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• HDP calls for urgent international action against increasing state violence 

  HDP has warned that Turkey is increasingly drifting into a civil war, and called for urgent international action against the policies of violence that have escalated after the general elections of June 7 led by the AKP provisional government.
• Eight civilians killed in Cizre last night 

  It has come out that at least eight civilians were killed by state terror in Şırnak's Cizre district last night which witnessed intense attacks with heavy weapons and tanks against Nur, Cudi and Yafes neighborhoods.
• Thousands continue the march to Cizre despite attacks 

  Thousands of people are continuing their march from İdil to Cizre district of Şırnak from two sides despite the ongoing attacks and hindrances by Turkish security forces.
• PKK and PAJK prisoners: We salute the resistance of our people 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners on hunger strike urged the AKP to immediately abandon policies of denial and annihilation, and called upon the Kurdish people to defend self-rule and democratic autonomy under any circumstances.
• Kurdish politicians attacked by police on their way to Cizre 

  Riot police forces have blocked and attacked the delegation of Kurdish politicians on their way from İdil to Cizre district of Şırnak Thursday morning.
• Father and daughter killed in Cizre 

  Snipers in Cizre have shot dead daughter of civilian Eşref Edim who lost his life as a result of attacks by Turkish state forces on Varol Street of Nur neighborhood in Şırnak's Cizre district early this morning.
• Three more people murdered in Cizre 

  Three more people have lost their lives as a result of bombardments by Turkish state forces and fire opened by snipers on one hand and from armored vehicles on the other hand.
• March to Cizre reaches İdil 

  Thousands marching to Cizre from across Kurdistan and Turkey have reached İdil district of Şırnak.
• Another woman wounded by police in Cizre 

  A woman got wounded as a result of fire opened from Tank Battalion in Nur neighborhood of Şırnak's Cizre district.
• Cizre march continues despite hindrances 

  Turkish state forces are resorting to any kind of hindrance to prevent masses who took the road to Cizre from across Northern Kurdistan in solidarity with the people against the ongoing crackdown and heavy attacks by Turkish forces.
• DTK calls on peoples to step up the resistance 

  DTK said the war policies of the AKP threatened the HDP, the Kurdish people and the future of the peoples of Turkey, and called on peoples to step up the resistance against these policies.
• Aerial and ground bombardments against guerrilla areas continue 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported that the Turkish army continues shelling guerrilla areas.
• Masses marching to Cizre blocked again 

  The group marching towards Cizre against the ongoing crackdown and attacks by Turkish state forces have been stopped by armored vehicles once again after reaching the Kartmin village of Mardin's Midyat district.
• Turkish jets shelling Qandil region 

  Turkish jets have once again bombed Qandil region of Medya Defense Zones.
• HPG: 45 special operation police killed in Iğdır 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported that 45 special operation police, including 3 chief policemen, were killed in a sabotage action carried out by guerrilla teams in Iğdır on September 8.
• Two HPG guerrillas martyred in Geliyê Doskî 

  HPG reported that two guerrillas have lost their lives as a result of intense bombardments conducted by Turkish army in the wake of the heavy clashes between Turkish troops and guerrillas in Geliyê Doskî on September 5.
• Demirtaş: We can't leave the people to die, we are walking to Cizre 

  HDP deputies who held talks with Turkish officials were told that they wouldn't be allowed to enter Cizre in line with an order given by Turkish authorities.
• HDP Co-President and deputies denied access to Cizre 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş, Ministers Ali Haydar Konca and Müslüm Doğan, deputies and a large number of civilians have been stopped by security forces after leaving Mardin's Midyat district, and denied permission to move further.
• Co-mayor of Bismil detained 

  Security forces raided the house of Amed's Bismil district co-mayor Resul Sarı in Çöltepe village, as well the houses of his brother Emin Sarı, his mother Hüsna Sarı and his brother Recep Sarı.
• Dutch journalist Geerdink released to be deported 

  31 people who had been detained in Weregoz region of Yüksekova last week, have been released.
• Demirtaş calls for self-defense against attacks 

  Pointing out that attacks on HDP in 176 places were conducted by the hand of the state, Demirtaş said; "This is a turbulent process that will lead up to a major fracture and changes in both our country and the Middle East."
• Another youth murdered by police in Cizre 

  Armed attack by police in Yafes neighborhood of Şırnak's Cizre district left a 20-year-old youth wounded, who soon later lost his life as no ambulance was allowed to the scene to take him to hospital.
• 80-year-old man dies due to police blockade in Cizre 

  An 80-year-old elderly has lost his life after beng denied access to an ambulance after he suffered a health problem late yesterday evening.
• Police murder a woman in Cizre 

  Police forces blockaded the Yafes neighborhood of Şırnak's Cizre district and rained bullets on the neighborhood from armored vehicles deployed on the orbital road, which left a woman dead.
• Turkish jets shelled guerrilla areas 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in a written statement that Turkish jets shelled guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones on the night of September 7-8 till morning hours.