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11:22

Melike Alp, Kurdish human rights defender, was found dead in the rubble of Diyarbakır’s Galeria Business Center, which collapsed in the earthquakes that hit Maraş on February 6, 2023, on the ninth day of the earthquakes.

10:33

Afrin is one of the cities affected by two earthquakes that occurred in Maraş. However, the Turkish state blocks humanitarian aid sent to the region. “The Turkish state violates international conventions,” said lawyer Rûşîn Hido.

09:23

Students in the Makhmur refugee camp say that they will break the isolation imposed upon Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan by strengthening their struggle and ensuring his physical freedom.

08:37

People living in the mountainous villages of Pazarcık cannot stay in tents due to the freezing temperature. Earthquake victims of Bozlar village, who have been taking shelter in the village school say, “The state does not see us.”

14:31

At least 31,974 people have lost their lives in the earthquakes, according to the latest figures from Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD). The death toll is expected to keep rising.

13:58

The popular uprising that started in Rojhilat and Iran has entered its sixth month. Last evening, people took to the streets in many cities to protest the regime.

12:36

The aid campaign planned to be launched by some women in the city of Sardasht has been prevented by the Iranian government. “We feel sad for not helping earthquake victims,” the women said.

10:50

The Kobanê movie will be screened in Vienna by the Rojava Film Commune to be in solidarity with earthquake victims.

10:21

Many buildings and houses collapsed and were damaged when two major earthquakes shook 10 cities in Turkey. In Pazarcık, children, who have no house anymore, built a house made of cardboard.

09:48

Pediatric nurse Xece Konu, who came from Switzerland to Pazarcık to help earthquake victims, said, “You cannot understand the situation in Pazarcık without seeing it. More people are needed to help.”

08:44

Established by the Women's Coalition to provide aid to earthquake victims, Disaster Coordination Network calls for international solidarity.

16:31

Iranian activist Khadijeh Mehdipour has been released from prison.

16:28

Displaced people of Afrin held a march in the Til Koçber village of Shahba to protest the ongoing siege imposed by the Syrian government.

14:02

The number of people who have lost their lives in the earthquake is increasing. Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) has announced that the death toll has risen to 31,643.

13:32

Women of Kobanê say that the people of Bakurê Kurdistan mobilized to fight ISIS in Kobanê, emphasizing that they share the pain of people of Bakurê Kurdistan, who have been suffering from the earthquake that hit Maraş, and stand by them.

11:44

Some villages of Pazarcık have been almost wiped off the map due to the earthquake that hit the district on February 6, 2023. Reacting to the late rescue efforts, village women said that they took dead bodies out of debris and that children ate nothing fo

09:21

Time stopped for the people of Elbistan when the second major earthquake hit the district. For the citizens of Elbistan, who describe the earthquakes as ‘Cataclysm’, life will never be the same again.

08:23

At least 100 people have lost their lives in Syria and Rojava due to the earthquake that hit Turkey in the morning.

08:22

A major earthquake of magnitude 7.4 hit Kurdish cities in the morning at 04.17, killing many people as many buildings collapsed.

14:45

Speaking about the aggravated isolation imposed on Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan, Şeyma Edanan, co-chair of the Freedom Movement in the Germiyan region of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, said “Global protests should be held to break the isolation