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• Tahir Elçi commemorated on the 9th anniversary of his murder in Amed 

  Tahir Elçi, a prominent Kurdish human rights lawyer, was shot and killed during a press conference in the city of Amed (tr: Diyarbakır) in south-east Turkey. It was 10.53 when Elçi was shot at the Four-Legged Minaret with a bullet in the back of his neck.
• Co-mayors prevented from entering the municipality of Batman 

  Batman Municipality co-mayors Gülistan Sönük and Yeşil Işık and council members were prevented from entering the municipality which was usurped by a government-appointed trustee earlier this month.
• PKK: We are closer than ever to the freedom of Leader Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish question 

  "We are closer than ever to the physical freedom of Leader Öcalan and the solution of the Kurdish question on the basis of freedom," the PKK Executive Committee said in a message on the 46th anniversary of the founding of the PKK.
• KDP forces arrest three young men on the instructions of the Turkish state 

  The KDP forces arrested three young men on behalf of the Turkish army who filmed and published military attacks in the village of Guherzê in northern Iraq.
• YJA Star: The 47th year of the PKK will be the year of freedom and victory 

  “The culture of resistance has been a fireball that has shaken the order of oppression and turned into a beacon of hope in the midst of male-dominated fascism in the 46th year of the PKK,” YJA Star said.
• PKK, 46 years of struggle for the existence, freedom and honour of the Kurdish people 

  The founding of the PKK was initially the answer to the bitter alternative of “assimilation or extinction” in a state that was committed to the ideology of ethnic homogeneity. A handful of comrades-in-arms decided on the path of resistance.
• PKK's 46th founding anniversary celebrated in guerrilla areas 

  The 46th anniversary of the PKK’s founding is celebrated with various events in guerrilla areas. The guerrilla stated that they would raise the struggle even more in the 47th year and deal a heavy blow to the invaders.
• People in Dersim reject the usurpation of their will 

  People in Dersim said that they did not accept the appointment of the trustee to the municipality and added that they will continue to resist until the decision is reverted.
• Number of people taken into custody in Şirnak increases to 23 

  The number of people taken into custody in the police operation carried out in Şirnak has increased to 23.
• The PKK is stronger than ever today, say guerrillas Berazi and Şerzan 

  YJA Star guerrilla Sara Berazi and HPG guerrilla Welat Şerzan celebrated the 47th anniversary of the PKK, emphasizing that it is stronger than ever today.
• Iranian forces kill a female kolbar 

  A female kolbar from Pawe was killed in an attack by Iranian regime forces, that also detained the woman's father and brother after the incident.
• KCK: A new historical era has begun with the founding of the PKK 

  KCK calls on everyone to increase the struggle within the scope of the global freedom campaign, to work and struggle more for the construction of the free individual and democratic commune life.
• Co-mayor of Dersim placed under house arrest 

  Birsen Orhan, the deposed co-mayor of Dersim, has been placed under house arrest and banned from leaving the country. She is accused of inciting the people and insulting public officials.
• HPG: Guerrillas shot down a Turkish drone 

  According to the HPG, guerrillas shot down a drone, destroyed a radar system and stopped an advance by the Turkish invasion forces in South Kurdistan. The guerrilla areas are being bombed non-stop by the Turkish Air Force.
• Men take to the streets in Amed in protest at violence against women 

  On the occasion of 25 November, men held a press statement in Amed and protested against violence against women.
• HSM on the 46th anniversary of the PKK: We will march on to our historic tasks with greater effort 

  “In its 46-year struggle, the PKK has created the reality of a heroic people that has walked from non-existence to existence, from exhaustion to resurrection, from genocide to liberation, from colonialism to independence and freedom," HSM said.
• Konak: We won't surrender our will to occupying forces disregarding people's sovereignity 

  Cevdet Konak, the co-mayor of Dersim whose authority was usurped said: "We will not surrender our will to the occupying forces that disregard the Kurdish people's sovereignty."
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Serdar Batman 

  The HPG paid tribute to guerrilla Serdar Batman, who died in Amed in 2020.
• Diyarbakır Governorate bans the slogan ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’ 

  Diyarbakır Governorate made a scandalous decision and banned the slogan ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’.
• People resist the police attempting to detain Co-Mayor Birsen Orhan in Dersim 

  Turkish police officers attempted to detain Birsen Orhan, Co-Mayor of Dersim Municipality, who was unlawfully removed from office, facing resistance from the people.
• Hatimoğulları in Dersim: Just as Seyit Rıza did not bow down, we will not bow down either 

  Speaking in Dersim, DEM Party Co-Chair Tülay Hatimoğulları said, “Let us increase our struggle against the trustee regime and this fascist authoritarian regime. We will succeed through solidarity and our resistance will surely be victorious.”
• YJŞ Commander: More than ever, we have the power to protect our society and our people 

  Axîn İntikam, one of the YJŞ commanders, warned against “a plan to evacuate and plunder our land” and said: “No force organised around the ideas of Leader Öcalan will be defeated by the enemy.”
• Turkish army builds a new road in Guhêrze village of Amadiya 

  The occupying Turkish state is building a new road in Guhêrze village of Duhok district of Amadiya.
• YPS-Jin carries out actions to mark the PKK’s founding anniversary 

  The Civil Protection Units – Women carried out several actions in Amed to mark the anniversary of the founding of the PKK.
• ‘The PKK has become the hope of freedom for all humanity today’ 

  "The PKK is fighting for humanity, and humanity sees its salvation in the PKK. Today, the PKK has become the centre of hope for freedom for all humanity. The freedom guerrillas have been struggling for 46 years without interruption for this purpose.”