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• Lawyer Demir: Solution to the Kurdish question can only be achieved through dialogue with Öcalan 

  Lawyer Cemal Demir said that the Kurds and their friends should protest much more strongly on the anniversary of the 9 October conspiracy, and stressed that the solution to the Kurdish question can only be achieved through dialogue with Abdullah Öcalan.
• Police prevent condolences act for journalist Seyit Evran in Amed 

  The police prevented the condolences act for journalist Seyit Evran in Amed.
• Large turnout at the opening of Democratic Kurdish Community Centre in Stuttgart 

  The opening of the new Democratic Kurdish Community Centre in Stuttgart turned into a rally due to the broad participation.
• MP Sayyiğit: Isolation aims to prevent the implementation of Öcalan's ideas 

  Green Left Party MP Gülcan Kaçmaz Sayyiğit said that the isolation of Öcalan was aimed at preventing the spread and implementation of his ideas, adding: "The abolition of isolation will bring peace. This is one of the main concerns of our struggle."
• Families say they want justice for Ebrar Site where 1,400 people died in 6 February earthquake 

  Families seeking justice for the Ebrar Site, where 1,400 people lost their lives in the 6 February earthquake, said that they don’t want “a museum to be built on top of our pain."
• Activists in Mulhouse and Stuttgart condemn KDP betrayal 

  The KDP and the Barzani family, who allowed the Turkish state to invade South Kurdistan, were condemned in Mulhouse and Stuttgart.
• Civil disobedience action in Paris calls for international action for Öcalan 

  Kurdish people continue their protests to demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, who is held in incommunicado detention in Turkey and has not been heard from for 30 months.
• Kurds protest the Turkish state and the KDP in Melbourne 

  Kurdish people continue their protests to condemn the killing of the KNK South Kurdistan Representative and the attacks developed by the Turkish state in cooperation with the KDP.
• "New World Embassy: Kurdistan" event kicks off in Lausanne 

  The two-day artistic and political project titled "New World Embassy: Kurdistan" opened in Lausanne today.
• How the Kurds are politically oppressed in Germany 

  Released from prison in Germany in 2021, Kurdish activist Mazhar Turan is under supervision. He is not allowed to leave his place of residence, and has to give a signature to the police four times a week.
• Internationalist Konstantin Gedik to be commemorated in Kiel 

  In October, a memorial service will take place in Kiel for the internationalist Konstantin Gedik, who died in a Turkish air raid in Rojava. His parents will talk about their own impressions of Northern Syria.
• Kurdistan is establishing its own 'embassy' in Lausanne 

  An artistic and political project titled "New World Embassy: Kurdistan" will open today in Lausanne.
• Mehmet Dizin taken into extradition custody in Italy 

  On trumped-up charges by the Turkish authorities, Mehmet Dizin, who has lived in Germany since 1980, was detained while on holiday in Italy and is now in extradition custody to Turkey.
• Peri Municipality co-mayor released 

  Peri Municipality co-mayor Orhan Çelebi was released from Edirne L Type Prison.
• Police take three people into custody in Istanbul  

  Three people were taken into custody following house raids in Istanbul in the morning.
• Kurds in Graz condemn killing of KNK South Kurdistan Representative 

  Kurds came together in Graz to condemn the killing of the KNK South Kurdistan Representative and protest the attacks developed by the Turkish state in cooperation with the KDP.
• 22 people detained in Antalya for remembering revolutionary leaders in Turkey 

  At least 22 people have been detained in their homes in Antalya due to a memorial service for the executed leaders of the 68 Movement in Turkey, Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin Inan.
• Protests continue in Europe against killing of KNK representative Bülbün in Hewlêr 

  Protests continue in Europe against the fatal attack on KNK representative Deniz Cevdet Bülbün in Hewlêr.
• ‘It is an international crime the way Öcalan is held in isolation’ 

  Kurdish activists holding a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 2021 denounced the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan in violation of all laws.
• Azerbaijan attack against Nagorno-Karabakh kills dozens  

  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Wednesday for an "immediate end to the fighting" in Nagorno-Karabakh, where Azerbaijan has launched a military operation.
• Three Kurdish activists from Sweden take over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  Three Kurdish patriots from Sweden took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg.
• Activists in Europe protest deadly attack against KNK  

  Protests took place in Europe against the deadly attack against the Kurdistan National Congress in Hewlêr and the murder of KNK representative Deniz Cevdet Bülbün.
• Iraq will send a letter of protest to the Turkish presidency against repeated Turkish attacks 

  “The launch of successive military operations against cities, civilians, and military personnel is prohibited under international law and is contrary to the principles of good neighborliness,” said the Iraqi Presidency about Turkey's attacks.
• Lawyers apply to visit Öcalan 

  Lawyers from the Asrın Law Office applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and Imralı Prison Directorate with a request to meet with their client, Abdullah Öcalan, who has not been heard from for over 30 months.
• Farewell to Fevzi Özmen 

  Hundreds of people bid farewell to Fevzi Özmen at a funeral service in Hagen. The Kurdish linguist, teacher and author who died in Germany was buried in his hometown, Erzurum, today.