KURDISTAN

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• Relatives of disapperared people ask for justice in Amed 

  Twenty-four years have passed since Nihat Aydoğan disappeared under custody.
• Iranian forces kill another kolbar at border 

  Iranian Revolutionary Guards have killed yet another kolbar and wounded two others.
• Two YPS members martyred in Van 

  The Civilian Defense Units (YPS) remembered two of their members who lost their lives in clashes on July 14 in Van.
• Conference on “Kurds in the region’s future” in Sulaymaniyah 

  The Democratic Politics and Thought Academy, which focuses on democratic thought and has important efforts to that end, was founded in 2015.
• Turkish army starts forest fire in Lice, violent clashes continue 

  The Turkish army started a forest fire during the operation they launched in the rural area between Lice and Hazro, while there are reports of violent clashes from the region.
• People of Şırnak: The state’s mass housing is virtually prison 

  The people of Şırnak, whose houses were demolished by state forces during the self-government resistances, say living in TOKİ housing is virtually the same as being in prison and that they were used to houses with small gardens.
• Attack by Iranian forces leaves two kolbars wounded in Sardasht 

  Iranian regime forces attacked kolbars at Rojhilat-Bashur border, seriously wounding two of them.
• Action against military convoy on Şırnak-Cizre road 

  A Turkish military convoy was targeted in a RPG action on Thursday night in the vicinity of the Toptepe village along the Şırnak-Cizre road.
• Former soldier calls for conscientious objection 

  Çayan Koçgirî has joined the PKK because of racist repression during his compulsory service in the Turkish military. He calls for conscientious objection: "The youth should not continue to be a servant of the system."
• HPG: 33 Turkish soldiers killed in Hakkari 

  Guerrilla forces of the HPG and YJA-Star continue their actions against the occupant Turkish army.
• Turkish forces massacre 20 sheep in Hakkari 

  Turkish military forces have this time massacred sheep in Yüksekova.
• Migration from South Kurdistan has increased 

  In the past twelve months almost 74,000 people left the Kurdistan region.
• Footage of Turkish military vehicle destroyed by guerrillas 

  Guerrilla forces continue their actions against the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• No communication possible with people in military operation zone 

  A military operation was launched in the Yaylak (Eskar) village and seven hamlets in Amed’s Kulp district, and the villagers in the region can’t be contacted.
• YPS members’ graves attacked in Cizre 

  Never-ending attacks on the graves of Kurdish freedom fighters in Turkey.
• Wildfire in Mardin countryside grows 

  Fire erupted in the Turkish military operation zone in the countryside of Mardin. The fire is growing every minute.
• 35 Turkish soldiers killed in actions by guerrillas 

  HPG Press Office reported that at least 35 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed as a result of guerrilla actions in Şemdinli, Çukurca, Doğubayazıt and Lelikan area of Southern Kurdistan.
• AKP accelerates the exploitation of Kurdistan’s riches 

  The AKP continues to exploit the natural resources in Kurdistan’s provinces. Oil exploration efforts have accelerated in mineral- and oil-rich Kurdistan.
• Curfew and military operation in Amed and Mardin countryside 

  The Turkish state has declared a curfew in some areas in Amed’s Kulp district and Mardin’s Nusaybin district.
• One kolbar killed in Rojhilat 

  A kolbar in Eastern Kurdistan’s Mariwan province lost his life in an attack by the Iranian Pasdaran.
• Heavy blow inflicted on the Turkish army in Serhat 

  Guerrillas took control of the international road between Dogubeyazit and Çaldıran on July 21.
• “Iraq must stop the Turkish invasion” 

  Iraqi Communist Party Kirkuk Committee Officer Reysan Hisen said Iraq must step in against the Turkish state’s invasion attacks and prevent them.
• “PKK is not a guest in Bashur, they are on their own lands" 

  Gorran and Yekgirtu members have protested the Turkish state’s invasion attacks and Kurdistan Regional Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani’s statements and said the PKK is not a guest in the region, they are on their own lands.
• Yazidi women: Perpetrators of genocide still not held to account 

  Witnesses of the Shengal massacre, the Yazidi women have spoken. The women stated that the perpetrators still haven’t been brought to justice, 4 years after the massacre.
• Police raids home in Van, tortures residents for 3 hours 

  The police raided the Özer family home in Van and tortured the family for 3 hours.