KURDISTAN

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• Co-mayor of Van's Edremit district municipality removed from post 

  Turkish state continues targeting the elected representatives of the Kurdish people as part of its all-out war concept against the Kurdish population in Northern Kurdistan, the Kurdish region in Turkey.
• Turkish forces shell the area of martyrs' cemetery in Varto 

  Turkish state forces have bombed the “Martyr İsmail and Martyr Ronahi Cemetery” area located in Kulan region in Varto district of Muş.
• KCK: We are ready for mutual consolidated ceasefire 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency said they were ready for a mutual consolidated ceasefire, and supported the efforts and struggle of peoples, democracy forces and pro-peace circles for a democratic political resolution and lasting peace.
• HPG: 25 soldiers and 4 police killed in actions by guerrillas 

  HPG Press Office has released a statement regarding the ongoing actions of guerrillas in Northern Kurdistan, in which 25 soldiers and 4 police were killed.
• Instruction for the destruction of Kurdish martyrs' cemeteries 

  A “confidential” instruction signed by Turkish Minister of Interior Sebahattin Öztürk and sent to the governors of Kurdish cities orders the destruction of 14 cemeteries of Kurdish guerrillas.
• One youth killed, another wounded by police in Van 

  Armed attack by police in two neighborhoods of Van has left a youth dead another wounded.
• 12 soldiers killed in an action by YJA STAR guerrillas 

  YJA STAR guerrillas have carried out an action against Turkish troops deployed in Geliyê Dostki area in Gever (Yüksekova) district of Hakkari, leaving 12 soldiers dead and 4 others wounded.
• European delegation in Cizre calls for recommencement of negotiations 

  A delegation of European parliamentarians, comprised of Rebecca Harms -Member of the European Parliament for Alliance '90/The Greens- and Cem Özdemir -Chairman of the German Green Party- has held a series of talks in Cizre today.
• Removed co-mayor of Cizre: The will of the people was confiscated 

  Cizre co-mayor Leyla İmret said the decision for her removal from post was in fact a message to people of Cizre that “I punish you and I confiscate your will”.
• People of Yüksekova continue resisting ongoing attacks 

  Special operation teams that attacked people in Hakkari's Yüksekova (Gever) district throughout the night had to retreat in the face of the resistance waged by locals.
• PKK and PAJK prisoners end hunger strike 

  PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) and PAJK (Kurdistan Women's Liberation Party, Partiya Azadiya Jin a Kurdistan) prisoners have ended the indefinite-alternate hunger strike they had started on August 15.
• 19 human shields remanded in custody in Doğubayazıt 

  19 out of 25 people, who had been detained by soldiers upon their return from Mount Ararat where they acted as human shields, were remanded in custody by a court decision.
• Fiskaya under police blockade 

  Fiskaya neighborhood in Amed's Yenişehir district has been blockaded by police and special operation teams early this morning.
• European Greens to visit Cizre and Mardin 

  Officials from the Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) and the German Green Party (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) will pay a visit to Northern Kurdistan for talks serving a democratic resolution of the Kurdish question in Turkey.
• Images from Hesekê 

  A number of people have lost their lives in double bomb attacks in Hesekê city of West Kurdistan, Rojava, today afternoon.
• Police attack people marching to Sur 

  Turkish police forces have attacked the people marching in Amed today afternoon.
• Bomb attack in Hesekê leaves 13 dead 

  Rojava General Asayish Administration said in a written statement that today's bomb attack at Xişman Junction left 13 people dead.
• Kurdish workers targeted by racist attack in Bolu detained 

  Kurdish citizens in Turkish cities continue facing racist attacks on the excuse of slain soldiers whom AKP blatantly sacrifices for its own war against the Kurdish people, both the freedom movement and civilians.
• 13 detained as soldiers raid villages in Şırnak 

  Soldiers of the Turkish army conducted house raids in several villages of Şırnak early this morning.
• Resistance continues in Sur and Silvan districts of Amed 

  Siege and terror by Turkish police continues in Sur and Silvan districts of Amed since the imposition of a curfew by the Governor yesterday morning, to which people respond with resistance.
• People of Amed to march to Sur to break the blockade 

  People of Amed will march from Dağkapı to the central Sur district today noon to break the blockade by Turkish forces going on for one day.
• Cizre People's Assembly Co-President: People will never surrender 

  Cizre People's Assembly Co-President Mehmet Tunç stated that those trying to break the will of the people will definitively go down in defeat.
• Martyrs of Cizre resistance laid to rest 

  16 people who lost their lives as a result of heavy attacks by state forces in Şırnak's Cizre district were laid to rest yesterday.
• Child wounded in Kızıltepe dies 

  A 9-year-old child who got wounded as a result of an explosion in Mardin's Kızıltepe district yesterday, has lost his life.
• Curfew in three neighborhoods of Silvan 

  Following a crackdown by police forces in Amed's Silvan district this morning, a curfew has been imposed on the neighborhoods of Tekel, Konak and Mescit.