KURDISTAN

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• Death toll rises to 4 in Beytüşşebap 

  Attacks by Turkish state forces left four people dead and four others wounded.
• HPG reports ongoing actions by guerrillas 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office has released a statement detailing actions by guerrillas in response to the ongoing attacks by Turkish military forces.
• Three civilians killed in attacks by Turkish forces in Beytüşşebap 

  Ongoing attacks by Turkish forces in Beytüşşebap district of Şırnak left three civilians dead and two others heavily wounded.
• Flückiger: Öcalan must be free for the achievement of a true peace 

  Martin Flückiger, President of the Swiss Party BastA, stated that democratic autonomy, or self rule, should be advanced in a way to involve not only Kurds but also all peoples living in Turkey.
• Beytüşşebap under attack by Turkish forces 

  Clashes between HPG guerrillas and Turkish forces continue in Şırnak's Beytüşşebap district since late last night in the wake of a bombardment by Turkish jets and artillery attack launched from District Regimental Command.
• Medico International's Glasenapp: Rojava is the only alternative visible 

  Foreign Commission of the Democratic Kurdish Society Center (DKTM) in the German city of Saarbrücken held a panel discussion titled “Democracy or religious madness?” intended for the German public opinion.
• Family of fallen BÖG Commander demands the body of their son 

  United Forces of Freedom (BÖG) Commander Aziz Güler (Rasih Kurtuluş) who has recently lost his life fighting ISIS gangs in Kobanê, is denied permission into Turkey from Rojava.
• Actions by HPG/YJA Star guerrillas continue 

  Guerrillas affiliated to HPG and YJA Star have conducted effective actions in Hakkari, Şırnak, Van, Siirt, Bingöl, Bitlis, Dersim and Amed provinces of North Kurdistan, which left 16 soldiers and 4 police dead.
• Shengal people fighting poverty and cold call for help 

  Êzîdî people continue fighting hunger, poverty and cold as they still maintain their lives on Mount Shengal since the massacre perpetrated by savage ISIS gangs against their community in Shengal town in South Kurdistan last year.
• 140 communes formed in Cizre as part of building of self-rule 

  In Cizre, which was sort of devastated by Turkish state forces during the nine-day curfew between 4-12 September, people haven't given up on the idea of self-rule, the declaration of which was responded by the state with brutal attacks.
• HPG: Cobra helicopter downed, 25 soldiers killed in actions by guerrillas 

  Guerrillas affiliated to HPG and YJA Star conducted effective retaliatory actions in response to Turkish army's attacks in Kurdistan and attempts of total annihilation, which also targeted cemeteries of martyrs.
• Did Turkish army use chemical weapon in Dersim? 

  There exist suspects that Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) used chemical weapons in the most recent airstrikes conducted in the rural areas of Dersim's Ovacık district for two days.
• KCK calls for strong participation in the boycott against schools 

  KCK Education Committee called upon all Kurdistan people to join and strongly support the boycott called by DTK at the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year on September 28.
• Final resolution of PYD 6th Congress released 

  The final resolution of the PYD Congress said; "Co-chairs, Party Assembly members and Congress delegates reiterated their promise to keep their struggle going, and to always base it on the brave female and male martyrs of Rojava peoples."
• Soldiers release photo of HPG guerrilla tortured after death 

  Turkish soldiers have released a photo on social media of a tortured HPG guerrilla who lost his life in Kars two days ago.
• Kurds in Europe to go on hunger strike for Öcalan's freedom 

  Members of Freedom for Öcalan Initiative and representatives of Kurdish institutions in Europe will go on a five-day hunger strike to demand freedom for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Attacks on HDP continue 

  Detention of HDP executives and attacks on HDP buildings continue in the scope of AKP government's all-out war against the Kurdish people.
• KCK: Attacks on martyrs' cemeteries target Kurdish people's existence 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency strongly responded to the attacks on the cemeteries of martyrs which it said- do directly target the existence of the Kurdish people, and all the values represented by this existence.
• Friends of Andrea Wolf: Turkey commits a war crime in Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state's attacks on civilians and cemeteries of Kurdish guerrillas continue drawing worldwide reactions.
• HSM refutes Turkish reports, says four guerrillas martyred in Dersim 

  People's Defense Center (HSM) Headquarters Command has released a statement refuting the Turkish reports that 60 guerrillas were killed in Haftanîn and 35 others in Dersim.
• DTK calls for a boycott against schools for the right to mother tongue 

  Democratic Society Congress (DTK) called upon the people to boycott schools at the beginning of the new school year on September 28.
• Iranian army attempts to enter guerrilla areas 

  Iranian troops attempted to enter Xakurkê area of PKK-held Medya Defense Zones yesterday.
• Another cemetery of guerrillas bombed by Turkish army in Cudi 

  Following the order sent by Turkish Interior Ministry to the governors of some Kurdish cities for the “demolition of guerrillas' cemeteries” last week, Turkish army has bombed two cemeteries of fallen PKK members.
• People and deputies reach military operation area in Cudi 

  A large number of local people and HDP deputies leaving from Şırnak have reached the Mount Cudi where an operation by the Turkish army is going on.
• Musa Anter commemorated where he was murdered 

  Kurdish intellectual Musa Anter (Apê Musa) has been commemorated at the scene where he was murdered by Gendarmerie Intelligence Organization (JITEM) in Amed on 20 September 1992.