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• Baydemir: AKP lost in Kurdistan 

  HDP Spokesperson Baydemir challenged Erdoğan and his media. He said: “Bring it on. Lift the barricades, and let’s see what the people will do! Come and set up the ballots. Let’s have the people of Diyarbakır vote on your trustee and our candidates.”
• Revolutionary operation by HPG guerrillas in Herekol 

  HPG guerrillas carried out an extensive offensive against the Turkish army in Herekol region of Siirt. As a result of the offensive on July 26, 5 emplacements have been destroyed completely and many soldiers were killed.
• Scandalous court excuses for children of Sur 

  The detailed ruling has been announced for the 36 years of prison sentences against the 11 children who were trapped in Sur during the curfews for 104 days.
• HDP MPs: We have started a process for the downfall of fascism 

  HDP deputies, who are continuing the Resistance Vigil in the city of Amed stated that their activity is representing the common desire of the whole society.
• Aerial bombardment on Tendürek 

  The Turkish army continues aerial bombings on Mount Tendürek region where they have suffered heavy losses recently.
• Guerrilla actions in Hakkari, Van and Siirt 

  HPG Press Office released details on guerrilla actions in Hakkari, Siirt and Van in which 9 Turkish soldiers were killed.
• 4 soldiers killed in Çukurca 

  HPG and YJA-Star guerrillas hit the Turkish army in Çukurca Thursday morning, which left 4 soldiers dead.
• Curfew in three villages of Nusaybin 

  Turkish state continues to place a curfew in the areas of military operations against the PKK across Northern Kurdistan territory.
• Iranian soldiers murder a young man on the border 

  A young man lost his life in the vicinity of the Ağaçlı (Kendalok) village in Hakkari’s Yüksekova district when Iranian soldiers opened fire last night.
• “Freedom of Öcalan is the freedom of the Middle East” 

  People of Van city expressed their condemnation towards the isolation on Öcalan and stated that the approach towards the Kurdish leader is an attack on the Kurdish people.
• HDP’s Resistance Vigil continues under police siege 

  People’s Democratic Party (HDP) MP’s “Resistance Vigil” continues on its second day in Ekin Ceren Park in Amed.
• A ledge of many tales 

  The cold rock seemed to want to tell me silently: "I am not just a random stone. Do not look at me that way. Come closer and let me tell you about myself and those whom I cradled in my arms."
• HDP MPs launch “Resistance Vigil” in Amed 

  HDP MPs held their group meeting and launched a “Resistance Vigil” in Amed.
• YPS: An agent punished in Şemdinli 

  YPS Press Office announced that an agent has been punished in Şemdinli and a YPS member fell a martyr in a clash in Dersim.
• DTK executive taken into custody in Amed 

  DTK Co-presidency Council member Musa Farisoğulları has been detained in a house raid in Amed.
• Turkish army retreats from the village they shelled in Dersim 

  Turkish soldiers have retreated from the village of Han in Dersim where they killed a civilian during military operation. Empty bullet casings, deep craters and a heavy smell of gas that have been left behind are gripping the attention in the village.
• HDP executive and one DBP member taken into custody 

  The AKP government of Turkey continues with its political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives.
• AKP hires rapist as village guard 

  The Turkish state hired a man with a criminal record for sexual harassment and rape when nobody else accepted to be a village guard in Saraçlı village in Iğdır’s Aralık district.
• HPG announces the balance sheet of war for two years 

  HPG Press Office announced the balance sheet of war for two years for the period from 24 July 2015 to 23 July 2017.
• One hand handles the arm, the other the first aid kit 

  "In the mountains of Kurdistan, I never let go of my first aid bag like I always carry my arm", said Laleş Koçer who broke off his study in medicine early to join the YPG instead, and joined after that the ranks of the guerrilla.
• Kurdish signboard in Gürpınar replaced with an Arabic one 

  Trustee Osman Doğramacı of Van's Gürpınar district had the 'Welcome' signboard, with Kurdish, English and Turkish inscription "Hoş geldin, Bi xêr hatin and Welcome" on it, removed and replaced it with a signboard captioned in Turkish and Arabic.
• YBŞ commanders Bawer and Amed laid to rest in Mount Shengal 

  YBŞ commanders Amed Kawyan (Mehmet Mendalioglu) and Bawer Şengal (Enver Xêro Xidir Mîrza) who fell martyrs on the 21st July in Shengal's Sikiniyê village, were interred at the Şehîd Dilgeş and Şehîd Berxwedan Cemetery of Martyrs in Shengal.
• Two YBŞ fighters martyred in mine explosion 

  YBŞ fighters Amed Kawyan and Bawer Şengal lost their lives as result of a mine explosion in Shengal region.
• Village guards lay down arms after the murder of a civilian 

  4 village guards have laid down arms in protest at the murder by state forces of a civilian in Gever (Yüksekova) district of Hakkari.
• Afghan refugee flow to Van continues  

  Afghan refugees continue to flow into the Van province. Hundreds of young refugees aged 15 to 21 have been sleeping in the Van Central Bus Station for days.