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• Bakırhan: Peace cannot be achieved through isolation and locking the doors of İmralı 

  DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan condemned the ban on the freedom rally in Amed and stated that peace will not be possible by isolation and locking İmralı.
• Press statement in Amed: Stop the torture, open the doors of İmralı! 

  Speaking at the demonstration in Amed demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish question, lawyer Rezan Sarıca appealed to the government: “End the torture, open the doors of İmralı.”
• The way to the freedom of the peoples is through İmralı! 

  Speaking at the demonstration for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, DBP Co-Chair Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar said: “The way for the Kurdish people and the peoples of Turkey to be free is through İmralı and Abdullah Öcalan.”
• Thousands march in Amed before the rally for ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ 

  Thousands of people gathered in Amed to demand the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and started a march from many points of the city, chanting ‘Bijî Serok Apo’ and ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’.
• Batûfa Çekdar: People do not forget the taste of freedom 

  Batûfa Çekdar from the Central Command of the YJA Star (Free Women’s Units) spoke about the state of the war in Kurdistan. "The last eight years represent a new phase in our struggle," said the guerrilla commander.
• KCK: Elections in South Kurdistan important for Kurdistan's liberation from occupation and genocide 

  The KCK said that the elections in South Kurdistan are important for Kurdistan to be saved from occupation and genocide.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Ezda Isyan  

  Guerrilla Ezda Isyan fought for ten years in the mountains of Kurdistan. She fell as a martyr in Botan in January.
• HPG: 5 Turkish soldiers killed, one excavator destroyed 

  According to the HPG, five Turkish soldiers in South Kurdistan were shot dead by guerrilla snipers in the past two days. The Turkish Air Force, meanwhile, has bombed dozens of areas.
• YPJ: The conspiracy and occupation will not achieve their goal 

  YPJ vows to continue their struggle to achieve the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, end the occupation, and ensure the protection of women’s values and the peoples of the region.
• One kolbar killed, another injured by Iranian forces in Piranshahr 

  The Iranian regime forces continue their deadly attacks against load carriers with impunity.
• HPG reports 76 Turkish air strikes in three days 

  According to HPG, guerrilla areas in South Kurdistan have been bombed 76 times by the Turkish air force within three days. Guerrillas are continuing their resistance, and a soldier was killed in Zap.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Azad Özgür, Delîla Rojevîn Garzan and Lorîn Bîşeng  

  Guerrillas Azad Özgür, Delîla Rojevîn Garzan and Lorîn Bîşeng fought for freedom against the Turkish army and ISIS. They died five years ago in South Kurdistan.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Şiyar Cûdî and Nûda Êrîş Andok 

  The HPG paid tribute to guerrillas Şiyar Cûdî and Nûda Êrîş Andok, who died seven years ago in the Zap region, and published information about their identities.
• Filiz Budak: Kurds in Maxmur have been organizing, resisting, defending and living their culture 

  Turkey bombed the Kurdish refugee camp of Maxmur as Iraqi officials went house-to-house to conduct a census at the request of the UN. It was no coincidence, says People's Council chair Filiz Budak.
• Military operation in Van countryside 

  The Turkish state declared many areas in Başkale district of Van province in Northern Kurdistan as ‘Temporary Special Security Zone’ and launched a military operation.
• Bayindir: Kurdish hostility leads to the death of prisoners 

  DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bayındır said, “Kurdish hostility leads to the death of prisoners. We will resist until we ensure the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.”
• HPG: Three drones shot down 

  According to the HPG, guerrillas shot down three drones and destroyed a military vehicle of the Turkish army in South Kurdistan, and three soldiers of the occupation forces were killed.
• HPG: Dersim Nurhak will never be forgotten! 

  Dersim Nurhak joined the PKK as a student in 1990. He shaped the guerrilla resistance for over three decades, even opening new war fronts in Antalya and fighting against ISIS in Afrin. In 2021, he was killed in an attack in South Kurdistan.
• KDP forces kill a young man in Hewler  

  The Zêrevanî forces affiliated with the KDP raided the Korek village of Hewler; they shot and killed a 20-year-old young man named Dana Mêdehin.
• Investigation against 6 village guards who refused to participate in Turkish occupation operation 

  In Van, the weapons of 6 village guards who were assigned to Southern Kurdistan but refused to participate in the invasion operation were confiscated and an investigation was opened against them.
• Parliamentary elections in South Kurdistan scheduled to take place on 20 October 

  After two years of delays, parliamentary elections in the Kurdistan Region are now scheduled to take place on 20 October under Iraqi supervision. Iraq's Supreme Electoral Council has taken measures to prevent fraud attempts.
• HPG balance sheet: 28 Turkish occupiers were killed in September 

  According to the September balance sheet of war announced by HPG-BIM, 28 invaders, one of them high-ranking, were killed within a month, guerrilla areas were attacked 51 times with banned explosives and 303 times by warplanes. 4 guerrillas were martyred.
• ‘This is neither the first nor the last’ 

  Rojhat Zîlan and Erdal Şahin, members of the Immortals Battalion, who carried out a sacrificial action against the Turkish Ministry of Interior in Ankara on 1 October 2023, gave the message ‘We are neither the first nor the last’.
• Military operation and blockade in rural neighbourhoods of Dicle 

  A military operation was launched in five neighbourhoods of Amed's Dicle district after a ban was imposed on the region. Special troops were also mobilised on the second day of the operation.
• HPG pays tribute to commander Baz Azad Pîro  

  Baz Azad Pîro fought for 15 years in the Kurdish liberation movement and was, among other things, a front commander in the defense of Kobanê against ISIS.