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• YBŞ: We will crown our struggle with victory in the footsteps of our heroes 

  In a statement on the 9th anniversary of the liberation of Shengal, YBŞ General Command emphasised that the Yazidi people were liberated with the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Batman: They cannot defeat a people who have adopted freedom as a principle 

  "If a solution is desired, the interlocutor is Mr Öcalan. The rest is struggle and resistance," said DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bayindir during the ongoing protest in Batman where the municipality was usurped and the elected co-mayors were replaced by a trustee.
• Turkey bombs a village in Southern Kurdistan 

  The occupying Turkish state bombed Bazê village in Berwarî Bala region in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq).
• UCAV activity in Shengal 

  Reports are coming through of intense UCAV activity by the occupying Turkish state in the skies of Shengal.
• Nine years ago, the liberation of Shengal 

  After months of resistance, the HPG and YJA Star guerrillas, the YPG/YPJ forces from Rojava and the Yazidi defense forces YBŞ-YJŞ cleared Shengal from ISIS mercenaries on 13 November 2015.
• Resistance against usurpation of municipalities continues 

  Resistance continues in Batman and Halfeti against the usurpation of municipalities by trustees.
• DTK and DBP co-chairs call for participation in the Batman rally on 17 November 

  DTK Co-Chair Berdan Öztürk and DBP Co-Chair Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar called for participation in the rally for freedom and honourable peace to take place in Batman on 17 November.
• Special warfare and counter activities increase in Van 

  As the Turkish state’s special war activities in the Kurdish region continue, special units were stationed in the Gürpınar region of Van. Plainclothes men stop villagers on the road and ask them if they recognise certain names.
• 8-day entry ban to rural neighborhoods in Pîran 

  Various regions in Pîran near Amed will soon be declared a forbidden zone again. The reason is a Turkish military operation against the Kurdish guerrillas.
• Young people in Batman, Van and Yüksekova protest appointment of trustees 

  Young people protested in the streets of Batman, Van and Yüksekova against the appointment of trustees.
• ‘Municipalities were usurped by unlawful methods’ 

  On the 8th day of the resistance against the usurpation of the people's will in Halfeti, lawyers from the Antep Bar Association visited the vigil in front of the municipality.
• Protest against usurpation of municipality continues in Mardin 

  Protests against the seizure of the municipalities of Mardin, Batman and Halfeti on 4 November and appointment of trustees in their place continue.
• Declaration of the ‘Democracy and Freedom Rally’ to be held in Batman on 17 November announced 

  Call for everyone in favour of peace, democracy and fraternity in Turkey to increase the common struggle and to participate in the ‘Democracy and Freedom Rally’ in Batman on 17 November to speak out against oppression.
• ‘The PKK is a resurrection movement’ 

  YJA Star guerrilla Çarçella Cîlo stated that the PKK is a resurrection movement and said that thanks to the PKK, she started to recognise her own existence and identity as well as devote herself to her people.
• Young Yazidi man martyred in Turkish airstrike in Shengal 

  Shengal Autonomous Administration announced that a young man named Kerim Hecî Şero was martyred in today’s airstrike by the Turkish state.
• Protest march in Batman: This resistance is the will for freedom 

  Masses staged a march in Batman in protest at the usurpation of three municipalities won by the DEM Party in the 31 March local elections.
• Turkish UCAV strikes a car in Shengal 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people in various parts of their homeland, Kurdistan.
• Co-mayors and DBP co-chairs break the military blockade on their way to Batman 

  A delegation travelling from Amed to participate in the march in Batman against the trustee usurpation was stopped by the soldiers at the entrance of Batman. The soldiers had to lift the blockade after the delegation did not give up their protest.
• Police use tear gas in Batman, affecting a 5-year-old child 

  A 5-year-old child was affected by the tear gas thrown by police.
• ‘Kurdish people’s resistance for a free life and an honourable peace will always continue’ 

  “The Kurds are a politicised people. No one can deceive the Kurdish people, nor can they ever turn them back from their struggle," said Ahmet Türk, the deposed co-mayor of Mardin.
• 173 people detained in Batman in 5 days 

  In Batman, 173 people including 56 minors were detained in 5 days, 18 people including 3 children were imprisoned, and 28 people are still under custody.
• Resistance against usurpation of municipality continues in Batman 

  The police attacked the people who protested the usurpation of the DEM Party municipalities and the appointment of trustees. The people responded to the attack with slogans.
• Municipalities in Shengal condemn the usurpation of DEM Party municipalities 

  The 4 November (2016) political coup, which resulted in the arrest of HDP Co-Chairs and MPs, continued with the trustees appointed to 3 Kurdish municipalities on its 8th anniversary.
• Protests in Batman continued during the night 

  Turkish police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons to attack protests against the dismissal of the mayor of Batman last night.
• HPG: 2 Turkish soldiers killed, 2 drones shot down 

  Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas killed two Turkish soldiers and shot down a drone in the Zap area.