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• Police murder 30-year-old woman in Cizre 

  30-year-old Hediye Şen, mother of two, has been murdered as the onslaught by military and police forces continues in Cizre district of Şırnak.
• Silopi people take to the streets to break the siege 

  In Silopi district of Şırnak where onslaught by Turkish state forces is getting heavier in the second day of the curfew, people have poured out into the streets to break the siege.
• HPG: Six special operation police killed in Amed 

  HPG Press Office reported attacks by Turkish forces and actions by HPG and YJA-Star guerrillas in response.
• 13 students detained in a police raid at Hakkari University 

  13 students have been detained as a result of a raid by special operation police in Hakkari University today.
• 11-year-old murdered by police in Cizre / UPDATE 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak attacks by state forces are getting heavier since the imposition of a curfew two days ago.
• Execution attempt against HDP MP Encü in Silopi 

  In Silopi district of Şırnak where a state of siege is executed by state forces, military and police units broke into a house by force.
• Police murder a civilian in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak attacks by state forces are getting heavier since the imposition of a curfew two days ago.
• HDP MP Encü: Turkish forces making reinforcements in schools in Silopi 

  Schools in Silopi district of Şırnak are being turned into military headquarters since the imposition of a curfew last night.
• DBP calls for uninterrupted mass protests against AKP's war concept 

  DBP General Co-Presidency has sent a notice to all its organisations calling for interrupted mass protests against the war concept of the AKP government.
• Five injured in attacks by special operation teams in Sur 

  Attacks by special operation teams are getting heavier in Amed's central Sur district where a curfew remains in effect for 14 uninterrupted days.
• Turkish soldiers building a wall at Efrîn border 

  After digging trenches along the border, Turkish state is now building wall of shame at its border with Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Şerdıl and Şiyar laid to rest 

  Şerdıl Cengiz (21) and Şiyar Salman (19) who were killed by police in Sur uprising in Koşuyolu area of Amed yesterday have been laid to rest at Yeniköy Cemetery.
• 11-year-old heavily wounded by police in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where a fifth curfew is in effect since yesterday, people poured out into the streets in protest at the curfew which was unusually announced hours before going into effect alongside Silopi district.
• Tens of thousands bid farewell to Şerdil and Şiyar in Amed 

  A mass farewell is bid to Şerdıl Cengiz (21) and Şiyar Salman (19) who were killed by police in Sur uprising in Koşuyolu area of Amed yesterday.
• Families of youths killed in Amed: The state murdered our children 

  “There is no law in Turkey. Yet, the state fascism will end and Kurds will win”, said families of Şiyar Salman and Şerdıl Cengiz, both of whom were killed by police in Sur uprising in Amed yesterday.
• Resistance grows across Amed, Cizre and Nusaybin 

  More people are joining the self-defense and resistance against the attacks of state forces in Amed and Nusaybin district of Mardin where onslaught gets heavier.
• Five minors detained by police in Amed 

  As the crackdown of state forces continues across the main Kurdish city Amed, police have detained five minors in the central Kayapınar district.
• Khabur border crossing closed as Turkey dispatches troops to Bamernê 

  Turkish troops have been dispatched to the military base in Bamernê after crossing into South Kurdistan through Ibrahim Khalil Khabur border crossing last night.
• Youth shot by police in Dargeçit denied access to hospital for 10 hours 

  16-year-old Muhammed Akyüz, who was shot by police in Dargeçit earlier today, is denied access to hospital for 10 hours.
• HPG: 6 soldiers and 4 police killed in Nusaybin and Amed 

  People's Defense Forces Press Office (HPG-BIM) reported actions by guerrillas in Amed and Mardin in response to the atrocity committed by state forces against the Kurdish people.
• Two civilians killed by police in Amed 

  Out of three civilians who got wounded as a result of the ongoing crackdown by police forces on demonstrators marching to the central Sur district of Amed, two have lost their lives.
• Houses on fire after bombardments by state forces in Sur 

  As the onslaught by Turkish forces gets heavier in Amed's central Sur district, special operation teams have intensified their artillery attacks.
• KCK calls for struggle against the Turkish state's displacement policy 

  Drawing attention to the displacement policy put into effect by the Turkish state across North Kurdistan region, KCK called on the people of Kurdistan to remain in their neighborhoods, towns and cities and resist for a free and democratic living.
• Attacks and resistance spread across Amed 

  Protests and resistance has spread across the main Kurdish city Amed in the wake of the police crackdown on demonstrators marching to Sur in protest at state repression.
• Sixth curfew in Nusaybin 

  After Cizre and Silopi districts of Şırnak, yet another curfew has been imposed in Nusaybin district of Mardin.