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• Police murder a youth in Yüksekova 

  Special operation police teams attacked the neighborhoods of Esentepe and Esenyurt in Yüksekova district of Hakkari last night.
• HPG: 19 soldiers and 2 police killed in actions by guerrillas 

  While attacks by Turkish army against guerrilla areas continue, so do the retaliation action by guerrillas, in which 19 soldiers and 2 police were killed.
• Report on Cizre: Three civilians were murdered by snipers 

  Head of Amed Bar Association, Tahir Elçi, has released the report prepared by a bar delegation assigned to investigate the clashes that took place in Cizre district of Şırnak on August 27.
• Jailed co-mayors of Hakkari and Edremit sent to an Ankara prison 

  Co-mayors of Hakkari and Van's Edremit district municipality, who were detained and remanded in custody last week, have been exiled from Van M Type Prison where they have been held since.
• Kurds in Germany to march tomorrow against isolation and massacres 

  The Kurdish people living in Europe will stage a long march tomorrow to condemn the ongoing isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and massacre of civilians.
• Encü on Silopi: They want to intimidate the people by killing civilians 

  HDP Şırnak deputy Ferhat Encü said people in Silopi faced the possibility of being shot even when went go out to buy bread as snipers have been positioned on the roofs of governor's office, police station and military buildings.
• People of Yüksekova: We will not leave our lands 

  Local people dealing with animal husbandry in uplands to earn a living voiced determination to not leave their lands despite the recently enhanced bombardments by Turkish jets.
• Mother and daughter shot by snipers in Silopi 

  While not a single day passes without murders in the Kurdish region of Turkey, 55-year-old civilian Fatma Ay and her 14-year-old daughter Berfin Ökten were targeted by snipers as they slept on the roofs of their house in Silopi last night.
• 16 police killed in action by guerrillas in Nazımiye 

  In an action in Nazımiye district of Dersim, guerrillas hit the Police Headquarters, District Governor's Office, Government Office, Police Lodges, District Commando Brigade and one base station, which left 16 police dead and three others wounded.
• Blast in Silvan leaves one child dead 

  A blast has occurred on Büyükçeşme Avenue in Bağlar neighborhood of Amed's Silvan district.
• DBP Amed branch co-chair remanded in custody 

  DBP (Party of Democratic Regions) Amed branch co-chair Hafize İpek has been remanded in custody on charges of “knowingly and willfully aiding an illegal organisation despite not being involved in its hierarchical structure'”.
• Three youths killed by police in Silopi 

  Three youths were first surrounded and then shot dead by police in a house in Kobanê neighborhood of Şırnak's Silopi district.
• HPG: Actions by guerrillas continue 

  HPG (Peoples' Defense Forces) Press Office reported that actions by guerrillas in Northern Kurdistan in response to the ongoing attacks by Turkish forces continue.
• IHD Amed Branch Chair: Do not remain silent towards AKP persecution 

  IHD Amed Branch Co-chair Raci Bilici put emphasis on the legitimacy of the self-rule declared by the Kurdish people, saying that NGOs in Amed would hold international contacts against the war policy of the AKP.
• General Coordination of Rojava Cantons salutes declarations of self-rule 

  The General Coordination of Rojava Cantons' Executive Councils has released a statement condemning the attacks of the Turkish state against the people of Bakurê (Northern) Kurdistan that have recently declared self-rule.
• Police murder yet another minor in Kızıltepe 

  Special operation police teams launched an operation in Kızıltepe district of Mardin yesterday evening following an explosion that occurred during the passage of a police vehicle near Seyda mosque.
• Irmak on Yüksekova: People will not give up on self-rule 

  DTK Co-President and HDP MP for Hakkari, Selma Irmak, said the attacks by state forces in Yüksekova deliberately targeted civilians and warned that a big massacre could take place unless the people resisted in an organized manner.
• HPG: At least 35 soldiers and 6 police killed in actions by guerrillas 

  HPG Press Office said at least 35 soldiers and 6 police were killed in ongoing actions by HPG and YJA Star guerrillas in response to the attacks and massacres committed by Turkish military and police forces against the Kurdish people.
• KCK calls for total resistance against attacks by AKP 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency has released a statement calling for total resistance in all cities and towns of Northern Kurdistan against the attacks of state forces ruled by AKP government.
• Thousands bid farewell to youth killed by police in Şırnak 

  Thousands bid farewell to 16-year-old Adem İrtegün who was killed by police in Yeşilyurt neighborhood of Şırnak last night. The youth's body was held at Şırnak State Hospital morgue till the morning and then handed over to family after postmortem.
• Cizre People's Assembly calls people to the fronts of self-defense 

  Cizre Democratic People's Assembly has called on the people of Botan region to mount total resistance against the 'deliberate policies of massacre'.
• 11 people killed, 24 wounded by state forces in one day 

  Attacks by Turkish state forces against civilians in the Kurdish region have left 11 people dead, including three children, and at least 24 others wounded in the last one day.
• Another youth murdered by police in Ağrı 

  Turkish state's police forces continue disproportionate use of force and violence against the people in the Kurdish region. Police bullets have claimed yet another life in Doğubayazıt (Bazid) district of Ağrı.
• Turkish soldiers kill a man from Kobanê at border 

  It came out that soldiers of the Turkish army murdered a civilian from Kobanê in the village of Siftek two days ago.
• 71 village guards resign from duty in Beytüşşebap 

  71 village guards in Beytüşşebap district of Silopi have resigned from duty in objection to the Turkish army's repression on them to participate in military operations.