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• Diyarbakır Governorate bans the slogan ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’ 

  Diyarbakır Governorate made a scandalous decision and banned the slogan ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’.
• People resist the police attempting to detain Co-Mayor Birsen Orhan in Dersim 

  Turkish police officers attempted to detain Birsen Orhan, Co-Mayor of Dersim Municipality, who was unlawfully removed from office, facing resistance from the people.
• Hatimoğulları in Dersim: Just as Seyit Rıza did not bow down, we will not bow down either 

  Speaking in Dersim, DEM Party Co-Chair Tülay Hatimoğulları said, “Let us increase our struggle against the trustee regime and this fascist authoritarian regime. We will succeed through solidarity and our resistance will surely be victorious.”
• YJŞ Commander: More than ever, we have the power to protect our society and our people 

  Axîn İntikam, one of the YJŞ commanders, warned against “a plan to evacuate and plunder our land” and said: “No force organised around the ideas of Leader Öcalan will be defeated by the enemy.”
• Turkish army builds a new road in Guhêrze village of Amadiya 

  The occupying Turkish state is building a new road in Guhêrze village of Duhok district of Amadiya.
• YPS-Jin carries out actions to mark the PKK’s founding anniversary 

  The Civil Protection Units – Women carried out several actions in Amed to mark the anniversary of the founding of the PKK.
• ‘The PKK has become the hope of freedom for all humanity today’ 

  "The PKK is fighting for humanity, and humanity sees its salvation in the PKK. Today, the PKK has become the centre of hope for freedom for all humanity. The freedom guerrillas have been struggling for 46 years without interruption for this purpose.”
• Vigil for Dersim Municipality on its 2nd day 

  The vigil that started at the municipality building after the sentence given to Dersim co-mayor Cevdet Konak continues on its 2nd day.
• People still not allowed into Halfeti Municipality on the 18th day of resistance against usurpation 

  On the 18th day of the resistance against the trustee usurpation, people of Halfeti were not allowed into the municipality building. Relying on the policy of impunity, the police brazenly told the people to ‘go and complain’.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Ezîz Mûsil  

  Ezîz Mûsil was killed in the resistance against the Turkish invasion in Metîna. The HPG paid tribute to the martyr guerrilla as a brave son of the Arab people and a valuable militant of the PKK movement.
• Vigil in Dersim: We will not hand over the municipality to colonial governors 

  At the vigil launched in Dersim Municipality, the co-mayors said that the decision was a preparation for the appointment of a trustee and called for struggle.
• Helin Ümit: It's time for freedom! 

  PKK Central Council member Helin Ümit has denied the claim made in the Turkish media that the Kurdistan Freedom Movement had rejected a proposal by Abdullah Öcalan to resolve the Kurdish question.
• HPG: 3 drones shot down, 2 surveillance cameras and 3 explosive devices destroyed 

  In the actions carried out by the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas in Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region, 3 drones were shot down, 2 surveillance cameras and 3 explosive devices were destroyed.
• Co-Mayor of Dersim: Municipality activities were made the subject of accusations 

  The Co-Mayor of Dersim Municipality, Cevdet Konak, who was sentenced to imprisonment today, stated that the activities of the municipality were made the subject of accusations and vowed that they would not step back.
• Elected officials prevented from entering the usurped Municipality of Halfeti 

  DEM Party councillors of the usurped Halfeti Municipality are prevented from entering the municipality by the police.
• Co-Mayor of Hakkari sentenced to 9 years in prison 

  Mehmet Sıddık Akış, elected co-mayor of Hakkari, who was imprisoned after a trustee was appointed to his place, was sentenced to 9 years in prison.
• Kurdish activist sentenced to 18 months in prison in Iran 

  Allah-Veysi, a member of the Jiyanaway Kurdistan Campaign, was sentenced to one year for “acting against national security.
• The usurped municipality of Batman turned into a police station 

  The usurpers hung the banner ‘One state, one flag, one nation, one homeland’ at the entrance of Batman Municipality, placed police officers on every floor of the municipality, and hired the wives of police officers and soldiers.
• Fate of four Kurdish civilians detained in Iran still unknown after 13 days 

  Four Kurdish civilians, including a 15-year-old minor, have been denied the right to family visits and legal counsel since their arrest on 5 November.
• '2,800 Yazidis abducted by ISIS in 2014 are yet to be rescued’ 

  The Director of the Iraqi Office for the Rescue of Abducted Yazidis reported that 2,800 Yazidi citizens abducted by ISIS ten years ago have still not been rescued.
• ‘If you are serious, open the doors of İmralı and let Öcalan deliver a message of peace’ 

  Speaking at the rally in Batman, DEM Party Co-Chair Tülay Hatimoğulları appealed to the government, saying, “If you are serious, open the doors of İmralı and let Mr. Öcalan deliver a message of peace.”
• Bayındır at Batman rally: Let the Kurdish people's leader be free, let this issue be resolved 

  “The struggle will ensure the freedom of Öcalan and the solution of the Kurdish question,” said DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bayındır, pointing to Abdullah Öcalan as the interlocutor for a solution and peace.
• Turkish army builds a new base in a village in Amadiya 

  The new base plays an important role in Turkey's occupation strategy due to its strategic location on the western front of the Zap region.
• HPG: Two Turkish soldiers killed, one helicopter and one excavator hit 

  The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla carried out actions in Metîna and Zap. Two Turkish soldiers, one of whom a ranking officer, were killed, while one helicopter and one excavator were hit.
• Masses start gathering for the 'Democracy and Freedom Rally' in Batman 

  A central rally for ‘Democracy and Freedom’ will be held in Batman province today. The rally is promoted by the Platform of Democratic Institutions.