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• ESP delegation reaches İdil 

  A delegation of the ESP (Socialist Party of the Oppressed) that left for Cizre in solidarity with the people resisting state terror, has managed to reach İdil district of Şırnak.
• Attack by state forces in Cizre continues 

  Turkish state forces have started a fresh attack on people in Nur neighborhood of Şırnak's Cizre district where a curfew has been in effect for over a week now.
• KONGRA GEL calls upon everyone to rise up for Cizre 

  KONGRA GEL has called upon the people of Kurdistan, Turkey and Europe to stand up against the massacres being perpetrated by state forces in Cizre.
• Hundreds of lawyers on their way to Cizre 

  Upon a call by Libertarian Lawyers' Association, Mesopotamia Lawyers' Association and Bar Associations in Northern Kurdistan,hundreds of lawyers have left for Cizre where state terror against civilians continues.
• HDP MP Sarıyıldız in Cizre: Is 35-day-old baby not a civilian? 

  HDP deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız, who remains in Cizre for days now, refuted the remarks of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu that “No civilians died in Cizre”.
• Turkish jets hit Gare, Zap, Xakurke and Metina 

  Turkish jets shelled Gare, Zap, Xakurke and Metina areas of PKK-held Medya Defense Zones last night.
• Three more people die in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where resistance against state terror continues, snipers attacked people who took to the streets yesterday to protest the ongoing attacks by Turkish forces.
• Masses attacked by police after reaching Cizre 

  Special operation police attacked thousands of people who arrived Cizre after a long walk from Şırnak and Silopi since yesterday. People responded to the police by carrying out self-defense and chanting slogans.
• KCK calls upon all Kurdistan people to rise up everywhere 

  KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council Co-Presidency has called for total resistance against the increasingly ongoing terror by Turkish state forces in Northern Kurdistan, the Kurdish region in Turkey.
• Thousands from Şırnak and Silopi reach Cizre 

  Thousands who left for Cizre from Şırnak and Silopi yesterday morning have reached the town where at least eight people have been killed since last night.
• Turkish soldiers shoot truck drivers, one dead, six wounded 

  Turkish soldiers opened fire on truck drivers as they tried to cross from Zaxo city of South Kurdistan into Northern Kurdistan today afternoon. One truck driver died in the fire.
• Zana: I will go on death fast if deaths are not stopped 

  HDP Ağrı deputy Leyla Zana called for an immediate end of deaths, stressing that the resistance will never be broken in Cizre which has always been a castle of resistance in Kurdistan.
• HDP calls for urgent international action against increasing state violence 

  HDP has warned that Turkey is increasingly drifting into a civil war, and called for urgent international action against the policies of violence that have escalated after the general elections of June 7 led by the AKP provisional government.
• Eight civilians killed in Cizre last night 

  It has come out that at least eight civilians were killed by state terror in Şırnak's Cizre district last night which witnessed intense attacks with heavy weapons and tanks against Nur, Cudi and Yafes neighborhoods.
• Thousands continue the march to Cizre despite attacks 

  Thousands of people are continuing their march from İdil to Cizre district of Şırnak from two sides despite the ongoing attacks and hindrances by Turkish security forces.
• PKK and PAJK prisoners: We salute the resistance of our people 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners on hunger strike urged the AKP to immediately abandon policies of denial and annihilation, and called upon the Kurdish people to defend self-rule and democratic autonomy under any circumstances.
• Kurdish politicians attacked by police on their way to Cizre 

  Riot police forces have blocked and attacked the delegation of Kurdish politicians on their way from İdil to Cizre district of Şırnak Thursday morning.
• Father and daughter killed in Cizre 

  Snipers in Cizre have shot dead daughter of civilian Eşref Edim who lost his life as a result of attacks by Turkish state forces on Varol Street of Nur neighborhood in Şırnak's Cizre district early this morning.
• Three more people murdered in Cizre 

  Three more people have lost their lives as a result of bombardments by Turkish state forces and fire opened by snipers on one hand and from armored vehicles on the other hand.
• March to Cizre reaches İdil 

  Thousands marching to Cizre from across Kurdistan and Turkey have reached İdil district of Şırnak.
• Another woman wounded by police in Cizre 

  A woman got wounded as a result of fire opened from Tank Battalion in Nur neighborhood of Şırnak's Cizre district.
• Cizre march continues despite hindrances 

  Turkish state forces are resorting to any kind of hindrance to prevent masses who took the road to Cizre from across Northern Kurdistan in solidarity with the people against the ongoing crackdown and heavy attacks by Turkish forces.
• DTK calls on peoples to step up the resistance 

  DTK said the war policies of the AKP threatened the HDP, the Kurdish people and the future of the peoples of Turkey, and called on peoples to step up the resistance against these policies.
• Aerial and ground bombardments against guerrilla areas continue 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported that the Turkish army continues shelling guerrilla areas.
• Masses marching to Cizre blocked again 

  The group marching towards Cizre against the ongoing crackdown and attacks by Turkish state forces have been stopped by armored vehicles once again after reaching the Kartmin village of Mardin's Midyat district.