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• Execution attempt against HDP MP Encü in Silopi 

  In Silopi district of Şırnak where a state of siege is executed by state forces, military and police units broke into a house by force.
• Police murder a civilian in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak attacks by state forces are getting heavier since the imposition of a curfew two days ago.
• HDP MP Encü: Turkish forces making reinforcements in schools in Silopi 

  Schools in Silopi district of Şırnak are being turned into military headquarters since the imposition of a curfew last night.
• DBP calls for uninterrupted mass protests against AKP's war concept 

  DBP General Co-Presidency has sent a notice to all its organisations calling for interrupted mass protests against the war concept of the AKP government.
• Five injured in attacks by special operation teams in Sur 

  Attacks by special operation teams are getting heavier in Amed's central Sur district where a curfew remains in effect for 14 uninterrupted days.
• Turkish soldiers building a wall at Efrîn border 

  After digging trenches along the border, Turkish state is now building wall of shame at its border with Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Şerdıl and Şiyar laid to rest 

  Şerdıl Cengiz (21) and Şiyar Salman (19) who were killed by police in Sur uprising in Koşuyolu area of Amed yesterday have been laid to rest at Yeniköy Cemetery.
• 11-year-old heavily wounded by police in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where a fifth curfew is in effect since yesterday, people poured out into the streets in protest at the curfew which was unusually announced hours before going into effect alongside Silopi district.
• Tens of thousands bid farewell to Şerdil and Şiyar in Amed 

  A mass farewell is bid to Şerdıl Cengiz (21) and Şiyar Salman (19) who were killed by police in Sur uprising in Koşuyolu area of Amed yesterday.
• Families of youths killed in Amed: The state murdered our children 

  “There is no law in Turkey. Yet, the state fascism will end and Kurds will win”, said families of Şiyar Salman and Şerdıl Cengiz, both of whom were killed by police in Sur uprising in Amed yesterday.
• Resistance grows across Amed, Cizre and Nusaybin 

  More people are joining the self-defense and resistance against the attacks of state forces in Amed and Nusaybin district of Mardin where onslaught gets heavier.
• Five minors detained by police in Amed 

  As the crackdown of state forces continues across the main Kurdish city Amed, police have detained five minors in the central Kayapınar district.
• Khabur border crossing closed as Turkey dispatches troops to Bamernê 

  Turkish troops have been dispatched to the military base in Bamernê after crossing into South Kurdistan through Ibrahim Khalil Khabur border crossing last night.
• Youth shot by police in Dargeçit denied access to hospital for 10 hours 

  16-year-old Muhammed Akyüz, who was shot by police in Dargeçit earlier today, is denied access to hospital for 10 hours.
• HPG: 6 soldiers and 4 police killed in Nusaybin and Amed 

  People's Defense Forces Press Office (HPG-BIM) reported actions by guerrillas in Amed and Mardin in response to the atrocity committed by state forces against the Kurdish people.
• Two civilians killed by police in Amed 

  Out of three civilians who got wounded as a result of the ongoing crackdown by police forces on demonstrators marching to the central Sur district of Amed, two have lost their lives.
• Houses on fire after bombardments by state forces in Sur 

  As the onslaught by Turkish forces gets heavier in Amed's central Sur district, special operation teams have intensified their artillery attacks.
• KCK calls for struggle against the Turkish state's displacement policy 

  Drawing attention to the displacement policy put into effect by the Turkish state across North Kurdistan region, KCK called on the people of Kurdistan to remain in their neighborhoods, towns and cities and resist for a free and democratic living.
• Attacks and resistance spread across Amed 

  Protests and resistance has spread across the main Kurdish city Amed in the wake of the police crackdown on demonstrators marching to Sur in protest at state repression.
• Sixth curfew in Nusaybin 

  After Cizre and Silopi districts of Şırnak, yet another curfew has been imposed in Nusaybin district of Mardin.
• Police attack Amed people marching to Sur againist state repression 

  People in the main Kurdish city Amed have brought the life to a standstill today in solidarity with the central Sur district and other towns across North Kurdistan that remain under a heavy onslaught by state forces.
• Expected curfew in Cizre and Silopi districts of Şırnak 

  Şırnak Governor's Office has made the expected announcement of a curfew in the districts of Cizre and Silopi. Accordingly, a ban to go out will go into effect in both districts as of 23:00 this evening.
• People's Initiative: All cities should be turned into an area of resistance 

  Kurdistan Democratic People's Initiative has called upon the Kurdish people and democratic public opinion of Turkey to turn all western cities into an area of resistance in response to the ongoing state terror in North Kurdistan territory.
• Police demolish houses as onslaught gets heavier in Sur 

  Onslaught by state forces continues on the third day of the sixth curfew in Amed's central district of Sur.
• TIHV: 52 open-ended curfews imposed in the Kurdish region since August 

  Since August 16, there have been 52 open-ended and round-the-clock curfews in 17 provinces of 7 Kurdish cities that house approximately 1,299,061 people (2014 population census).