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• PACE member Castel: The solution lies in the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Laura Castel, Catalan member of PACE, submitted parliamentary questions to the Presidency of the European Council to end the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan and to end human rights violations in Turkey.
• Kurdish poet and author Fadıl Öztürk taken into custody in Izmir 

  A Turkish anti-terror unit has arrested the Kurdish poet and author Fadıl Öztürk in Izmir. The 68-year-old's spouse was also taken into custody.
• Women's delegation from Rojava continues talks in Europe 

  A delegation of women from Rojava is having talks in Switzerland, meeting local institutions and people in the Kurdish Community Centres organised in the diaspora.
• ‘Turkey subjects Öcalan to isolation because it fears the rise of a new socialist ideology’ 

  Connor Fetigen, member of the Cowley Collective and activist for the Autonomy and Resistance Organization (ARO), stated that Abdullah Öcalan, a representative of the socialist ideology, should be freed.
• The Academy of Democratic Modernity Conference in Basel kicks off 

  The Academy of Democratic Modernity (ADM) is organising a conference in Basel to discuss the paths out and perspectives on solutions in the face of the growing crisis of capitalist modernity and its multiple manifestations.
• Meeting in Berlin to discuss impact of Turkish attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria 

  Turkey's attacks on the autonomous region of Northern and Eastern Syria are having a fatal impact on the lives and health of the population.
• KON-MED calls for protests against ‘war criminal’ Erdoğan in Berlin 

  The planned visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Berlin at the invitation of the German government remains controversial.
• Vigil launched in Basel to demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  A vigil was launched in Basel within the scope of the "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, solution to the Kurdish problem" initiative. In the cities of Aarau, Luzern and Zurich, meetings were held with institution officials.
• Hrant Dink's killer released from prison 

  Ogün Samast, the killer of Agos newspaper Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink, was released.
• Civil disobedience action at EP Liaison Office in Marseille demands freedom for Öcalan 

  The complete lack of information regarding the situation of Öcalan and his three fellow prisoners – Hamili Yıldırım, Ömer Hayri Konar and Veysi Aktaş – raises growing concerns about their safety and health.
• Kurdish and internationalist activists protesting for Öcalan in front of CoE detained 

  Kurds and their friends continue their actions for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, who is held in incommunicado detention on the island prison of Imrali in the Sea of Marmara and has not been heard from for 33 months.
• Activists on vigil in front of the UN in Geneva reiterate their demand for “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  Activists holding a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 2021 reiterated their demand for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and remembered Seyit Rıza and his companions executed in Dersim in 1937, and victims of the Amude Cinema fire in 1960.
• KCDK-E calls on Germany not to receive the dictator Erdoğan as a state guest 

  KCDK-E calls on the German government not to receive the dictator and war criminal Erdoğan as a state guest in Berlin.
• Activists from the Netherlands take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg  

  A group of four people from the Netherlands took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg in its 595th week.
• Iraqi court ends parliament speaker’s term 

  Iraq‘s top court has terminated the tenure of parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi, who called the decision “strange”.
• Huge explosion near Green Zone in Baghdad 

  A huge explosion occurred near the area known as the Green Zone, where state and international institutions are located in Baghdad.
• YJK-E calls on Kurds and their friends to raise their voices in Berlin on 18 November 

  26 November will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the ban on the PKK's activities in Germany. A demonstration against the ban will take place in Berlin on 18 November.
• Conference at University of Roma 3 today addresses isolation of Öcalan 

  A conference will be held at the University of Roma 3, to address the conditions of isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• German Left Party criticises Erdoğan's visit to Berlin 

  The Left Party in Germany criticised Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's planned visit to Berlin, stating that the Turkish president has "a history of supporting terror" and is bombing the Kurdish people and that he should not be a normal state guest of Germany.
• KCDK-E calls for broad participation in the rally against the PKK ban in Berlin on 18 November 

  At a people's meeting in Berlin, the co-chair of the Kurdish European umbrella organisation KCDK-E, Zübeyde Zümrüt, called for broad participation in the demonstration to take place in the German capital against the PKK ban on 18 November.
• FED-MED calls for participation in the Berlin rally against the PKK ban 

  26 November will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the ban on the PKK's activities in Germany. A demonstration against the ban will take place in Berlin on 18 November.
• KON-MED co-chair calls on everyone to attend march in Berlin on 18 November 

  KON-MED co-chair Ruken Akça said: "Let's speed up our work for the march to be held in Berlin on 18 November to protest the ban on the PKK."
• DBP elects new co-chairs, vows to enhance the struggle 

  Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar and Keskin Bayındır have been elected the co-chairs of the DBP.
• Demonstration against ban on PKK will take place in Berlin on 18 November 

  26 November will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the ban on the PKK's activities in Germany. A demonstration against the ban will take place in Berlin on 18 November.
• International campaign for the release of Öcalan continues  

  As part of the international campaign for the release of Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question, several demonstrations by the Kurdish internationalist youth movement have taken place.