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• Military operation and clash in Lice 

  HPG reported clashes with Turkish troops in Lice, northern Kurdistan and aerial bombardment in Medya Defense Zones, southern Kurdistan.
• PKK founding anniversary celebrated in Kurdistan mountains 

  Celebration of the PKK’s 41st year in Medya Defense Zones.
• Hunger strike activist Ceyhan: We still owe our people 

  Özhan Ceyhan is one of the prisoners who went on hunger strike in Van F-Type Prison and then on death fast on April 30.
• Identity of 4 HPG guerrillas who fell martyrs disclosed 

  HPG-BIM confirmed that three guerrillas lost their lives during an occupation operation on November 7-9 while another guerrilla lost his life in the rural district of İskenderun, Hatay, on 26 October.
• Five young people jailed in Van 

  Political genocide operations against the Kurdish people have remarkably increased during recent weeks.
• KDP forces arrest 12 young people returning from Rojava 

  Twelve activists from South Kurdistan who had set out to support the resistance in Rojava were arrested by KDP security forces.
• HPG reports military operation and clash in Xakurke 

  The Turkish army is trying to occupy the Ermuş valley in the Xakurke region in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq, reported the HPG.
• PAJK celebrates PKK anniversary 

  Celebrating the anniversary of the PKK, PAJK urged all women and people to raise the struggle for freedom.
• KCK: The PKK is the name of Kurdish existence 

  "The PKK has above all given young people, women and the people self-confidence. It gave rise to the hope of freedom", says a statement of the KCK on the occasion of the founding anniversary of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
• HPG reports Turkish air raids in Gare and Avashin 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in three parts of Kurdistan; in Turkey, Syria and Iraq.
• Police terror in Van: 20 young people detained 

  Political genocide operations against the Kurdish people have remarkably increased during recent weeks.
• Ban on demos and activities in Van extended for another month 

  The ban on demonstrations and actions which has been repeatedly extended by the Van Governorate, has reached its 1100th day.
• HPG: One Turkish soldier killed in Çukurca 

  YJA Star guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in the countryside of Hakkari province.
• YBŞ fighter wounded in Turkish air raid on Khanasor dies 

  One of the five YBŞ fighters, who were wounded as result of Turkish aerial attack in Shengal region, has lost his life.
• Large scale Turkish military operation in Dersim 

  In the Northern Kurdistan province of Dersim, 2,250 members of special forces have moved out for a military operation.
• Commander Çiçek Botan and Dılgeş Botan commemorated by HPG 

  HPG announced identities of the two martyrs in Dersim: PKK Central Committee and HPG and YJA Star Command Council Member Çiçek Botan and Dılgeş Botan.
• Eight people detained in Erzurum 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations continue uninterrupted.
• Guerrilla TV footage of action in Şemzînan 

  Gerilla TV released shootings of the action in Şemzînan on 24 October.
• HPG: Turkish drone downed in Iğdır 

  Turkish attacks against southern Kurdistan continue.
• YBŞ: Turkish attack injured 5 of our fighters on Tuesday 

  YBŞ said that Turkey attacked Shengal taking advantage of the conflict in Iraq.
• HPG reports Turkish air raids in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Four guerrillas fell in Turkish air strikes on Heftanin and Zap 

  Four guerrillas fell in the air raids of the Turkish army on Heftanin and Zap regions.
• Turkish armed UAVs bomb Khanasor, Shengal 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• HPG: We pay tribute to the comrades fallen martyr in Van 

  HPG Press Contact Center has released the identity of the two guerrillas who fell martyr as a result of clashes in Van. The HPG expressed its condolences to the families of martyrs and the people of Kurdistan.
• HPG: Turkey bombed guerrillas areas  

  Turkish warplanes bombed Zap, Heftanin and Gare areas.