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• TOKİ starts building houses in Hasankeyf amid ongoing destruction 

  With the construction of Ilısu Hydroelectric Dam, the destruction caused to Hasankeyf and its 12 thousand years old memory of life is continuing. Turkish public housing authority has already launched casting concrete for the construction of 710 buildings.
• East Kurdistan youth protest Öcalan’s isolation on Mount Demawend 

  Young people from East Kurdistan (Rojhilat) protested the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan on Mount Demawend in Tehran.
• Pillaged areas opened for profiteering in Nusaybin 

  With the demolition launched after the state attacks, 6 neighborhoods have been torn to the ground in Nusaybin. The ministry gifted the people’s homes to contractors, and they are planning on building a shopping mall in the demolished area.
• Turkish airstrike starts a fire in Zap 

  The fire started by the Turkish army’s bombardment on Zap continues for two days.
• Shengal's resistance will be crowned with democratic autonomy 

  The basic duty of all Êzidîs, lovers of freedom and those who have been oppressed and tyrannised for years is to stand up for this this democratic autonomy project and implement it.
• KDP does not allow Êzidîs to return to Shengal 

  Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) officials are creating obstacles for the Êzidîs who want to return from the refugee camps in South Kurdistan back to Shengal.
• “Êzidîs will always follow the path of Leader Apo” 

  Mothers of Shengal deem the isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Ocalan an isolation imposed on humanity and demand his freedom.
• Sur is resisting against demolition 

  The people still refuse to leave their homes and continue their resistance in Sur, which is being forcibly evacuated and demolished by use of police force, even though their water and electricity supply has been completely cut off.
• Training cycle of YBŞ ‘Special Units’ in Shengal completed 

  Works towards advancing self-defense continue in Shengal town that is recovering from the brutal genocide perpetrated by ISIS on August 3, 2014.
• Hasankeyf demolished by both dynamite and construction equipment 

  Demolition continues with construction equipment in the historic Darphane Fortress which has been blown up with dynamite in the antique town of Hasankeyf.
• Clash in Banê 

  Clash broke out last night between the Iranian regime forces and Rojhilati forces in Rojhilat’s Banê city.
• 47-year-old man jailed in Ağrı for wearing 'Kurdistan' T-shirt 

  In Doğubayazıt district of Ağrı, 47 years old Mahmut Kahraman was jailed for wearing a T-shirt with the inscription 'Kurdistan' under the accusation of 'propagating for a terrorist organisation'.
• Ankara ordered water cut in Sur 

  The demolition in the Alipaşa neighborhood of Amed’s central Sur district continues with force.
• YBŞ Commander: We will protect the autonomy project of Shengal 

  One of the YBŞ commanders Seîd Hesen Seîd stated that they constitute a part of the Democratic Autonomy Project of Êzidxan and said: "We, as the YBŞ are ready to protect our project with all our might against any attack.”
• Demolition with construction equipment starts in Hasankeyf 

  In the antique town Hasankeyf, where human formed rocks were destroyed through explosives recently, demolition continues now with construction equipment.
• Turkish state continues burning the forests in Dersim 

  Wildfires started by the attacks of the Turkish army continue destroying the nature of Northern Kurdistan.
• Iranian regime forces shoot a Kurdish civilian 

  Iranian regime forces opened fire on a Kurdish civilian’s car in Banê town, leaving the man critically wounded with 4 bullets in his body.
• HDP MPs start sit-in action in Sur against demolition 

  HDP deputies have started sit-in action in Amed’s historic Sur district in protest at the demolition in Alipaşa and Lalebey neighborhoods that have been surrounded by the police earlier today.
• People of Sur resist: We won’t evacuate our homes 

  People have started to resist behind the barricades in Sur where they are surrounded by the police who want to push them out.
• Guerrilla action on Gever-Hakkari road: 20 soldiers killed 

  On the night of August 22 at midnight, HPG guerrillas carried out an ambush action on a military convoy en route from Gever to Hakkari. According to local sources, 20 soldiers were killed in the action and many others were wounded.
• YJŞ Commander calls for support for Shengal’s autonomy 

  YJŞ Commander Hedar Reşît stated that they will accept the Êzidî people’s decision for autonomy and called on the Kurdish people for support.
• Alipaşa and Lalebey neighborhoods of Sur forcibly evacuated 

  The police have blockaded the Alipaşa and Lalebey neighborhoods in the Sur district of Amed with barriers and are forcibly evacuating the houses included in the demolition order.
• 70% of Şırnak has been demolished 

  HDP MP Leyla Birlik stated that 70% of Şırnak has been demolished and the people have been told to “go wherever they wish”. Birlik said the neighborhoods outside of the clash zones were also included in the demolition plans, opened up for profiteering.
• 8 people jailed in Elazığ due to social media posts 

  Out of the 12 people who were detained in Elazığ due to their social media posts, 8 have been jailed.
• 4 Kurds detained in house raids in Rojhilat 

  Iranian regime forces have detained 4 Kurds, among them a woman, during a house raid in Rojhilat (Eastern) Kurdistan.