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• “We are in a historic time when we are closest to freedom" 

  The People’s Defense Central Headquarters Command celebrated the 33rd anniversary of the August 15 initiative for all the peoples of Kurdistan.
• Clash in Şemdinli, provocation in Şapatan 

  Fighting erupted between guerrillas and Turkish soldiers in Şemdinli, while the Turkish army is employing dirty provocations in Şapatan village.
• KCK: August 15 created revolutions within a revolution 

  KCK celebrated the 33rd anniversary of the August 15 Initiative and said: “The August 15 Maneuver has created revolutions within a revolution for the last 33 years and has transformed Kurdistan into the hearth of free and democratic life.”
• Military operation and bombardment in Lice countryside 

  The Turkish army has launched an operation in Lice countryside and is shelling the area with helicopters.
• Guerrillas in Shengal: 15 August became the name of a new life 

  HPG guerrillas defending Shengal said, "The first bullet, fired by comrade Egîd in Gabar, roused the Kurdish people. The people have learnt about the reality of their own, and that of the enemy."
• Guerrillas in Zagros celebrate the 15 August Initiative 

  Guerrilla units stationed on the Zagros mountains celebrated the 34th anniversary of the 15 August Initiative, in which PKK launched its first armed actions against the Turkish army in Siirt’s Eruh and Hakkari’s Şemdinli districts in the year of 1984.
• PKK on August 15: Resistance and unity a must for victories 

  The PKK drew attention to the values created by the 15 August Initiative and called on the Kurdish people and revolutionary-democratic forces to enhance the resistance for freedom and democracy against fascism.
• Death sentence for two culprits in Kemal Pencewînî murder 

  Two culprits in the brutal murder of Kurdish political activist Kemal Pencewînî after his abduction in 2016, have been sentenced to death today.
• Another wildfire started by Turkish bombardments in Bingöl 

  Wildfire caused by strikes of F-16 warplanes of the Turkish army Bingöl's Hesarê mountain keeps spreading.
• Turkish bombardments start a fire in Qandil as well 

  The people of Qandil condemned the airstrikes of the Turkish state that aimed for a massacre by targeting civilian settlements.
• Will the KDP hand Hacı Özen over to the Turkish state? 

  Sources say the KDP intends to hand Hacı Özen, who was arrested in Hewlêr in March for protesting the attacks on Shengal, over to the Turkish state.
• Nalîn Amed has always been one of the PKK 

  Nalîn Amed, who fell a martyr in the ranks of the PKK, left behind her diary, in which she vowed to avenge her uncle who had been murdered in 1992 by the Turkish state, before she set out to join the guerrillas.
• Curfew in Şapatan village, scene of mass torture by state forces 

  Curfew has been declared in Şemdinli’s Şapatan village that came up recently with a mass torture incident where Turkish special operations police and soldiers tortured several inhabitants one week ago.
• 7 soldiers killed in Çukurca 

  HPG guerrillas hit the Turkish troops in Çukurca early Sunday morning, which left 7 soldiers dead. On the other hand, detonation of an explosive in Şemdinli also resulted in casualties among Turkish soldiers.
• When Turkish soldiers became distraught and shocked in Herekol 

  Berxwedan Goyî stated that the self-sacrificing spirit of Kurdistan's freedom fighters had the Turkish army suffer a great number of casualties in Herekol.
• HPG: The state’s repression will be frustrated by our firm stance 

  “The policies of pressure, torture and threat pursued desperately against the Kurdish region’s people will be frustrated by the firm stance of us and our people”, said the HPG concerning the repression the Kurds are subject to by the Turkish state.
• HDP MP responds to Tunceli Governorate with footage of wildfires 

  HDP Dersim MP Alican Önlü refuted the Tunceli Governorate’s claims that social media posts regarding the forest fires in Dersim are not truthful.
• AKP's trustee massacres trees to build roads “for civilization” 

  Holding to the motto "Make way for civilization", AKP-appointed trustee to Van's Gürpınar district ordered a massacre of trees that damages the region's nature irreversibly.
• Another kolber killed by Iranian forces in Shino 

  Iranian regime forces have killed yet another kolber in Shino city of Urmia province, Eastern Kurdistan.
• Turkish jets strike Qandil 

  The invading Turkish state continues its attacks on guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in Southern Kurdistan territory.
• Iranian regime forces kill yet another kolber 

  Iranian regime forces have killed yet another kolber and injured one other, this time in Shîno.
• A night of torture for family in Şemdinli's Şapatan village 

  From Şapatan, Necmettin Korkmaz spoke about the torture they endured with his wife and daughter. They were hit with rifle butts, and he was tied to a panzer and dragged. Korkmaz also stated that the police and soldiers stole their money.
• Graves of YPG/YPJ fighters in Viranşehir desecrated  

  The graves of YPG/YPJ fighters in Viranşehir were desecrated and the gravestones were broken.
• Turkey conducts airstrikes on Medya Defense Zones 

  Turkish warplanes have conducted aerial bombardment on Medya Defense Zones, while Iran bombed Baleyekatî region in Southern Kurdistan.
• A lifetime dedicated to health care for the people of Qandil 

  Dr. Medya, who has dedicated her lifetime to her work as the people's medic and is providing the residents of Qandil with health care for a very long time, is visiting Qandil's villages and highlands and offers medical check-ups with limited resources.