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• HPG reports effective actions by guerrillas in North Kurdistan 

  Guerrilla units affiliated to People’s Defense Forces (HPG) carried out effective actions against Turkish troops and police forces in Hakkari, Şırnak, Amed, Bingöl, Muş and Bitlis provinces in North Kurdistan.
• Detentions and arrests by AKP continue 

  Political genocide operations in Kurdish cities continue in line with the war started by the AKP against Kurdish people in Northern Kurdistan, the Kurdish region in Turkey.
• 21st Century Epic of Resistance: Kobanê 

  Attacks by ISIS gangs on Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava, began in the spring of 2014. Gang groups launched their first attack on Kobanê on March 22nd, soon after the celebration of Newroz Fest on Hill Mishtenur.
• 19-year-old youth shot by police in Silopi 

  A 19-year-old youth was heavily wounded as a result of an armed attack by Turkish forces in Silopi district of Şırnak.
• Cemetery of guerrillas in Varto demolished by Turkish forces 

  Reports are coming through that Turkish forces have completely demolished the “Martyr İsmail and Martyr Ronahi Cemetery” located in Kulan region in Varto district of Muş.
• 'Towards self-governance' event to be held in Amed 

  Party of Democratic Regions (DBP) will organise a series of events on September 18-19 in Amed to raise peace demands against the war policies of the AKP under the slogan “all together towards self-governance”.
• HDP MP: Mother-tongue education is a must of contemporary democracy 

  HDP Siirt deputy Prof. Dr. Kadri Yıldırım commented on the rejection of the first parliamentary question submitted in Kurdish and the importance of mother-tongue education with regards to the Kurdish question.
• Swedish Committee: Rojava raised hopes among the Swedish left 

  Swedish Committee for Rojava member Edvin Marklund said the system in Rojava raised hopes and enhanced tenacity also among the Swedish left which has been through stagnation for a while.
• Operation against Ronahî Cemetery of Martyrs in Van 

  Turkish soldiers have started an operation against yet another cemetery of Kurdish guerrillas in Çatak district of Van.
• Rojava Administration denies claims on arrival of KDP peshmerga 

  The General Coordination of Rojava Cantons has denied the claims that armed forces affiliated to South Kurdistan's KDP will go to Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Co-mayor of Van's Edremit district municipality removed from post 

  Turkish state continues targeting the elected representatives of the Kurdish people as part of its all-out war concept against the Kurdish population in Northern Kurdistan, the Kurdish region in Turkey.
• Turkish forces shell the area of martyrs' cemetery in Varto 

  Turkish state forces have bombed the “Martyr İsmail and Martyr Ronahi Cemetery” area located in Kulan region in Varto district of Muş.
• KCK: We are ready for mutual consolidated ceasefire 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency said they were ready for a mutual consolidated ceasefire, and supported the efforts and struggle of peoples, democracy forces and pro-peace circles for a democratic political resolution and lasting peace.
• HPG: 25 soldiers and 4 police killed in actions by guerrillas 

  HPG Press Office has released a statement regarding the ongoing actions of guerrillas in Northern Kurdistan, in which 25 soldiers and 4 police were killed.
• Instruction for the destruction of Kurdish martyrs' cemeteries 

  A “confidential” instruction signed by Turkish Minister of Interior Sebahattin Öztürk and sent to the governors of Kurdish cities orders the destruction of 14 cemeteries of Kurdish guerrillas.
• One youth killed, another wounded by police in Van 

  Armed attack by police in two neighborhoods of Van has left a youth dead another wounded.
• 12 soldiers killed in an action by YJA STAR guerrillas 

  YJA STAR guerrillas have carried out an action against Turkish troops deployed in Geliyê Dostki area in Gever (Yüksekova) district of Hakkari, leaving 12 soldiers dead and 4 others wounded.
• European delegation in Cizre calls for recommencement of negotiations 

  A delegation of European parliamentarians, comprised of Rebecca Harms -Member of the European Parliament for Alliance '90/The Greens- and Cem Özdemir -Chairman of the German Green Party- has held a series of talks in Cizre today.
• Removed co-mayor of Cizre: The will of the people was confiscated 

  Cizre co-mayor Leyla İmret said the decision for her removal from post was in fact a message to people of Cizre that “I punish you and I confiscate your will”.
• People of Yüksekova continue resisting ongoing attacks 

  Special operation teams that attacked people in Hakkari's Yüksekova (Gever) district throughout the night had to retreat in the face of the resistance waged by locals.
• PKK and PAJK prisoners end hunger strike 

  PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) and PAJK (Kurdistan Women's Liberation Party, Partiya Azadiya Jin a Kurdistan) prisoners have ended the indefinite-alternate hunger strike they had started on August 15.
• 19 human shields remanded in custody in Doğubayazıt 

  19 out of 25 people, who had been detained by soldiers upon their return from Mount Ararat where they acted as human shields, were remanded in custody by a court decision.
• Fiskaya under police blockade 

  Fiskaya neighborhood in Amed's Yenişehir district has been blockaded by police and special operation teams early this morning.
• European Greens to visit Cizre and Mardin 

  Officials from the Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) and the German Green Party (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) will pay a visit to Northern Kurdistan for talks serving a democratic resolution of the Kurdish question in Turkey.
• Images from Hesekê 

  A number of people have lost their lives in double bomb attacks in Hesekê city of West Kurdistan, Rojava, today afternoon.