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• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Xemgîn Oremar, Xwînrêj Spêrtî and Rêber Dizê 

  The HPG paid tribute to guerrillas Xemgîn Oremar, Xwînrêj Spêrtî and Rêber Dizê, who died five years ago. In a statement, the HPG described them as exemplary for the new revolutionary generation in Kurdistan.
• YJA Star guerrillas: The PKK is a first in Kurdish history 

  The PKK was founded on 27 November 1978. It was a historic moment for the Kurdish people, and today it is also an important day for the peoples of the world, say guerrillas from the Free Women's Troops (YJA Star).
• HPG: 3 soldiers killed, one excavator hit 

  On the western front of the Zap, three Turkish soldiers were shot dead by the HPG and YJA Star guerrillas.
• People of Batman protest the trustee coup, call for participation in 17 November rally 

  The people of Batman continue their resistance against the trustee coup and called for strong participation in the Democracy and Freedom Rally on 17 November.
• The PKK is a mental and conscientious revolution in Kurdistan 

  The PKK has created a great mental revolution in Kurdish society, melting centuries-old dogmatic patterns with the fire of revolution and building a new life.
• Gerîla TV publishes footage of airstrike against Turkish army in Sergelê Resistance Area  

  Gerîla TV published footage of an airstrike against the Turkish army in the Sergelê Resistance Area of the Şehîd Delil Western Zap Region.
• DEM Party calls on the KDP to end restrictions on their representatives in Kurdistan Region 

  DEM Party reacted against KDP's repression on its representatives in Hewlêr and said, “There can be no legal, political and moral justification for the expulsion of our representatives from Hewlêr by force and pressure.”
• Bar associations: Appointment of trustees to municipalities has no legal and social legitimacy 

  The presidents of ten bar associations in the Kurdish region denounced the usurpation of municipalities through trustees and instrumentalisation of the judiciary.
• KCK: We respectfully bow before the memory of Seyit Riza 

  The KCK said: "We commemorate Seyit Riza and those executed with him with respect and also commemorate with great respect all those who were massacred during the mass slaughter of Dersim and condemn the mentality that caused it."
• 195 people detained, 25 imprisoned, 5 sentenced to house arrest in Batman 

  Turkish forces staged a brutal crackdown on the Kurdish population who protested against the usurpation of their will with the removal of the co-mayors they elected and their replacement by a government-appointed trustee.
• YBŞ: We will crown our struggle with victory in the footsteps of our heroes 

  In a statement on the 9th anniversary of the liberation of Shengal, YBŞ General Command emphasised that the Yazidi people were liberated with the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Batman: They cannot defeat a people who have adopted freedom as a principle 

  "If a solution is desired, the interlocutor is Mr Öcalan. The rest is struggle and resistance," said DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bayindir during the ongoing protest in Batman where the municipality was usurped and the elected co-mayors were replaced by a trustee.
• Turkey bombs a village in Southern Kurdistan 

  The occupying Turkish state bombed Bazê village in Berwarî Bala region in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq).
• UCAV activity in Shengal 

  Reports are coming through of intense UCAV activity by the occupying Turkish state in the skies of Shengal.
• Nine years ago, the liberation of Shengal 

  After months of resistance, the HPG and YJA Star guerrillas, the YPG/YPJ forces from Rojava and the Yazidi defense forces YBŞ-YJŞ cleared Shengal from ISIS mercenaries on 13 November 2015.
• Resistance against usurpation of municipalities continues 

  Resistance continues in Batman and Halfeti against the usurpation of municipalities by trustees.
• DTK and DBP co-chairs call for participation in the Batman rally on 17 November 

  DTK Co-Chair Berdan Öztürk and DBP Co-Chair Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar called for participation in the rally for freedom and honourable peace to take place in Batman on 17 November.
• Special warfare and counter activities increase in Van 

  As the Turkish state’s special war activities in the Kurdish region continue, special units were stationed in the Gürpınar region of Van. Plainclothes men stop villagers on the road and ask them if they recognise certain names.
• 8-day entry ban to rural neighborhoods in Pîran 

  Various regions in Pîran near Amed will soon be declared a forbidden zone again. The reason is a Turkish military operation against the Kurdish guerrillas.
• Young people in Batman, Van and Yüksekova protest appointment of trustees 

  Young people protested in the streets of Batman, Van and Yüksekova against the appointment of trustees.
• ‘Municipalities were usurped by unlawful methods’ 

  On the 8th day of the resistance against the usurpation of the people's will in Halfeti, lawyers from the Antep Bar Association visited the vigil in front of the municipality.
• Protest against usurpation of municipality continues in Mardin 

  Protests against the seizure of the municipalities of Mardin, Batman and Halfeti on 4 November and appointment of trustees in their place continue.
• Declaration of the ‘Democracy and Freedom Rally’ to be held in Batman on 17 November announced 

  Call for everyone in favour of peace, democracy and fraternity in Turkey to increase the common struggle and to participate in the ‘Democracy and Freedom Rally’ in Batman on 17 November to speak out against oppression.
• ‘The PKK is a resurrection movement’ 

  YJA Star guerrilla Çarçella Cîlo stated that the PKK is a resurrection movement and said that thanks to the PKK, she started to recognise her own existence and identity as well as devote herself to her people.
• Young Yazidi man martyred in Turkish airstrike in Shengal 

  Shengal Autonomous Administration announced that a young man named Kerim Hecî Şero was martyred in today’s airstrike by the Turkish state.