KURDISTAN

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• 4 detained in Kurdish village under military siege 

  Turkish forces detained 4 people in Geventepe village of Erzurum which remains under military siege.
• Beyond the State of Emergency in North Kurdistan 

  The State of Emergency has been lifted in Turkey, but continues and gets more severe in North Kurdistan.
• HDP member in Hewler not heard from for 10 days 

  HDP Southern Kurdistan Representative Abid Ike stated that the lawyers trying to find information about Mehmet Vefa Koçaklı were threatened by KDP authorities.
• Kurdish kolbars targeted by Iranian regime 

  Iranian Revolutionary Guard killed two more kolbars in the Urmia region of Eastern Kurdistan.
• HPG reports guerrilla actions in Şırnak and Bingöl 

  Guerrillas continue their actions against the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan.
• People no longer trust security institutions in South Kurdistan 

  Soran Omer said security forces are losing the trust of the people for they are perceived as politically biased.
• Declaration on elections from parties in South Kurdistan 

  Elections to be held on 30 September as scheduled.
• Soldiers stop villagers from putting out fire in Hakkari 

  The Turkish soldiers have stopped people from putting out the fire that has raged for the last two days.
• 3 Turkish soldiers killed in clashes in Amed countryside 

  Turkish military operations and guerrilla actions continue in Kurdistan.
• Turkish airstrikes in Southern Kurdistan 

  Turkish warplanes have again conducted strikes on the Qandil and Bradost regions.
• Bodies of 6 MKP/ML-TİKKO guerrillas tortured 

  It came out that bodies of MKP/ML-TİKKO guerrillas who lost their lives in a clash in Dersim countryside, were tortured.
• Journalist Deniz Fırat remembered by her grave in Van 

  Journalist Deniz Fırat, who lost her life in an attack by ISIS in Makhmur, was remembered by her grave in Van.
• Turkish Armed UAV downed in Şırnak 

  Guerrillas downed an armed UAV of the Turkish army in Şırnak.
• Bodies of 7 guerrillas kept in hospital in Amed for weeks 

  Bodies of 7 guerrillas, who lost their lives in clashes in Amed, are being kept in hospital for weeks.
• Municipality thieves leave district of 200.000 without water 

  The thief of Van Metropolitan Municipality and the thief of Erciş Municipality have failed to pay the power bill of the water network, leaving the district of 200.000 residents without water for 10 days.
• Iranian forces kill a kolbar, wound another 

  Iranian forces attacked kolbars (load carriers for daily wage) between Piranshahr and Qandil’s Gortes Plains in the evening on Monday.
• Footage from Turkish military container destroyed in Şemdinli 

  7 soldiers died in Govend region of Hakkari on July 23.
• 30 kolbars killed by Iranian forces in 4 months 

  Iranian forces have killed 30 kolbars in the past 4 months.
• Clash in Makhmur region 

  Two ISIS members were reportedly killed in a clash.
• Kurdish political prisoner Panahi’s lawyer detained in Sine 

  22-year-old Kurdish man Ramin Hossein Panahi is facing the risk imminent execution by the Iranian regime.
• Delegation from North Kurdistan visits mass graves in Shengal 

  The emotional visit was to the village of Herdan.
• One wounded in explosion in Khanaqin 

  Explosion left a person wounded in Khanaqin.
• No news from HDP member summoned to Asayish in Hewler 

  No news has been received for 5 days from HDP member Mehmet Vefa Koçaklı who was summoned to Asayish in Hewler.
• Turkish soldiers start forest fires in Hakkari countryside 

  The forest fires in Hakkari triggered by Turkish artillery are continuing. Those responsible do nothing to extinguish the fires and hinder intervention attempts of the population "for security reasons".
• 10 PÖH members and 9 soldiers killed in guerrilla actions 

  A total of 19 Turkish soldiers, including 10 PÖH members, were killed as a result of guerrilla actions in Hakkari and Siirt.