Kurd politician Gültan Kışanak, who made statements in the Kobanê Case, stated that the struggle for peace cannot change according to the political atmosphere and said: “The Kurdish issue in Syria cannot be solved unless the Kurdish issue in Turkey is solved. What will save this country is peace and solution. Open the gates of İmralı."
The free visitation held in Menemen Prison was once again interrupted due to the arbitrary approach of the guards. Addressing the public through their families, the prisoners said that they would not appear in this way and called for sensitivity from the relevant institutions.
It was stated that 2 million people were left without electricity in Northern and Eastern Syria due to Turkey's attacks on electricity stations.
Politician Gültan Kışanak, who started her defense in the Kobanê Case, said: "You are trying to put a legal cover on the black propaganda of the AKP-MHP authoritarian regime. Who are you to judge me?"
Turkey bombed 56 areas in Northern and Eastern Syria within 48 hours.
Describing Kalo, one of the Free Press workers who did not step back against death threats, pressures and attacks, his mother Mevlüde Yakut said: "He was a loyal person to his cause and his people."
Emin Güler, a 94 percent disabled and seriously ill prisoner held in Urfa No. 2 Type T Closed Prison, was transferred to Erzincan Type L Closed Prison.
The 213th issue of Xwebûn newspaper was published with the headline "Mifteya serkeftinê têkoşîn e".
The second hearing of Dicle Müftüoğlu, the imprisoned co-chair of AMED - Dicle Fırat Journalists Association, will be held on January 18. Müftüoğlu's lawyer Resul Temur said: "What is being tried here is the legal journalistic activities themselves."
The situation of Rojnews editor Süleyman Ahmet is unknown. Ahmet is reportedly being held in the unofficial detention center of KDP's intelligence agency Parastin.
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 50th day.
Turkey attacked energy institutions and power stations in Northern and Eastern Syria, leaving 660 villages without electricity.
Journalists Nilüfer Hamedi and İlahe Muhammed, who reported on the murder of Jîna Emînî, were released after 17 months by paying the bail fee of 10 billion tomans.
Speaking in Muğla, DEM Party Group Deputy Co-Chair Sezai Temelli said: “Whenever the number of funerals increases, hate speech against those who want democracy increases. The way to stop this pain is through peace, Imrali and Öcalan."
Gülser Özbay, who was released after 31 years and 6 months in prison, participated in the DEM Party's referendum in her hometown Bazîd, where she was welcomed with enthusiasm.