KURDISTAN

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• HDP's Ahmet Yıldırım barred from politics and sentenced to prison 

  HDP Group Deputy Chair Ahmet Yıldırım has been barred from politics and sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison for allegedly “insulting the President”.
• YPS-JIN: AKP administrator spying for the enemy punished in Lice 

  YPS announced that AKP Lice district vice chairman Orhan Mercan has been punished by YPS-JIN units.
• Footage from destroyed Turkish military vehicle in Tendürek 

  Gerilla TV has published footage of the military vehicle destroyed by the YJA Star guerillas on May 10 in Tendürek mountain.
• Iranian army shells Mount Halgurd 

  Iranian military has shelled Mount Halgurd Monday morning. Reports suggest  casualties among PDK-I peshmergas.
• Footage of Turkish soldiers ambushed by guerrillas 

  Guerrilla TV has released footage from an action carried out by guerrillas against Turkish soldiers in Şemdinli, Hakkari on June 14, which left 7 soldiers dead.
• 'MOBESE surveillance cameras turned Hakkari into an open prison' 

  The Turkish state installed MOBESE (mobile electronic system integration) surveillance cameras in all streets of Hakkari center and districts. The local residents are critical of this and complain that their city has been turned into an open prison.
• 15 detained in Lice and Silvan 

  After AKP Lice district vice chairman was killed last night, 12 people have been detained.
• Footage of an guerrilla action in Uludere 

  Footage has been released from the HPG guerrillas’ action against the Turkish army on May 15 in Şırnak’s Uludere district.
• AKP Lice district administrator killed 

  AKP Lice district vice chairman Orhan Mercan was killed Friday night.
• AKP takes down Kurdish park signboard and orders its demolition 

  State-appointed trustee to Erciş Municipality ordered the demolition of the '7 June Freedom Park'.
• Footage of guerrilla action on soldiers airdropped on the border 

  Gerîla TV released footage from an action carried out by guerrillas targeting Turkish soldiers on Martyr Xeyri hill on Çukurca border line.
• KNK continues tour of talks for national unity 

  Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) continues diplomatic talks with Kurdish political parties in all four parts of Kurdistan for the establishment of national unity, and met with PAK party in this scope yesterday.
• Helicopters fire towards a village amid intense clashes in Lice 

  Reports are coming through that heavy clashes are taking place in the countryside of Lice and Turkish helicopters are firing towards civilian areas.
• Iranian regime forces shoot another kolbar at border 

  Iranian regime forces have once again attacked the kolbars, cross-border porters working for daily wage, at the border between Rojhilat (East) and Bashur (South) Kurdistan.
• Contra units disguised as guerrillas in action in Urmia 

  Reports are coming through of acitivty of contra units disguised as guerrillas in the countryside of Urmia, Eastern Kurdistan.
• Three immortal siblings: Çekdar, Nupelda and Mahsum 

  Three siblings from Mardin; Çekdar Cudî, Nupelda Mêrdîn and Mahsum who have sacrificed their lives in the Freedom Struggle of the Kurdish people. They have become three immortal souls.
• Demo for Öcalan's freedom in Shengal 

  People of Shengal staged a march to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Yalavuz, shot by soldiers in Lice, detained again 

  Osman Yalavuz was shot in Lice, Amed as he was watering his yard. He was told he had to sign some documents and has been detained again.
• YPS action leaves one police officer dead in Hakkari 

  YPS General Coordination announced that their forces carried out an action against the Turkish police in Hakkari on June 16, leaving one policeman dead.
• Turkish police even afraid of the writings on the walls in Sur 

  The police have painted over the writings on walls in Sur, under threat of destruction by invaders.
• No end in sight to the Turkish state's desecration of graves 

  Turkish soldiers have vandalized the 'Martyr Hevidar and Martyr Amed Cemetery' of PKK guerrillas in Lice.
• Hakkari Hospital closed to civilians due to the army's casualties 

  Guerrillas continue to repel and inflict heavy blows on the Turkish troops engaged in an invasion attempt on Zap region over Çukurca border line.
• Footage of assassination action by guerrillas on Koordine Hill 

  One soldier has been killed in an assassination action in Koordine Hill on Hakkari's Çukurca border line.
• Ehmedê Xanî monument in Doğubeyazıt torn down 

  Trustee appointed to the Doğubeyazıt Municipality Ulaş Akhan ordered the demolition of Ehmedê Xanî monument in Uluyol neighborhood.
• Guerillas hit the military base visited by Interior Minister 

  Guerrillas carried out a targeted action on the military base in Çukurca which the Turkish Minister of Internal Affairs visited this morning. One soldier was killed in the action.