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.

1,601 academics of whom 1,395 are from the US and 206 from other countries have declared their support for Academics for Peace Initiative.

Curfew has been lifted in nine neighborhoods of Sur district, it is still in effect in six neighborhoods.

Jiyan.org correspondent Hayri Tunç has been arrested on charges of “propagandizing for the terrorist organization” within his sharings on social media.