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• Coronavirus cases increase in Amed 

  In Amed more than 1,500 people are infected with the coronavirus. The medical association warns of a further escalation and the suspension of preventive measures in the course of "normalization" in Turkey.
• Security forces drive around villages with a body in the trunk 

  An operation was launched by the Turkish state in Ömerli, Mardin. Seven people were detained while security forces brought a body from village to village in the trunk of the car asking people if they knew him.
• Three Turkish soldiers killed in Xakurkê 

  HPG / YJA Star guerrillas carried out an action against Turkish soldiers in the Xakurkê, Medya Defense Area. Three Turkish soldiers were killed.
• Hakkari Governor imposes 15-day ban on actions after MPs' arrest 

  The Turkish state has imposed a ban on actions and activities in Hakkari for 15 days after HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven was stripped of immunity and detained.
• TKP/ML-TIKKO guerrilla martyred in Dersim 

  TIKKO guerrilla fighter Hasan Ataş died in a clash with the Turkish army in Dersim.
• Turkish jets bomb Amadiya in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal war against the Kurdish people in three parts of Kurdistan.
• Military vehicle damaged, three soldiers killed in Başkale, Van 

  A sabotage action by guerrillas targeted a Turkish military vehicle in the countryside of Van province, killing three soldiers.
• HPG reports guerrilla actions in North and South Kurdistan 

  Guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in Hakkari, North Kurdistan and Medya Defense Zones, South Kurdistan.
• Three guerrillas martyred in Turkish air raid in Bitlis 

  In the countryside of Bitlis province in North Kurdistan, three guerrilla fighters died during an air raid of the Turkish army.
• Lawyer Mızrak: 250 graves were destroyed in Lice alone 

  The lawyers’ association ÖHD has published a report on the destruction of graves by security forces in the Lice region. According to the report, 250 graves in a cemetery in the Northern Kurdish district of Lice alone were destroyed by security forces.
• MIT and KDP devise provocation in South Kurdistan 

  It was reported that MIT and Parastin secret service agencies would carry out massacres and murders in South Kurdistan blaming the HPG guerrillas before launching a comprehensive attack on the PKK.
• Turkish court rules to keep YPJ fighter Çiçek Kobane in prison 

  YPJ fighter Çiçek Kobanê was taken prisoner by the occupation forces in October 2019 during the invasion of northern Syria and has been imprisoned in Turkey since.
• Guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in Hakkari 

  The Turkish army conducted air strikes in southern Kurdistan while guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in northern Kurdistan.
• Guerrilla sabotage targets military road construction in Cudi 

  Guerrillas targeted Turkish military road construction in the countryside of Şırnak province in North Kurdistan.
• HPG: Turkish attack killed two civilians in Zap, South Kurdistan 

  HPG said that the murdered civilians will be avenged.
• Police arrest four people who exposed tortured last year 

  Four people who had suffered torture at the hands of security forces last year, were detained again on Sunday.
• Guerrillas infiltrate invaders in Çelê: 4 Turkish soldiers killed 

  Four Turkish soldiers, including a commander, were killed in the countryside of Hakkari province in North Kurdistan.
• Curfew in 19 villages in Bitlis 

  The Turkish army has announced an operation in the Kurdish province of Bitlis. A curfew has been imposed on almost twenty settlement areas. For the inhabitants, the measure means a complete isolation from the outside world.
• Access to Bertul Valley banned 

  In the Kurdish regions more and more areas are being declared as so-called special security zones. Especially the Gabar area in Şırnak resembles a security fortress of the village guards. Civilians are not allowed to enter the valley.
• Van citizens say quarantine is yet another torture method 

  Many neighbourhoods were quarantined after it was established that the condolence tents set up in the Emin Pasha neighborhood had been the focus of the coronavirus cases.
• Trustee has library named after Celadet Elî Bedîrxan demolished 

  The trustee of the Kurdish city of Siirt, appointed by the Turkish Minister of the Interior in mid-May, had the library named after Celadet Elî Bedîrxan demolished.
• Human bones found in mass grave in Mardin sent to Istanbul 

  The human bones that have been discovered in Dargeçit, Mardin have been sent to Istanbul for examination.
• Turkish air raid kills a father and son in Behdinan 

  Turkey’s genocidal war against the Kurdish people in various parts of Kurdistan is claiming more lives every day.
• Names of three female guerrillas who fell in Dersim announced 

  The HPG published the names of three guerrilla fighters who died in a Turkish air raid in Dersim last October.
• Turkish jets bomb South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish regime’s genocidal attacks against the Kurds continue in three parts of Kurdistan.