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• Saturday Mother Maside Ocak detained during today's demo in Istanbul 

  Saturday Mother Maside Ocak was detained while reading the press statement at the 615th week of justice vigil by Saturday Mothers at Istanbul's Galatasaray Square.
• Paris Massacre protests in front of French consulates across Europe 

  Demonstrations were held throughout Europe on the fourth anniversary of the Paris Massacre. Protesters placed black wreaths in front of French consulates in several cities and demanded justice for Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez.
• Trustee appoints a man to lead the Women’s Council 

  Van Governor İbrahim Taşyapan, who was appointed as trustee to Van Municipality after the arrest of Co-mayor Bekir Kaya, appointed a man to lead the municipality’s women’s council.
• Dates for protests in Europe against the killing of Sakine, Fidan, Leyla 

  TJK-E has announced the dates for the planned protest demonstrations against the killing of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez in French capital Paris on January 9, 2013.
• YPJ Spokeswoman: We also fight for a mental and intellectual liberation 

  YPJ Spokeswoman Nesrin Abdullah said: “As the women of YPJ, our goal is a mental and intellectual liberation as well as the end of ISIS occupation. We are also fighting for the liberation of women and men.”
• "In Turkey, women and children live on the edge of a knife" 

  Van Women’s Association Chair Özünver said that AKP’s policies increased the rates of femicide and child abuse throughout Turkey.
• Saturday Mother Fatma Morsümbül passes away 

  Saturday Mother Fatma Morsümbül has passed away after years of a struggle to find her son, a victim of the forced disappearances by the state.
• DBP Women’s Assembly declares ‘all-out organization' 

  DBP Women’s Assembly announced the final declaration of its Amed meeting, demanded an immediate end to the isolation of Öcalan, declared ‘all-out organization,’ and called upon women to join the struggle.
• Women in Adana demand to know Müjgan Ekin’s whereabouts 

  TJA and HDK held a press statement in Adana to demand to know the whereabouts of journalist Müjgan Ekin, who has been missing for 45 days.
• Women in Cizîr Canton march to mark November 25 

  Hundreds of women from Cizîr Canton of Rojava are joining a march in Dirbêsiyê city to mark November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
• November 25 message from the imprisoned KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat 

  In her November 25 message from Kandıra F Type Prison, KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat saluted all women that struggle and said "the story of Mirabel sisters is the reason for us to come together and enhance our struggle."
• November 25 message from YPJ 

  YPJ has issued a message for the November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. YPJ promised all women one more time to carry the struggle ever further.
• HDP Co-chair Yüksekdağ sends a letter to women to mark November 25 

  HDP Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ has sent a letter via her lawyers to mark 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
• Woman HDP parliamentarians kept in isolation in prison 

  Woman HDP parliamentarians are being kept in isolation in prison. Gülser Yıldırım, one of the jailed parliamentarians, said “We are in isolation, we are being kept in one-person cells.”
• HDP Parliamentary Women's Group: We will resist your rapist laws 

  “We are very well aware of these games that legitimize rapists and darken the lives of women for life ... From past to present, we exposed your wiles and defeated your "marry your rapist" laws; do not doubt that we will do the same today!"
• KJK salutes the Operation to Avenge Êzidî Women 

  Kurdistan Communities of Women (KJK) saluted the revenge operation of Êzidî forces and called upon Êzidî people, youth and women to return home in order to protect their land, culture and faith.
• YPJ supports the 'Operation to Avenge Êzidî Women' 

  YPJ Official Spokeswoman Nesrîn Ebdullah expressed support to the Operation to Avenge Êzidî Women launched by YJŞ forces, saying they are ready to fight together with YJŞ.
• Women’s solidarity at KJA: We are here and we won’t go anywhere! 

  HDP parliamentarian Feleknas Uca and women from the DBP and KJA have gathered in front of the KJA office in Amed and held a sit-in as police officers sealed the KJA building.
• HDP Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ sends a message to women 

  Figen Yüksekdağ, Co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), which is the only party implementing the co-chair system in Turkey with an equal representation of women, has sent a message to women after her arrest.
• International Women’s Alliance expresses solidarity with Kurdish women 

  The International Women’s Alliance (IWA) IWA expressed solidarity with the Kurdish women’s movement in Turkey in their struggle against the fascist regime under the leadership of Erdoğan and his party AKP.
• Argentinian women launch campaign in solidarity with Kurdish women 

  Argentina Solidarity with Kurdish Women’s Movement Committee launched a campaign for “Solidarity with KJA and arrested women”.
• Police said Ayla Akat was to be arrested while she was still in custody 

  Arrested KJA Term Spokesperson Ayla Akat’s work in the DTK was presented as “illegal organisation activity”. The police told Akat that she “should be arrested any time now, and they will take you to Istanbul.”
• KJK calls for resistance against the attacks on Kurdistan 

  KJK stated that they would enhance the resistance with the spirit of Kobanê and called upon everyone to resist the attacks on all four parts of Kurdistan in the streets on November 1 World Kobanê Day.
• Police attack the KJA members protesting state repression in Amed 

  Police forces attacked the KJA members protesting the state repression and detainment of KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat Ata.
• WHRD MENA expresses utmost solidarity with Kışanak and Akat 

  The regional coalition for women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) called for their immediate release of Amed Co-mayor Gültan Kışanak and KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat Ata.