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• 81-year-old Makbule Özer to go back to prison 

  81-year-old Makbule Özer, sentenced to 2 years and one month in prison in Van, was released in September 2022, after the sentence was postponed for a year. Now she is to be sent back to jail.
• Vigil in Maxmur to demand freedom for Öcalan continues 

  The vigil, which was launched at the Martyr Rustem Cudi Refugee Camp in Maxmur to demand the physical freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and to break the severe isolation imposed on him, continues with great determination.
• Remains of guerrillas Elçiçek and Satılmış delivered to their families after 5 years 

  Guerrillas Menfiyat Elçiçek and Azad Satılmış died in clashes with the Turkish army in Elkê more than five years ago. Only now did relatives receive their remains.
• Mesopotamia Migration Platform warns against depopulation of Kurdistan 

  The Mesopotamia Migration Platform provided information about the state's policy of displacement and warned against the depopulation of Kurdistan.
• HPG reports ongoing guerrilla actions against the Turkish army 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas continue inflicting heavy blows on the Turkish occupation army in Kurdistan, confronting brutal Turkish attacks, including with chemical weapons.
• Amed residents face hard times due to economic crisis 

  Amed residents expressed that they are experiencing hard times due to the economic problems in Turkey and criticized the wrong policies of the government in the field of economy.
• HPG Commander Armanc Med: This war will end in victory 

  HPG Commander Armanc Med stated that today's guerrilla resistance is based on the legacy left by July 14 and said, "We know that this war will be difficult, but it will end in victory."
• HSM congratulates guerrillas on the revolutionary operation in Metîna 

  The headquarters of the People's Defense Center congratulated the guerrillas and commanders for their successful operation against the Turkish occupation forces in Metîna.
• Guerrilla Hawar calls for broad support for the resistance 

  Guerrilla Şerzan Hawar called for broad support for the guerrilla resistance and said: “We must all assume our responsibility.” He paid tribute to the prison resistance in Amed and the strength of the freedom movement.
• HPG guerrillas: We will crown the 46th anniversary of the PKK with success 

  HPG guerrillas Fedekar Yedîgar and Qehreman Kobanê, who stated that the Kurdish Freedom Movement has given thousands of martyrs and paid a great price for 45 years, said, "We promise that we will crown the 46th anniversary of the PKK with success."
• Footage of preparations for guerrilla operation in Metîna 

  Gerîla TV published footage of the preparations for the revolutionary operation carried out by the guerrillas at Girê Çarçel in Metîna.
• YJA Star guerrilla Çiya: Kurdistan and our Leader will be liberated 

  YJA Star guerrillas Özgür Çiya said that the Turkish state no longer has a chance of success and added: "Kurdistan will be liberated, our people and our Leader will also be liberated."
• At least 43 people detained in Bitlis and Van 

  The Turkish regime’s political extermination campaign against the Kurdish population continues unabated.
• HPG: Turkish state lies and conceals its losses 

  HPG accuses the Turkish state of covering up very serious losses suffered by its forces in the guerrilla areas in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
• Tahir Elçi remembered on the eighth anniversary of his death 

  Tahir Elçi, President of Diyarbakır Bar Association, who was murdered eight years ago, was remembered in Amed.
• Guerrillas celebrate the 45th anniversary of the PKK in Garê 

  Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas in Garê celebrated the 45th anniversary of the establishment of PKK with a magnificent ceremony. Rojhat Mûş, one of the HPG Commanders, vowed that: "We will never let the PKK flag fall to the ground".
• 19 people taken into custody in Hizan and Tatvan 

  So far, 19 people have been taken into custody in house raids in the villages of Hizan and Tatvan.
• Eight years ago today, lawyer Tahir Elçi was murdered in Amed 

  On 28 November 2015, Tahir Elçi, a lawyer and President of Diyarbakır Bar Association, who spent his life defending people from the violence and abuse of the Turkish state repression machine, was murdered in Amed.
• Ban on access to restricted zones in Şırnak extended for fifteen days 

  The access ban imposed a fortnight ago on mountainous regions in Şırnak has been extended for fifteen days.
• HPG: 18 soldiers were killed in revolutionary operation in Metîna 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas continue inflicting heavy blows on the Turkish occupation army on the 45th founding anniversary of the PKK.
• Another kolbar killed by Iranian forces 

  Apart from systematic attacks directed against them, kolbars are struggling to make a living under harsh weather conditions, dangerous geographical locations and mines.
• HPG and YJA Star guerrillas celebrate the PKK's founding anniversary 

  Guerrillas celebrated the anniversary of the founding of the PKK in the Metîna region of the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla carries out revolutionary operation in Metina 

  The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla carried out a revolutionary operation in Metina. Many Turkish soldiers were killed.
• PAJK: PKK is the most revolutionary, transformative movement of the 21st century 

  In a statement on the 45th anniversary of the foundation of the PKK, the PAJK said, "As the most revolutionary, dynamic and transformative movement of the 21st century, the PKK is the hope of liberation of the peoples of the Middle East more than ever."
• 'PKK is the guarantee of the freedom of the oppressed' 

  Agirî Tolhildan, one of the YJA Star guerrillas, said that the Kurdish People's Leader is the hope of oppressed peoples, and the PKK is the guarantee of freedom.