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• 85 years ago, the execution of Seyit Riza 

  The 15 November marks the 85th anniversary of the execution of Seyit Riza by the Turkish state.
• Erdoğan-Soylu-Fidan triumvirate has failed again 

  The peoples of Turkey must get rid of the Erdoğan-Bahçeli government that is driving them into a deadlock. This requires courage, understanding and the unity of the peoples.
• Kamal Chomani: The role of the KDP and PUK in South Kurdistan and the uprisings in Rojhilat and Iran 

  For three decades, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has been ruled by two parties. There is no longer any separation of powers, instead a dictatorship rules. We talked to Kamal Chomani about the background and the revolt in Iran.
• Italian producer of "Letters from Shengal": The film was an opportunity to know the Yazidi better 

  The Italian producer of "Letters from Shengal", Fabrizia Falzetti, said that the film gave her an opportunity to know the Yazidi better.
• Dr. Mansouran: Turkish state uses chemical weapons 

  Dr. Abbas Mansouran who lives in Switzerland said that the Turkish state is using chemical weapons and added that independent judges, lawyers and families should take action.
• Guerrilla doctor Dersim: "Turkish army clearly uses choking agents, mainly chlorine gas” 

  Dr Dersim, a guerrilla doctor, says there is concrete evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Turkish army: "The Turkish army is clearly using choking agents, mainly chlorine gas."
• Survivor of Dersim Genocide dies aged 93 

  Bego Polat, whose mother and three siblings were murdered in front of his eyes in the Dersim Genocide carried out by the Turkish state, died at the age of 93.
• Images confirm Turkish army setting bodies of its own soldiers on fire 

  Images confirming the statements made by the HPG, according to which the Turkish army bombed the dead bodies of soldiers, sometimes throwing them from cliffs and even burned them during the ongoing invasion attacks, reached ANF.
• HPG Press Spokesman: Figures do not fully reflect the extent of attacks 

  The guerrillas report daily on the Turkish invasion of Southern Kurdistan, including the use of banned weapons. But the figures included in the accounts do not fully reflect the scale of these attacks, says HPG press spokesman Serdar Yektas.
• Sinn Féin Ard Fheis: Time for Change 

  A packed hall in Dublin hosted the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis (Congress) on Saturday. The slogan of the meeting was 'Time for Change'.
• YJA Star guerrilla who survived Turkish chemical attack describes her experiences 

  YJA Star guerrilla Zîlan Avrîn spent 47 days in a tunnel in Southern Kurdistan resisting chemical weapons attacks by the Turkish army. She tells ANF about her experiences.
• Karayilan: Why is an independent investigation being prevented? 

  HPG commander Murat Karayilan asks for forgiveness from the relatives of the chemical weapons victims whose death throes were released on video, saying: "The Turkish state wants results before winter sets in."
• Today is World Kobanê Day 

  Today is World Kobanê Day. But how was 1 November chosen?
• Salih Muslim: The KDP is covering up the crimes of the enemy 

  PYD leader Salih Muslim criticises the international silence on the Turkish chemical weapons attacks and the negative role of the KDP.
• Besê Hozat: AKP-MHP's aim is to take control over Alevis - PART II 

  KCK Executive Council co-chair Besê Hozat said that the AKP-MHP is developing a genocide plan under the name of 'Alevi initiative' and added that its aim is to take control and assimilate the Alevis.
• Bese Hozat: The only way to overthrow the fascist government is struggle - PART I 

  “How will Turkey be democratized if the Kurdish question is not solved? This is simply impossible. The way to democracy in Turkey is only possible on the basis of the solution of the Kurdish question,” says Besê Hozat of the KCK.
• The path of revolutionary Internationalism: Şehîd Ronahî 

  Heval Ronahî, Andrea Wolf, was murdered by the Turkish state on 23 October 1998 together with 23 of her comrades in Catak.
• PJAK Co-Chair: It is important to continue the uprising until victory 

  Looking at the revolution in Iran, PJAK Co-Chair Siamand Moini warns against harbouring expectations of democratic change in the mullahs' regime. He says that the people's power is preparing to build a sustainable democratic society.
• Struggling on, staying strong: Reflections on IRR50 

  To mark 50 years since the radical transformation of the Institute of Race Relations, a film has been released on the IRR's longevity and place in British anti-racism.
• Karasu: Kurdish people must rise up in the face of attacks 

  Mustafa Karasu calls on the Kurdish people to rise up against the guerrillas in the face of chemical attacks. Karasu describes the KDP’s attitude in the context of the invasion of Southern Kurdistan as the greatest historical disgrace in history.
• The strategically unchanging fascist Turkish reality 

  The fascist Turkish reality, which is tactically new and strategically unchanged, has once again approved itself with the fighting between mercenary groups in occupied Afrin.
• More than a million people return to Raqqa in the five years since its liberation 

  In the five years since Raqqa's liberation, more than a million people have returned to the city. A large number of projects, cooperatives and councils have been set up.
• Images of guerrillas exposed to Turkish chemical weapons 

  ANF has obtained footage of two guerrilla fighters affected by Turkish chemical weapons. They suffered paralysis of the nervous and respiratory systems and memory loss.
• Five years ago the liberation of Raqqa 

  Five years ago, Raqqa was freed from IS domination. The city, located about 200 kilometers west of Aleppo, has since been rebuilt. The previous three years of reign of terror have left deep traces.
• Vigil for Öcalan website publishes interview with lawyer Ibrahim Bilmez 

  Öcalan's lawyer Bilmez said: "We are calling on everybody to understand that freedom for Öcalan is freedom for the Kurdish people, and freedom for the Kurds is your freedom, too."