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• DBP Co-Chair: Isolation must be lifted, Kurdish question must be solved democratically 

  Referring to the latest discussions on possible negotiations with the Kurds, DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bayındır said that the state is looking for a new way for itself and the struggle must be increased even more.
• YJA Star guerrillas pay tribute to martyr Beritan 

  YJA Star guerrillas Sozdar Amara and Zîlan Kobanê paid tribute to martyr Beritan, one of the leading commanders of the PKK.
• Four parties object to election results in South Kurdistan 

  The Berey Gel, Helwest Movement, Yêkgirtuya Islamic Union and Komele Dadgerî parties objected to the results of the sixth term elections of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament, claiming that they were irregular.
• Peace Mothers call for an end to war 

  “If you want to negotiate and set up a table for a solution, first end your war,” said the Peace Mothers, who appealed to the government to take steps for an honorable peace.
• ‘Leader Öcalan’s freedom and Shengal's autonomy are not far away’ 

  Shengal Autonomous Administration and TAJÊ stated that 2025 will be the year of Leader Öcalan’s freedom and vowed to enhance their struggle to achieve this goal.
• YJA Star guerrilla Ezda Andok: Bêrîtan never accepted betrayal and surrender 

  YJA Star guerrilla Ezda Andok said: "Bêrîtan has never accepted betrayal and surrender."
• HPG: Two Turkish soldiers killed in the Zap region 

  Two Turkish soldiers were killed by the guerrillas in Zap, and surveillance equipment and explosives belonging to the occupying forces were destroyed. The HPG also reported dozens of air raids on South Kurdistan.
• Iraqi Supreme Election Commission announces results of parliamentary elections in South Kurdistan 

  The Iraqi Supreme Election Commission announced the results of the parliamentary elections held in South Kurdistan on 20 October.
• ‘Freedom for Öcalan, Autonomy for Shengal’ campaign leaves one year behind 

  As part of the campaign led by the Shengal Autonomous Administration and the Free Yazidi Women's Movement (TAJÊ), Yazidis and Arabs living in Shengal expressed their demands through various actions and events.
• Which party won how many seats in South Kurdistan? 

  According to the results from 99 percent of the opened ballot boxes in the parliamentary elections held in the Kurdistan Region on 20 October, the number of seats of the KDP decreased, while the number of seats of the PUK and New Generation increased.
• New provocation attempt by the KDP against the PKK 

  It came out that the KDP sent an official letter to the checkpoints on the Soran border, inciting provocation against the PKK.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Ezda Faraşîn Cûdî, Sorxwîn Çiya and Ilyas Aydın Gül  

  Guerrillas Ezda Faraşîn Cûdî, Sorxwîn Çiya and Ilyas Aydın Gül fell as martyrs in an attack by the Turkish army in the South Kurdish region of Metîna in 2018. The HPG paid tribute to the martyr guerrillas in a statement.
• Turnout for general elections in South Kurdistan was 64 percent 

  The turnout rate for the sixth term parliamentary general elections in South Kurdistan was 64 percent.
• 22-year-old political prisoner dies 

  Serhat Temizer, a 22-year-old political prisoner, has died in a high-security prison in Van after a court ordered his release.
• Voting in South Kurdistan continues 

  For the voting process that started at 07.00 local time, 2,683,618 voters were called to the polls to elect 100 deputies. In accordance with the quota, 30 of the deputies must be women.
• South Kurdistan elections: PUK Leader Talabani vows to ‘end the monist rule’ 

  Voting for parliamentary elections started in the Federal Kurdistan Region. Casting his vote, PUK leader Bafil Talabani said, “We will put an end to this monist rule.”
• Curfew declared in two rural neighborhoods of Mardin 

  A curfew was declared in two rural neighborhoods of Savur, in Mardin.
• Voters go to the polls in South Kurdistan  

  The sixth term elections for the Kurdistan Regional Parliament have officially begun.
• HPG pays tribute to Guerrilla Zagros Cûdî  

  Guerrilla Zagros Cûdî fell as a martyr in clashes with Turkish operational units in Van.
• Body of HPG guerrilla handed over to his family after 3 years 

  The body of guerrilla Adem Göz, who was buried in the cemetery of the nameless by Turkish forces after his death in a clash in Dersim in 2021, was delivered to his family after 3 years. His body was laid to rest yesterday evening.
• South Kurdistan elections: More than 20,000 invalid votes in special voting 

  21,852 invalid votes cast in the special voting for the elections in South Kurdistan.
• Kolbar wounded in an attack by Iranian forces 

  A kolbar from the city of Saqqez in Eastern Kurdistan was wounded in an attack by Iranian forces.
• HPG: Guerrillas carried out actions in Zap, Xakurkê, Metîna and Gever 

  According to HPG, the Medya Defense Areas were bombed over 60 times by the Turkish Air Force within three days. The guerrillas are continuing their resistance.
• KDP agent confesses: Zekî Şengalî was murdered with MIT-KDP partnership 

  The confessor said that he sent photos and information to the KDP’s intelligence service, after which an airstrike by the Turkish army struck the car in Zeki Şengalî was travelling.
• YJA Star pays tribute to guerrillas Berfîn Roj and Têkoşîn Dilgeş 

  Berfîn Roj and Têkoşîn Dilgeş were revolutionary advocates of the women's liberation ideology in Kurdistan's freedom struggle. The two guerrillas fell as martyrs in November 2023 in an attack by the Turkish state.