İstanbul Technical University has requested a written statement from the academics over order from Higher Education Council demanding to take action against academics signing the declaration.

Police have taken four students into custody by handcuffing them from behind following the protest in support of academics who are being prosecuted due to the peace statement.

Four soldiers, four police officers, and two state officers have been killed in the attacks launched in Şırnak central, İdil and Cizre districts, and Sur district of Diyarbakır province.

Police have attacked on protest held in support of Cizre in Diyarbakır, Mahmut Bulak (16) has been shot to death.

Police attacking the Cizre protest in İzmir has taken 49 persons into custody including Coşkun Üsterci from TİHV, İHD manager Gurbet Uçar, HDP Party Assembly member İbrahim Akın and KESK term spokesperson Bahri Alkan.

Contracts of six academics signing declaration of Academics for Peace have been annulled in Nişantaşı University.

Scope of the curfew in Sur district has been enlarged, sixth change has been made in the prohibition in the district since December 11, 2015.

Two funeral vehicles have been sent to Cudi neighbourhood of Cizre where an explosion has occurred within the operations. HDP MP Ferhat Encü noted that they did not have an exact number for the casualties and have not received any news from two neighbourhood for two days.

German Chancellor Merkel coming to Turkey and Prime Minister Davutoğlu have said Syrian refugee crisis will be tackled in NATO meeting.

According to the statement of TİHV, in the districts under curfew, 224 persons have been killed in six months among whom 42 were children.

HDP Şırnak MP Sarıyıldız has declared that tens of people stuck in a building in Cizre have been murdered while security forces have claimed operation was launched and conflict erupted.

HDP and BDP delegation departing Mardin to retrieve wounded in Cizre district have been restrained from entering the district.

Celal Cahit Agar; Ph.D candidate and Research Assistant, and Steffen Böhm; Professor in Organization Studies at University of Exeter have published an article on the news website “The Conversation” to declare the support of academics from the University of Exeter for their colleagues in Turkey.

Following the attack on a building, fire has broken out which has led to nine persons lose their lives. Still no news have been received yet regarding the injured who had taken shelter and got stuck in the basement of another building in the same district.

Prof. Dr. Akdeniz has commented on investigations launched into academics signing declaration entitled “We will not be a party to this crime”.

Medical team departing from Şırnak Municipality to reach the wounded awaiting help had to return because of shootings.

HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş telling they will themselves go to basement to provide aid for the wounded said, “We hope the people in there are still alive”.

Eğitim-Sen members trying to enter Yıldız Technical University for solidarity with signatory academics during their plea who face investigations haven’t been allowed inside the campus.

ECtHR has rejected the request for an interlocutory injunction for the injured stuck in the basement in Cizre but has provided to take all kinds of measure necessary for their health situation and treatment.

Hunger strike started by three HDP MPs aiming to have wounded in Cizre receive aid continues on its ninth day with the third team.