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• 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.
• Two unidentified bodies found in Silopi 

  Two unidentified bodies have been found near the Kavallı (Nervan) village in Şırnak's Silopi district last night.
• Nusaybin Co-mayor and DBP executives detained 

  Police raided a number of houses in Mardin's Nusaybin district early this morning in relation with the recent declaration of self-rule.
• Police murder 16-year-old youth in Şırnak 

  Police forces attacked youths who staged a protest demo yesterday evening in Yeşilyurt neighborhood of Şırnak province.
• Co-mayor of Cizre: Five people including two children killed 

  Co-mayor of Şırnak's Cizre district municipality, Leyla İmret, stated that police and soldiers have today killed five people who include two children.
• Death toll in Cizre rises to 3 

  Death toll has risen to 3 in Cizre district of Şırnak where people faced yet another crackdown by Turkish security forces today.
• Dozens of soldiers killed in actions by guerrillas 

  Actions by HPG (People’s Defense Forces) and YJA Star (Free Women's Troops) guerrillas in response the war policies and attacks of the AKP government continue.
• Clashes in Cizre leave two civilians including a child dead 

  Clashes have erupted between youths and police in Cizre district of Şırnak following an armed attack on Garrison Command earlier today.
• Bombardments by Turkish army against guerrilla areas continue 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in its daily statement that artillery attacks and reconnaissance flights by the Turkish military on the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones continue.
• KNK: International community must take a stance against Turkey terror 

  KNK recalled that the Turkish state has initiated a dirty war against the Kurdish people since 24th of July, terrorising the people and declaring curfews in many Kurdish towns (Şemdinli, Varto, Lice, Hani, Ergani, Eruh, Farqin etc).
• KCK calls upon Kurdish people to continue resisting the attacks 

  KCK called on the people in the areas of self-rule to remain in streets and continue the resistance to the attacks of occupying forces with tanks and artillery fires without paying attention to the curfews.
• Death toll rises to 4 in Yüksekova 

  Death toll rose to 4 in Hakkari's Yüksekova district where police and military forces attacked the neighborhoods of Orman, Mezarlık and Kışla last night.
• HDP MP calls on people to embrace the self-rule project 

  HDP Amed deputy Nursel Aydoğan the people of Silvan will not step back in the face of attacks by the AKP, and called on the Kurdish people to embrace self-rule.
• DİSK Secretary General: We are not allowed into Yüksekova 

  A delegation from DİSK, KESK, TMMOB, TTB and İHD has left Hakkari for Şemdinli district which witnessed intensified attacks and clashes last week.