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• HPG reports ongoing attacks by Turkish army in North Kurdistan 

  HPG Press Office has reported ongoing attacks by Turkish troops as well as intense clashes in Binbir area of Hakkari's Yüksekova district since October 13.
• Erciş co-mayor and HDP district co-chair sent to prison 

  Erciş co-mayor Diba Keskin and HDP co-chair Şevval Çadırcı were both remanded in custody.
• Three child prisoners in Van exiled to Ankara 

  Three children jailed in Van M Type Closed Prison have been sent to another prison in Sincan district of Ankara unbeknownst to their parents.
• 25 human shields attacked and detained by soldiers in Muş 

  Turkish soldiers attacked the people acting as human shields to prevent probable clashes during the operation run by Turkish troops in the rural area between Bulanık and Varto districts of Muş.
• Heavy blow inflicted on Turkish troops in Binbir area 

  Turkish army continues its military activities, aerial and ground operations and deployment of troops despite the declaration of inaction by the KCK on October 10.
• HPG: Bombardments by Turkish army against guerrilla areas continue 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in today’s written statement that aerial activities of Turkish aircraft continue over guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones.
• Political crisis deepens in South Kurdistan 

  Three parties in Hewler, PUK, Islamic Unity and Islamic Society are now preparing to hold a meeting today to discuss over adopting a common attitude against the developments.
• Six gang members killed in Shengal 

  Six members of ISIS gangs have been killed in two assassination actions by‎ Shengal Resistance Units in Silo valley.
• Youth executed by special operation police in Dargeçit 

  Special operation police executed a youth in Dargeçit (Kerboran) district of Mardin.
• Turkish army shells surroundings of two cemeteries in Lice 

  Turkish troops are launching mortar attacks on the surroundings of two cemeteries of guerrillas in Lice district of Amed.
• New terrifying images emerge of Hacı Birlik 

  More terrifying images have emerged of Hacı Lokman Birlik whose dead body was dragged through streets behind an armored vehicle after his execution by police in Şırnak earlier this month.
• HPG reports ongoing attacks by Turkish army against guerrilla areas 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in a written statement that bombardments and operations by the Turkish army continue primarily in Çarçela and Herekol areas as well as in Amed and many other guerrilla-held areas.
• Turkey responds to KCK's inaction by bombing cemeteries of guerrillas 

  Turkish Armed Forces have shelled the cemeteries of Kurdish freedom fighters in Amed's Lice district, on Mount Cudi and Mount Herekol.
• 9-year-old child murdered by police in Amed's Sur district 

  DBP Amed provincial branch remarked that the wave of attacks by police forces is becoming heavier every passing hour, and warned against an imminent massacre in Sur district.
• DBP: Let's turn everywhere into an area of resistance 

  DBP (Party of Democratic Regions) Amed provincial branch has called for protests against the Ankara massacre.
• Turkish jets bomb two cemeteries of guerrillas in Lice 

  Turkish jets have bombed the 'Martyr Amed and Martyr Hêvidar Cemetery' and 'Martyr Harun Cemetery' in Lice district of Amed.
• Turkish jets shell Metina and Zap areas of guerrilla zones 

  Turkish jets are shelling Metina and Zap areas of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones.
• KCK declares inaction on condition of not being attacked 

  KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council Co-Presidency has released a statement declaring inaction on condition that no attacks are carried out against the Kurdish movement, people and guerrilla forces.
• Turkish police murder a youth in Amed's Sur district 

  After blockading the neighborhoods in Sur district of Amed following the imposition of a curfew, police killed a youth in his house.
• 18 soldiers killed, 23 others wounded in actions by guerrillas 

  18 soldiers were killed and 23 others were wounded, 3 heavily, in the most recent actions by guerrillas in response to the ongoing attacks of the Turkish army.
• 10 detained, 20 remanded in custody in today’s operations 

  Political genocide operations against Kurdish population and local administrators continue in line with the war policies of the AKP government implemented in North Kurdistan territory.
• HPG: Turkish army shelled Martyr Gafur area with phosphorus bombs 

  While Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles conducted reconnaissance flights over Gare, Metina areas and Zap region of Medya Defence Zones, Turkish troops shelled Martyr Gafur area with phosphorus bombs.
• 11 gang members killed in Shengal 

  YBŞ (Shengal Resistance Units) General Command has released a statement about the ongoing operation against ISIS gangs in Shengal town of South Kurdistan.
• HDP MP asks if Turkish army used chemical weapon in Dersim 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MP for Dersim has asked in a parliamentary question to the Minister of Defence if the Turkish military used chemical weapon in the bombardment in Dersim province on September 16.
• Co-mayor of Özalp and two others remanded in custody 

  Co-mayor of Özalp district of Van, Handan Bağcı, deputy co-mayor Okan Bayram and Municipal Council member Kasım Hazır have been formally arrested after their detention this morning.