, remains in critical condition
SİİRT (DİHA) – Police forces conducted house raids in Şeyh Mahmut Square in Siirt centre along the day. Five people were executed by police.
While many neighborhoods in the city have been encircled by police forces since last night, the city is witnessing an activity of Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles since early this morning. Sporadic gunshots are being heard from the neighborhoods where clashes are reported to be taking place. At least one police has reportedly been killed.
In the meantime, photos have been circulated on social media purportedly of the two people being dragged on the street after their execution in last night’s raid.
ŞIRNAK (DİHA) – In Cizre district of Şırnak where a siege and curfew continues for 33 uninterrupted days, state forces continue conducting artillery strikes on neighborhoods protected by popular resistance led by youths.
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Internationalist combatants fighting in the ranks of YPG/YPJ in Rojava have saluted the self-rule resistance in Bakur (North) Kurdistan, and called upon the youths to join the resistance alongside the YPS (Civil Defense Units) and guerrilla forces. Continue reading [Kurdistán] Llamamiento de combatientes internacionalistas a unirse a la lucha en Bakur |
MÊRDÎN – As the slogan “a stone on the barricade, a stone for free life” spreads across the besieged town Nusaybin, the women who have organized defense force YPS-Jin say that women’s organizing is now inevitable.
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23 soldiers, including 12 specialist sergeants, have resigned from Turkish army due to the escalated onslaught and psychological warfare committed against the Kurdish population in Turkey. The names of these soldiers, hidden by the Turkish state fighting Kurdish people’s resistance, have been revealed.
Continue reading 23 soldiers resign from Turkish army in Şırnak