Education has been temporarily suspended in Sheikh Maqsoud (Şêxmeqsûd) and Ashrafiyah (Eşrefiyê) neighbourhoods after 13 schools were closed due to an embargo imposed on the area.
Kurdish Language Institutions issued statements in several cities, calling on the public to participate in the “Hope and Freedom” rally to be held in Amed (Diyarbakır) on January 4.
Alevis who took to the streets demanding a decentralized and federal system in response to the massacres and repression carried out by the ruling Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have themselves been met with mass killings. According to reports by international organizations, thousands of Alevis have been killed by HTS over the past year.
In his New Year message Abdullah Öcalan said: "The implementation of the March 10 Agreement will ease and accelerate the process. It is of vital importance for Turkey to assume a facilitating, constructive, and dialogue-oriented role in this process. This is critical both for regional peace and for strengthening its own internal peace."
Due to the deepening economic crisis and rising currency exchange rates in Iran, citizens have launched protests in many locations, primarily on Republic Avenue in Tehran.
The Yazidis Union of Syria condemned the violence and repression carried out by the Syrian Transitional Government against demonstrators in coastal and inland regions and warned that the massacres previously committed against minority communities could be repeated.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that three of the seven police officers injured during an operation against DAESH in Yalova have died.
Seven police officers were injured during an operation against DAESH in Yalova, as clashes reportedly continue.
It has been announced that the planned meeting between the delegations of the Autonomous Administration and the Syrian Interim Government regarding the 10 March Agreement has been postponed.
Stating that the Peace and Democratic Society Process has not reached prisons, MED-TUHAD FED Co-chair Kerem Canpolat said: “Instead of the spirit of the process being reflected in prisons we are experiencing the exact opposite.”
Lawyers say the 11th Judicial Reform Package, which excludes political prisoners, falls short of expectations, asking: “Is this package really the product of a democratic mind-set?”
The Ensar Foundation, which came to public attention after dozens of children were abused, will organize a quiz competition in Mersin teaching moral and religious values to children under a protocol signed with the Ministry of Education.
Makbule Yavuzer, Co-Chair of KATDER, called for participation in the rally to be held on 4 January, saying: “The physical freedom of our leader, who is the chief negotiator for peace, must be ensured. For this reason, let us join the rally on 4 January.”
It has been alleged that 17 thousand 790 dogs housed in municipal shelters died of “natural causes.”
On the anniversaries of the Maraş and Roboskî massacres, the İskenderun branch of the Human Rights Association (İHD) called for legal reforms to uncover all massacres and for the establishment of a Truth Commission.