The Syrian Democratic Council condemned Turkey's policies aimed at changing the demographic structure in the region and said: "More than 70 percent of Afrin's people have been displaced."
A military operation was launched in the Astenga Reş area, located in the triangle of Şîşemzîn, Xurekana Temo and Xurekana Seyîda in Yüksek(Gever).
Osman Arslan, a 76-year-old heart patient in Yüksekova(Gerver), was arrested on charges of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization".
Families whose houses were found to be damaged in Diyarbakır are forcibly removed from Yahya Kemal Beyatlı Primary School in Bağlar district.
On the 17th day of the earthquake, the image of the earthquake victim lying on the quilt on the central median of the road in the city center of Maraş became the photo of the "There is no state" condemnations.
Children and Women First Association President Müjde Tozbey said about the delivery of unaccompanied children to foundations: "If the children were not given by the state, this means that the children were kidnapped. If they were given by the state, then Minister Yanık would have committed a crime as well."
HDP Immigration and Refugees Commission Co-spokesperson Elif Bulut stated that refugees face the danger of racist escalated violence and refoulement, and made a proposal to the Ministry of Refugees to solve the refugee problem in the country.
Şenyaşar family stated when the government changes, independent courts will judge those who hide behind Erdoğan one by one.
Stating that the Kurds showed a great example of solidarity in the face of the disaster, PYD Co-Chair Salih Muslim said: “The truth of the Turkish State and the Syrian regime has also been revealed. AFAD is an institution of the fascist state, a structure affiliated with Süleyman Soylu, who feeds the gangs through IHH."
Ali Topal from the Oğlakkaya District, whose roads were not opened for 4 days during the Maraş-centered earthquake, stated that the neighborhood was not served because the AKP was not voted, and said: "As there are Kurdish and Alevi villages, aid is not brought here."
Maraş resembles a ruined city with dust and debris rising from collapsed buildings. Even though it has been 17 days since the earthquake, citizens stay in makeshift tents and carry water from burst pipes.
Condemning the attacks of Turkey on Rojava and the Federated Kurdistan Region despite its decision of inaction, the Mothers of peace said: "Turkish state furnds war instead of earthquake. If the state had sent its force, which it used to bombard the Kurdistan mountains, to earthquake areas, there would not have been so many deaths."
An earthquake of magnitude 4 occurred in the Dicle district of Diyarbakır.
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced that 6 people lost their lives and 562 people were injured, 18 of them seriously, in the Hatay-centered earthquake.
Stating that fascism against Kurds and their mother tongue emerged once again in the earthquake, NGOs said: "We will fight until Kurdish becomes the official language and the language of education."