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• Amed Metropolitan Municipality website closed 

  The website for the trustee-appointed Amed Metropolitan Municipality has gone "under maintenance".
• 10 people detained in Elazığ 

  10 people including members of the DBP have been detained during house raids in Elazığ province today.
• Amed Municipality turned into an outpost with the arrival of the trustee 

  Hundreds of special operations police surrounded the Amed Metropolitan Municipality building before the arrival of newly appointed trustee Cumali Atilla who will replace the jailed Co-mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı.
• HDP: We will ignore those who ignore the will of the people 

  Regarding the appointment of a trustee to Amed Municipality, HDP Spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen said: “What needs to be done is to ignore those who ignore the will of the people.”
• HPG: 36 soldiers killed on Elişêr Hill in Yüksekova countryside 

  HPG stated that 36 soldiers were killed and many guns and ammunition were seized during the guerrilla action against the Turkish soldiers on Elişêr Hill in Hakkari’s Yüksekova district.
• Co-mayor of Van's Çaldıran district detained 

  Co-mayor of Van's Çaldıran district Suna Atabay has been taken into custody.
• Trustee appointed to Amed Metropolitan Municipality 

  Etimesgut district Governor in Turkish capital Ankara, Cumali Atilla, has been appointed to Amed Metropolitan Municipality to replace Co-mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı who have been jailed two days ago.
• KCK: All peoples should side with the resistance 

  KCK called upon the peoples of Kurdistan and the world to side with the resistance of Rojava Revolutionaries and Syrian peoples with the spirit of November 1 World Kobanê Day and 6-7-8 October events in North Kurdistan.
• What happened in Amed for the last 6 days? 

  Amed experienced a whole range of emergency rule practices. Internet was down in Kurdistan. Several agencies and newspapers were shut down. Despite all obstruction, the resistance, oppression and attacks were made public.
• MLKP Rojava: ISIS is defeated, so will be the Turkish state 

  MLKP Rojava marked World Kobanê Day and said that AKP’s end will not be any different than the end of ISIS.
• November 1 celebrations commence in Kobanê 

  Today is World Kobanê Day. The celebrations in the Kobanê Canton started at 10.00 in the Şehîd Azad school, and dozens attended the activities despite the rain.
• Hundreds of Syrians escaping from ISIS arrive in Manbij 

  Syrians escaping ISIS cruelty look to free Manbij as hundreds of them that have escaped from ISIS in Deyr El-Zor and south Hesekê arrive in Manbij.
• Hashd al-Shaabi: Erdoğan attacks us to hide his defeat in internal politics 

  Hashd al-Shaabi Kirkuk Forces Spokesperson Hacı İmad Ali said “Erdoğan is attacking Iraq to hide the daily deaths of Turkish soldiers. It is Erdoğan that will massacre different sects.”
• Turkish soldiers shoot at shelters in Şırnak to force people to migrate 

  After the Turkish state’s removal of the tents in the villages near Şırnak city center, Turkish soldiers are now shooting at the shelters outside the city to force people to migrate.
• HDP Co-Presidents salute Kobanê resistance 

  HDP Co-Presidents saluted Kobanê resistance and said "We believe that just like in Kobanê, people will gain freedom and democracy with courage and faith in every part of the world."
• At least 30 including DBP administrators detained in Mardin 

  At least 30 people including co-chairs of DBP Mardin provincial branch and district branches have been detained during house raids early Tuesday morning.
• HPG: 16 soldiers killed in Hakkari countryside 

  Actions by HPG/YJA Star guerrillas left at least 16 soldiers dead in Şemdinli, Yüksekova and Çukurca districts of Hakkari.
• Kobanê ready for November 1 

  2nd year anniversary celebration preparations have been completed in Kobanê, which has dedicated its historic resistance to humanity with the ‘November 1 World Kobanê Day.’
• Party of European Socialists (PES) members hold talks in Amed 

  A delegation led by Party of European Socialists (PES) President Sergei Stanishev came to Amed and visited DBP, HDP, KJA, DTK and the Metropolitan Municipality in solidarity.
• DBP Kızıltepe administrator detained in house raid 

  DBP Kızıltepe administrator Metin Arslan was taken into custody during a house raid in Mardin's Kızıltepe district Monday morning.
• DBP: Our people should resist the coup everywhere 

  DBP Co-President Sebahat Tuncel said that Amed Co-Mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, and KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat Ata were arrested in order to punish Kurdish people.
• Traffic chaos in Amed due to police blockade 

  Police forces' closure of roads has caused chaos in the traffic of Amed city.
• DTK: Today is the day to fight fascism 

  DTK condemned the recent arrests and the closures of media organizations, and called upon everyone to show solidarity and sensitivity against all of these attacks.
• HDP letter to Facebook and Twitter on internet blockage in Kurdish cities 

  HDP Vice Co-chair Saruhan Oluç has sent a letter to Facebook and Twitter regarding the latest internet blockage in the Kurdish cities.
• Amed Co-mayor Gültan Kışanak also arrested 

  Amed Metropolitan Municipality Co-mayor Gültan Kışanak has been arrested by a Turkish court Sunday night.