afrin operation

The Anti-Terror Department of the police force has staged an operation against 27 people including İHD, HDP, and DİSK administrators in Hatay province. Attorney Can thinks the reason for the operation is their declaration that “policies of war in Afrin must be discontinued.”

Artist Yurdatapan has filed a criminal complaint against President Erdoğan due to his words about 170 people who called for Afrin operation to be ended. Yurdatapan sued Erdoğan for immaterial compensation of 1 TL.

Five more people charged with “propagandizing for an illegal organization” on social media have been arrested. The number of those who have been arrested on the same ground has increased to 39.

11 people have been taken into custody in Istanbul for “engaging in PKK propaganda” through their social media posts, and one person in Tekirdağ for “engaging in DHKP/C propaganda”.

The Ministry of the Interior has announced that 474 people who have made social media posts on the Olive Branch offensive and 192 people who have participated in protests against the offensive have been detained.

The Turkish Armed Forces has announced that 31 soldiers have been killed, 143 others wounded in the Afrin operation to date.

Charged with “terrorism propaganda” on social media, 11 people have been detained in home raids in Urfa.

11 soldiers were killed, 11 others wounded in Afrin operation on February 10. One more soldier lost his life on February 11.

Kocaeli Solidarity Academy has condemned detention of Prof. Dr. Onur Hamzaoğlu.

It is the 20th day of Turkey’s Afrin operation, and Syria’s airspace has been closed to Turkey’s military forces for the past four days. The general staff’s fact sheets feature no information on TAF jets’ air bombardments of the past two days.

Two soldiers have lost their lives, eight others have been wounded in the attack launched in the area between Darmık Mountain and Bülbül district in northern Afrin during Operation Olive Branch.

France’s FM Jean-Yves Le Drian has told BFM TV Channel that international law “is being violated by Turkey, by the Damascus regime, by Iran and those who are attacking eastern Ghouta and Idlib.”

Five people in Çanakkale and Aydın have been detained for “insulting the president” due to their social media posts about Afrin operation.

Detained as part of the investigation launched into social media posts about Afrin operation, Tekin, Erez, Erol, Kurt and Akbay have been released on probation.

Syrian regime has installed new air defense systems in Aleppo and Idlib. As attack on observation post of Turkey in al-Eis jeopardizes the de-conflict zone, Pentagon reiterated that they won’t withdraw from Manbij.

The Ministry of Interior had stated that 449 people were detained on charge of “propagandizing for terrorism” due to their social media posts about Afrin operation. 10 more people were detained this morning by the same reason.

Imprisoned women politicians have written to the Council of Europe, EP, UN and OSCE, called for offensive into Afrin to be ended.

The TAF has announced that one soldier has died, five others have been wounded in an attack launched on an observation plot in Idlib. A civilian personnel and a soldier died yesterday.

Eight doctors from the Turkish Medical Association have been released on probation. Three of the doctors were released on probation on Friday.

According to the Ministry of Interior, 449 people have been detained on charge of “propagandizing for terrorism” on social media. The number of people who were detained for protesting the offensive is 124.