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• Agriculture and Food Symposium in Van on its 2nd day 

  The ‘Symposium on Building the Future in Agriculture and Food’ organised by DEM Party in Van continues on its second day.
• Rally demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan in Berlin 

  A demonstration for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan took place in Berlin.
• Iraqi Electoral Commission to approve candidates next week 

  The Press Officer of the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission stated that the commission will approve the names of the candidates who will participate in the Kurdistan parliamentary elections next week.
• Temelli: Abdullah Öcalan's paradigm is the solution to exploitation in Kurdistan 

  Sezai Temelli said: “Capitalism's hinterland of exploitation is now Kurdistan. Against this, the democratic autonomy paradigm put forward by Öcalan develops a solution. We must build agricultural policies in the light of this paradigm."
• French Senator Souyris : Isolation in Imrali should be fought at an international level 

  French Senator Anne Souyris said that isolation in Imrali should be fought at an international level, and Europe must show "political courage."
• ‘Confronting the 6-7 September Pogrom is necessary to establish peace and equal citizenship' 

  "The 6-7 September Pogrom symbolises not only physical attacks but also a state-sponsored process of dispossession and appropriation of capital," the DEM Party said.
• European institutions make non-binding promises on Imrali 

  The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights and the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture have responded to the letter signed by 69 Nobel laureates on the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• HBDH: 6-7 September mentality continues to massacre in Kurdistan 

  In a statement on the anniversary of the 6-7 September Pogrom, HBDH said, “The AKP-MHP fascism is the continuation of this massacre tradition. We call for the united revolutionary struggle to be increased and fascism to be held to account.”
• PUK in Iraqi Parliament condemns Turkish drone attacks on South Kurdistan 

  The PUK group of the Iraqi Parliament condemned the Turkish state’s armed drone attacks on South Kurdistan, saying that "the silence and lack of action by the governments of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region legitimizes Turkey’s attacks."
• ‘Tîrêjên Rojê’ campaign starts in front of the UN 

  The ‘Tîrêjên Rojê’ campaign launched by TJK-E within the scope of the ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, a Political Solution to the Kurdish Question’ campaign will continue uninterruptedly until 12 October.
• Preparatory Committee calls for participation in the Long March in a spirit of mobilisation 

  The Preparatory Committee of the Long March to be held in Germany on 15-20 September called for participation in the demonstration in a spirit of mobilisation.
• Öcalan’s book ‘The Question of Personality in Kurdistan’ published in German 

  The book ‘The Question of Personality in Kurdistan, the Militant Personality and Party Life’ by Abdullah Öcalan has been published by Meyman-Verlag. The Turkish original from 1985 is a work from the early years of the PKK.
• New textile factory to open by DEM Party-run Mazıdağı municipality 

  Mazıdağı (Şemrex) Municipality is about to complete the preparations for the first textile factory to be opened in the district and provide employment for 350 people.
• CDK-F and TJK-F call for participation in action for Öcalan to be held in Paris on Saturday 

  CDK-F and TJK-F called on all patriotic Kurdish people and their friends to the action for Öcalan to be held in République Square in Paris on Saturday, 7 September at 14:00.
• Incentives for bosses, less rights for workers 

  Textile workers in Turkey and North Kurdistan are exposed to severe exploitation and health risks. They receive wages well below the poverty line.
• Global Days for Öcalan from 1 to 10 October 

  New Global Days for Öcalan to be held from 1 to 10 October.
• Fatma Yavuz: It seems that every institution in Turkey works contrary to its mission 

  Author Fatma Yavuz said: "Hospitals produce diseases, courthouses produce oppression, and places of worship produce sin and polytheism."
• Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in prison in Germany 

  The final hearing of Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz was held at the Hamburg State Court. Ayaz was sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in prison. Kurds protested the verdict in front of the court.
• Young people in North Rhine-Westphalia call for participation in Long March for Öcalan 

  Kurdish and internationalist young people will be holding a Long March in Germany between 15 and 20 September under the slogan 'Freedom for Leader Öcalan, a political solution to the Kurdish question'.
• Man from Duhok killed in racist attack in Istanbul 

  Three men from Duhok were attacked in Istanbul because they spoke Kurdish.
• International Peace Conference in Berlin: We weave the future together 

  The ‘European Forum for Freedom and Peace’, founded by people from Turkey and Kurdistan living in exile, is organising an international peace conference in Berlin this weekend.
• Scottish MPs: Negotiation with Abdullah Öcalan will lead to peace 

  Scottish National Party (SNP) MPs, youth organisation and members stated that dialogue and negotiation with Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan will lead to peace.
• Young people march to UN demaning freedom for Öcalan 

  The Kurdish youth movement in Switzerland demanded the release of Abdullah Öcalan from Turkish solitary confinement and a political solution to the Kurdish question with a long march to the UN headquarters in Geneva.
• Long March for the Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan starts in Switzerland 

  The long march organised by TCŞ and TEKOJİN as part of the ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question’ has started in Lausanne.
• GÖÇİZDER’s assets frozen by Ministry of Interior and Treasury 

  According to the decision of the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Treasury and Finance, GÖÇİZDER’s assets have been frozen.