Gendermerie Special Operations teams beat 78 year old Yemlihan Yıldırım in the rural neighborhood of Diyarbakır where they went to the raid with 7 helicopters.
Tülay Hatimoğulları and Mehmet Rüştü Tiryaki were elected as the HDP 4th Ordinary Grand Congress Co-Chairs of Council. Hatimoğlu said 'The solution is in the powers of democracy.'
There is an intense interest in the 4th Great Ordinary Congress of HDP. People are waiting in line to enter the hall, which is already almost full. 30 thousand people are expected to attend the congress.
Van-Hakkari Medical Chamber Board Member Dr. Hüseyin Yaviç said that the border gates should be closed temporarily, the necessary isolation areas should be created and the healthcare workers should be trained in this direction due to the coronavirus epidemic, which has caused the death of 5 people so far in Iran.
Making a statement before the 4th Great Ordinary Congress of HDP, HDP Batman MP Mehmet Tiryaki, stating that all the preperations are complete, invited everyone to the congress. HDP sent invitations to all parties except AKP and MHP.
Some artists and intellectuals initiated a rotating daily hunger strike action to support the members of the Grup Yorum who are on a death fast. The first name to go on a one day hunger strike was artist Pınar Aydınlar.
It was learned that the names standing out to be elected Co-Chairs in HDP's 4th Great Ordinary Congress are Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar.
DTK Co-Chair Leyla Güven who accused the AKP government of declaring everyone who is not from AKP of being a terrorist, addressed the government and said: "You can't declare 50 million people terrorists'.
The 3 buses HDP rented by the party to set off from Van to Ankara where the HDP congress to be held, was prevented from setting off by the police who claims what the buses are impounded. Later, some of the party members started walking until the buses arrived.
Many people, including HDP district co-chairs and administrators, were detained in house raids carried out in Mersin.
The conference organized by the Kurdish Language Platform in Diyarbakır has started. "All concrete steps to be taken are very important for the future of Kurdish," said Platform Spokesperson Serefxan Cizirî.
HDP Women's Council Spokesperson Dilan Dirayet Taşdemir stating that their party will demonstrate an understanding in the congress on February 23 that aspires to the country's administration, said that this understanding of administration will only be possible with a politicy marked by the struggle for the women's freedom.
A court in Diyarbakir has ruled that the European Court of Human Rights, which regards life imprisonment as a 'violation', will not implement its decision. The court pointed to the need for legal regulation to eliminate the violation.
13 people, 5 of those were kids, have been in custody for 11 days and 5 young people among these custodies have been arrested on allegations of "being a member of the organization".
Panels were held in Van and Urfa as part of the 21st February Mother Tongue Day events. In the panel speeches, it was emphasized that if the language is not spoken, it would disappear and this would mean the disappearance of the people.