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• KCK calls for increased struggle to defeat the international conspiracy and in its 26th year 

  In order to stop the genocide attacks centered on Imrali and to ensure the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, KCK calls on the Kurdish people to increase the resistance and raise the struggle until the international conspiracy is defeated in its 26th year.
• People of Maxmur protest Turkish attacks: “We are not afraid” 

  Residents of the Maxmur Refugee Camp in southern Kurdistan denounced Turkish attacks and called on all Kurds to stand up for their people and lands.
• Another HDP politician imprisoned in Turkey 

  The Turkish regime continues its political extermination campaign against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives.
• YJA Star guerrilla Bêrîvan: We will defend our people 

  YJA Star guerrilla Gerîla Bêrîvan said that the essence of the guerrilla's struggle is to defend the people and added: "We do not accept any attack against the people, nor do we remain silent."
• KCK: The struggle against the International Conspiracy is the continued struggle for freedom 

  The Continued Struggle Against the International Conspiracy is the Continued Struggle for Freedom
• Turkey bombs mosque in Maxmur Camp 

  The Turkish state bombed the Martyr Rûstem Cûdî Camp in Maxmur.
• 10 people detained in Yüksekova brutally tortured 

  Turkish special operations police broke down house doors and abused entire families in a detention operation in Gever.
• Autonomous Administration of Shengal and TAJÊ condemn Turkish attacks on North-East Syria 

  The Democratic Autonomous Assembly of Shengal and the Yazidi Women’s Freedom Movement (TAJÊ) said they stand with the people of Rojava who rushed to their aid during the ISIS genocide in 2014.
• KCK: Turkey's attacks on Rojava are crimes against humanity 

  The Co-Presidency of the KCK Executive Council said that the attacks on Rojava and North-East Syria by Turkey are crimes against humanity.
• A journalist and an environmental activist imprisoned in Dersim 

  The Turkish regime’s political annihilation campaign continues unabated. In the last four days, at least 136 opposition members have been taken into custody across the country.
• PKK: No crime committed against the Kurdish people will go unpunished 

  The PKK calls on the patriotic Kurdish people, first and foremost young people and women, to “understand and embrace the heroic comrades Rojhat and Erdal who carried out the 1 October Ankara action with success in the footsteps of Zilan.”
• Guerrilla Rojhat Zîlan buried in Van 

  Rojhat Zîlan, a member of the Immortal Battalion who organized the action against the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs on 1 October 1, was buried in the Erciş district of Van.
• Police retain body of guerrilla Zîlan 

  The body of Rojhat Zîlan, one of the two guerrillas who carried out the action against the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs in Ankara last Sunday, was taken by the police and it is not known where they are keeping it.
• HPG reports airstrikes and war crimes by the Turkish army 

  Turkey has carried out further airstrikes on guerrilla areas in southern Kurdistan, and continued to commit war crimes in the guerrilla areas beyond its borders.
• Listening device found in the flat of the Green Left Party Youth Council member 

  A member of the Green Left Party Youth Council has found a listening device in his flat in Muş. The young activist said he had been under surveillance and threatened by the Turkish police for some time.
• HPG: 13 Turkish soldiers were killed in guerrilla actions 

  HPG reports further war crimes by the Turkish army as well as a series of guerrilla actions in which 13 soldiers were killed.
• Another kolbar killed by Iranian forces in Eastern Kurdistan 

  Kolbars and kasibkars are targeted systematically by Iranian and Turkish security forces. Each year, dozens of them are killed with no punitive measures being taken.
• Guerrillas who carried out action in Ankara named 

  The People's Defense Center (HSM) Headquarters Command announced the identities of the guerrillas who carried out the action at the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs in Ankara on 1 October.
• Martyr Mazlum Pîrdoğan Revenge Unit carries out actions in Hakkari 

  Martyr Mazlum Pîrdoğan Revenge Unit carried out actions against the Turkish state in the Yüksekova district of Hakkari.
• Turkey bombs South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish Air Force launched a wave of attacks against South Kurdistan.
• Seven soldiers killed in guerrilla actions in Zap 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas continue their actions against the Turkish occupation army in the guerrilla areas in southern Kurdistan. At least seven Turkish soldiers were killed in the latest actions by the guerrillas.
• HPG publishes balance sheet of war for September 

  HPG published a war balance sheet of war for September as the guerrilla resistance against Turkish occupation and annihilation campaign continues in the guerrilla areas in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq).
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Mahir Başkale and Egîd Serdar 

  Guerrillas Mahir Başkale and Egîd Serdar died in August while resisting the Turkish invasion of Kurojahro in the southern Kurdish Zap region.
• 15th group takes over vigil against isolation of Öcalan in Maxmur  

  The 15th group took over the vigil launched against the heavy isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Maxmur Refugee Camp.
• HPG reports Turkish attacks with chemical weapons and tactical nuclear bombs 

  As the Turkish army continues its campaign of destruction against the guerrillas and is once again stepping up its use of banned ordnance, HPG reports attacks with chemical weapons, unconventional explosives and tactical nuclear bombs.