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• Turkish police torture a teenager with gun in Batman 

  The Turkish police randomly opened fire in Batman’s Bayındır neighborhood and tortured a young man with gun.
• Footage of guerrilla actions in Avashin and Zap 

  Guerrillas continue dealing blows to the Turkish army in the Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan.
• The Turkish state plunders houses in Zaxo, say villagers 

  The Turkish state continues to impose the looting and plundering practices it carries out in Afrin to South Kurdistan. Images of looted houses in Zaxo were released.
• KNK says attack on Maxmur camp would constitute serious violation of international law 

  Responding to Turkish president Erdogan threats of 'cleaning up' Maxmur, the Executive Council of the Kurdistan National Congress said an attack on the refugee camp would constitute serious violation of international law.
• Five more jailed in political genocide against MEBYA-DER association 

  As part of the lawsuit against the MEBYA-DER solidarity association, five people have been arrested in Van who had been released from custody only a week ago. Their homes have been stormed by the police for the second time within a few weeks.
• KNK visits Gorran, receives support for stance against Turkish occupation 

  The Turkish state's latest invasion attacks ongoing since 23 April and inter-Kurdish national unity were discussed during the visit.
• HPG: Turkey is deliberately bombing civilian settlements in South Kurdistan 

  The invading Turkish state, which has suffered severe blows in the face of the guerrilla resistance, is deliberately bombing civilian settlements in South Kurdistan.
• Guerrillas: We will make the enemy regret setting foot on Kurdistan land 

  Guerrillas of the People's Defense Forces (HPG) spoke about the Turkish state's military assault on Medya Defense Zones. The guerrilla fighters said, “We will make the enemy regret setting foot on Kurdistan land.”
• YJA Star guerrillas speak about the resistance against the Turkish army 

  YJA Star guerrillas resisting the attacks of the Turkish state continue to strike heavy blows to the invading forces.
• People of Batîfa and Keşan protest Turkish occupation attacks 

  The Turkish state is bombing civilian areas during the military attacks it is carrying out in South Kurdistan. The people of Batîfa and Keşan protested the silence of the South Kurdish authorities.
• Guerrillas strike Turkish occupation forces in Zap region 

  Three soldiers of the Turkish occupation forces were killed in a guerrilla assauly in the Zap region of southern Kurdistan.
• KCK: A great struggle based on the June offensive 

  In the course of the last 17 years, the Kurdish freedom movement has gone through far-reaching changes, said the KCK Executive Council at the anniversary of the guerrilla offensive on June 1, 2004, and commemorated the martyrs of the liberation struggle.
• KCK: The KDP enables the expansion of Turkish occupation 

  KCK Foreign Relations Committee criticized the KDP for its collaboration with Turkish fascism and warned that the Turkish invasion of the Medya Defense Zones, which started on April 23, serves to destroy all achievements in South Kurdistan.
• Turkey is alleged to have purchased lands in South Kurdistan 

  Radio Politic Press, broadcasting in South Kurdistan, has voiced important allegations over the plunder of nature by the Turkish state in Kurdish soils.
• Murat Karayilan: Guerrillas are foiling Turkey's attacks with creativity and determination 

  “The Turkish state cannot fully implement its occupation plan in South Kurdistan. Some places have been occupied, but even there the army does not have complete control,” said Murat Karayilan (PKK).
• Elif Ronahî: The guerrillas are not fighting an ordinary war  

  Elif Ronahî from the KCK Presidential Council spoke about the current situation in Kurdistan in a TV interview.
• Gerîla TV broadcasts footage of action carried out in Metina 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• KNK delegation visits five parties in the parliament of Kurdistan region 

  KNK Hewlêr co-chair Zeynep Murad stressed that the parliament of Kurdistan region should convene to discuss Turkey’s attacks and fulfill its responsibility.
• Growing reaction against invasion attacks and forest destruction in South Kurdistan 

  The new invasion attacks and forest plundering carried out by the Turkish state in South Kurdistan since April 23 have sparked reactions in Kurdistan, Europe and beyond.
• Turkish army injures a villager in Kani Masi 

  A villager has been injured in a howitzer attack on a village in Kani Masi amid Turkish state's ongoing invasion attacks in South Kurdistan.
• HPG guerrilla Dilgêş Farqîn: We will increase our struggle and achieve victory 

  HPG guerrilla Dilgêş Farqîn said that they will increase the struggle to counter the attacks of the Turkish state and added: "We will deal a great blow to the Turkish state and its supporters.”
• 13 Turkish soldiers killed in Avashin 

  13 Turkish soldiers were killed as a result of the action carried out by guerrillas against the invaders in Avashin, in Medya Defense Areas.
• Five sons in prison 

  Şemsixan Ertunç lives in Hakkari with her daughter-in-law and a grandson. She has five sons, all of whom are in Turkish prisons. "The state owes me five children," she says, "It stole my life."
• Six ISIS members arrested, five rockets seized in Kirkuk 

  Iraqi security forces arrested six ISIS members and seized five rockets in Kirkuk governorate. The rockets were already on their launch pads ready to be fired.
• HPG: Turkish army plunders Kurdistan nature, we should not remain silent 

  HPG said that the Turkish state is targeting the nature of Kurdistan. The Turkish state cuts down the trees in Kurdistan and drops bombs in the areas it cannot reach.