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Workers protesting the government who did not accept the demands of TEKEL workers, and attending the general strike were in action also in Istanbul.

Prime Minister Erdoğan made statements to diminish the legitimacy of TEKEL resistance. The Prime Minister made these statements to illegitimatise the strike planned for the 4th of February. However, the statements made by the Prime Minister to incriminate the TEKEL workers are not accurate.

Tekel workers from Aydın noticed Vakıfbank’s unlawful operation yesterday and negotiated with the bank’s authorities upon the warning of the lawyer of the Patriotic Front Workers’ Union.

Workers who went on a strike in order to support the resistance of TEKEL workers rallied in every town of Turkey on Thursday.

The general strike for solidarity with the TEKEL workers in resistance was most succesful in İzmir.

Mountaineers from METU (Middle East Technical University) took a banner of solidarity with TEKEL workers to the peak of the Mount Ararat.

The legal advisor Mustafa Davarcı sent an official notification on Behalf of the Religious Affairs to Izmir General Assembly stating that Cemevi cannot be considered as a house of God.

The violations towards the children judged under the scope of “counter-terrorism” and put into prison has made Turkey the worst among the countries who are party to the European Convention on Human Rights.

In a speech at his party's group meeting, Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan once again targeted the TEKEL resistance by declaring the action illegal and he made workers a target.

In preparation for a new Strategic Concept, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) began using facebook and twitter, "to communicate with young people".