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• Whose city is Kirkuk? 

  After Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) decided to hold a referendum on south Kurdistan’s independence, Kirkuk is once again under international and regionals power’s attention.
• PKK’s Demirtaş: They will pay the price 

  PKK Education Committee Member Demirtaş stated that the destruction of Hasankeyf has created an unlimited rage with them and that “They will pay the price”.
• “Houses raided by Turkish forces are mostly of HDP voters” 

  HDP member Mizgin Irgat talked about the raids conducted on Erzurum’s Yahya neighborhood 8 times and reports of torture and stated that the recently raided villages are mostly inhabited by HDP voters.
• Sîpan Hemo: An attack on our forces is support for ISIS 

  YPG General Commander Sîpan Hemo stated that attacks on YPG/SDF positions constitute support for ISIS gangs.
• YPJ Commander: Raqqa’s freedom is close 

  YPJ Commander Klara Raqqa pointed to the Raqqa operation and said: “In the light of the resistance and the efforts, we can say that the operation is advancing towards the success it aimed for. 70% of the city has come under SDF control.”
• Dozens of funerals attacked in Turkey up to date 

  The racist attack against the funeral of HDP’s arrested Deputy Co-chair Aysel Tuğluk’s mother Hatun Tuğluk has been etched into collective memory as a striking example of social polarization and racism in Turkey.
• The lawyer’s MİT deposition changed for the second time in court 

  Lawyer Marvin Schroth’s two clients, one ISIS member and one MİT operative, stated that they worked for the MİT first, but later changed their depositions.
• “Iranian regime tries to intimidate the Kurds by killing kolbers” 

  KODAR co-chair Fûad Bêrîtan called the killing of border porters by the Iranian regime a political issue, and interpreted this policy of the Iranian regime as a message of "My gun is always pointed at you" to the Kurdish people.
• Michael Rubin: Reza Zarrab case is Erdoğan's nightmare 

  Michael Rubin stated that the arrest warrant issued for former minister Zafer Çağlayan could be a sign that Zarrab is talking to prosecutors and giving evidence.
• At the guerrillas' tailoring... 

  HPG guerrilla Şervan Mêrdîn is at the guerrillas' tailoring. For him the life of the guerrilla is all the same, no matter whether you are on the front or in a unit that completes the front.
• Volunteer health workers on the front line 

  Internationalist fighters, who have all come from different countries and are taking part in the 'Great Battle', are volunteering in Raqqa to apply first aid to the fighters if needed.
• Did the Turkish state withdraw MİT operatives within ISIS? 

  ISIS receiving deadly blows in Syria and Iraq has created panic in Ankara. Reports say the MİT operatives guiding ISIS are being withdrawn. Other reports claim some of these people who know about the relationship between Turkey and ISIS have been executed
• Spy Sayan confesses working for MİT at the first hearing 

  During his first hearing in Hamburg today, spy Mehmet Fatih Sayan has confessed working for Turkish intelligence agency MİT, and being in contact with two people from Ankara Police Directorate’s Anti-Terror Unit.
• First 9 days of the Cizre resistance 

  It has been two years since the Turkish state set loose all the elements of war in Cizre accompanied with conventional weapons and came up against the resistance of a group of young people in the 9-day long curfew.
• Öcalan: Kurdish issue is now an international issue 

  HDP MP Dilek Öcalan stated that the colonialist mindset doesn’t pertain to anything in Kurdistan and said: “Fear won’t delay death. The Kurdish issue is now an international issue.”
• Onwards with journalism despite the regime 

  Journalist Ragıp Duran stated that as journalists they will continue to do what their job requires, whatever the regime may be.
• Waste from 136 villages and 9 districts dumped into Van Lake 

  The sewage of 136 villages and 9 districts of Van is dumped into Lake Van and therefore many living species that used to live in the Van Lake and its coastland have been extinct, ecologist Fatih Sahin said.
• Humanity lost in Ilısu and Xingu 

  The documentary “Democracy” shows how ancient peoples, cultures and wild life will be destroyed with the dams to be built in Hasankeyf and Xingu.
• Mother and son in the guerrilla ranks 

  Once they were mother and son, and then they became two brave comrades who held on tight to one another within the Kurdish Freedom Struggle.
• In search for two long lost sons… 

  60-year-old Remziye Bayram is a regular participant of communal vigil every Saturday in front of the Human Rights Statue in Diyarbakir.
• Academic removed from duty will not leave his students 

  Expelled from his academic position, Prof. Emrah Günok said: “It’s time for us to do our duty. Even if I have just one student left, I will continue o teach at the Open Academy.”
• ‘Sooner or later there will be peace talks’ 

  FARC is entering legal politics and becoming a political party. We spoke with writer Metin Yeğin about the Colombian peace process on World Peace Day.
• Ankara demands captured MİT administrators, PKK refuses 

  The MİT administrators travelled to the Southern Kurdistan region to attempt abductions and assassinations against Cemil Bayık and several other PKK administrators. They were in communication with local MİT units in the region.
• Iran and Turkey after new plans 

  MSD Co-chair Ilham Ehmed stated that: “Turkey and Iran are in a competition, they are fighting to get ahead, but they act together in some issues as well.”
• KCK’s Hozat: Nobody is against an independent Kurdistan 

  “There is nobody actually against an independent Kurdistan. Who wouldn’t want an independent Kurdistan? We have waged a great struggle for an independent, free Kurdistan for 45 years. Our leader is paying the price of independent Kurdistan in Imrali now.”