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• Kurds in Europe to go on hunger strike for Öcalan's freedom 

  Members of Freedom for Öcalan Initiative and representatives of Kurdish institutions in Europe will go on a five-day hunger strike to demand freedom for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Attacks on HDP continue 

  Detention of HDP executives and attacks on HDP buildings continue in the scope of AKP government's all-out war against the Kurdish people.
• KCK: Attacks on martyrs' cemeteries target Kurdish people's existence 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency strongly responded to the attacks on the cemeteries of martyrs which it said- do directly target the existence of the Kurdish people, and all the values represented by this existence.
• Friends of Andrea Wolf: Turkey commits a war crime in Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state's attacks on civilians and cemeteries of Kurdish guerrillas continue drawing worldwide reactions.
• HSM refutes Turkish reports, says four guerrillas martyred in Dersim 

  People's Defense Center (HSM) Headquarters Command has released a statement refuting the Turkish reports that 60 guerrillas were killed in Haftanîn and 35 others in Dersim.
• DTK calls for a boycott against schools for the right to mother tongue 

  Democratic Society Congress (DTK) called upon the people to boycott schools at the beginning of the new school year on September 28.
• Iranian army attempts to enter guerrilla areas 

  Iranian troops attempted to enter Xakurkê area of PKK-held Medya Defense Zones yesterday.
• Another cemetery of guerrillas bombed by Turkish army in Cudi 

  Following the order sent by Turkish Interior Ministry to the governors of some Kurdish cities for the “demolition of guerrillas' cemeteries” last week, Turkish army has bombed two cemeteries of fallen PKK members.
• People and deputies reach military operation area in Cudi 

  A large number of local people and HDP deputies leaving from Şırnak have reached the Mount Cudi where an operation by the Turkish army is going on.
• Musa Anter commemorated where he was murdered 

  Kurdish intellectual Musa Anter (Apê Musa) has been commemorated at the scene where he was murdered by Gendarmerie Intelligence Organization (JITEM) in Amed on 20 September 1992.
• YPG refutes Turkish media claims on YPG members fighting in Turkey 

  YPG refuted claims reported by several news outlets in Turkey that “members of the YPG who were trained by the United States of America in Rojava, Syria, have been fighting in Turkey and cities of north Kurdistan.”
• KCK message to PYD congress calls for strong organisation 

  In a message to PYD Congress, KCK said building of a democratic Syria could only be ensured by the power of the Rojava Revolution which would determine the new balances in the Middle East.
• Abdullah: Rojava resistance serves the building of future in Middle East 

  PYD co-chair Asya Abdullah paid tribute to all martyrs thanks to whom -she underlined- organisation of this congress with such large participation has become possible today.
• Thousands flock to the martyrs' cemetery demolished by soldiers 

  Turkish troops that shelled the Martyr İsmail and Martyr Ronahi Cemetery in Varto have withdrawn from the area, while people strongly reacted to the attack which also left the graves destroyed.
• PYD holds its 6th Congress in Rimêlan 

  The Democratic Union Party (Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat, PYD) is holding its 6th congress today at the 12th anniversary of its foundation in the town of Rimêlan.
• 21st Century Epic of Resistance: Kobanê -3 

  After attacking Kobanê with a great force of arms during the month of June, ISIS gangs understood that it would not be possible to take the town by ordinary attacks and strategies in the face of the epic resistance they faced.
• "Self-rule is essential for the advancement of democracy in Turkey" 

  Final declaration of the Local Administrations Gathering held in Amed on September 18-19 under the slogan “All together towards self-rule” has been released.
• Aerial activities and bombardments by Turkish army continue 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office reported that Turkish jets shelled Pırbıla, Martyr Kurtay and Bektorya areas of Heftanin in Medya Defense Zones, while the aerial activities of the Turkish aircraft over guerrilla areas also continue.
• 21st Century Epic of Resistance: Kobanê -2 

  After suffering heavy blows in the hands of YPG/YPJ combatants during the spring of 2014 and facing resistance to the attacks in all areas, ISIS gangs had understood that it would not be that easy to attack Kobanê.
• 83 human shields detained in Batman, 10 remanded in custody in Urfa 

  While the AKP government maintains its insistence on war policies, dozens are detained on daily basis as part of the political genocide operations carried out to eliminate the Kurdish population in North Kurdistan
• PYD: We will always work for values of humanity and fraternity of peoples 

  West Kurdistan's Democratic Union Party (PYD) stressed that their primary goal was to create free and organized humans, and that they would continue working for the values of humanity and fraternity of peoples.
• Karayılan: AKP intends to keep the war going till November 1 - PART II 

  PKK Executive Council Member Murat Karayılan stated that the calls for a return to the table of talks were valuable and esteemed, however, cannot possibly be made real unless the AKP's blatant attacks on our leader, people and forces stop.
• HDP Varto district co-chair detained 

  Special operation police teams have conducted raids in several houses in Varto district of Muş today.
• Turkish jets shell Pırbıla area in Heftanin 

  Airstrikes by Turkish army against guerrilla areas continue.
• Guerrillas detain a sergeant in Dersim 

  HPG guerrillas detained a sergeant serving in the Turkish army near Pülümür district of Dersim.