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• 70 people arrested in Erciş in two months 

  The AKP runs a special policy in Van’s Erciş district, where only in one week 38 people were taken into custody, 20 of whom were jailed. In two months, 70 have been arrested in the district.
• Shengal supports the uprising in Sheladize: We are with you! 

  The Democratic Self-Administration Council in Shengal expressed support with the uprising in Sheladize, stating that they share the same position with the people of Sheladize.
• Barzani justifies Turkey’s killing of people in Kurdistan region 

  The Prime Minister of the KRG blamed the PKK and people for the killing of civilians by Turkish forces on Kurdistan soil.
• Two civilians killed in Sheladize protest laid to rest 

  Kurdish civilians who were killed during yesterday’s protest against Turkish military attacks in northern Iraq, have been laid to rest.
• Turkey dispatches helicopters to Sheladize base after protests 

  The Turkish state seeks to intimidate the Kurdish people who stormed a Turkish base in southern Kurdistan earlier today.
• KCK calls for increased struggle against Turkish fascism 

  The KCK called on “all our people to embrace our martyrs and to raise the struggle against the fascism of the Turkish Republic.”
• Turkish jets bomb Sheladize, Deralok and Zap 

  The Turkish state’s genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and various parts of Kurdistan continue.
• Two killed as Turkish soldiers shoot protesters in Sheladize 

  Two civilians died after Turkish soldiers shot people protesting the Turkish military in southern Kurdistan.
• People in Kurdistan Region stormed a Turkish base 

  Kurdish people in Sheladize town in Derelok district of Kurdistan Region marched to a Turkish base in protest of Turkish bombardment in the area. Protesters occupied the Turkish base and set fire to the installations.
• Sheladize people raid and set on fire Turkish military base 

  The people of Sheladize have raided the Turkish military base in protest at the Turkish state attacks. They demand the Turkish military to leave Southern Kurdistan.
• Turkish state killed 20 civilians in Derelok and Zap in 8 months 

  With the Turkish state attacking the Reshawa region in Derelok and the vicinity of the Etute village in Zap, killing 6 civilians, the tally has gotten more severe. The Turkish state has killed 20 civilians within the span of one year.
• "A 'safe zone' under Turkish control a great threat to Kurds" 

  Kurdish political analyst Falah Salah said that the formation of a ‘safe zone’ in the north of Syria is unrealistic in practice, it runs counter to the interests of many countries, and the Kurdish people must take care before making progress.
• Turkish attack kills two young civilians in Zap, South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state has killed two young civilians in Zap. 
• Two Kurdish kolbars injured in Rojhilat 

  Two Kurdish kolbars have been injured by the shooting of Iranian guards.
• HPG: The Turkish state deliberately targeted civilians 

  HPG Press Center issued a statement and said the Turkish state deliberately targeted civilians in the airstrike against Southern Kurdistan and that 4 civilians have lost their lives in the attacks.
• Two civilians dead, two others missing after Turkish air strike 

  The four civilians, all from the Rekane tribe, were reportedly targeted by Turkish jets while fishing in the region.
• Yagiz in critical condition, yet determined to continue 

  The hunger strike campaign to protest the aggravated isolation of the Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan, launched by the co-chair of the DTK, Leyla Guven, continues in the prisons of Turkey and North Kurdistan, Hewler, Wales, Strasburg, Toronto the
• Municipality workers in Rojhilat’s Mariwan continue to protest 

  The personnel of the municipality of Mariwan city in Rojhilat gathered for the second consecutive day in protest of their delayed salaries in front of the municipality building.
• Turkish helicopters bombed Bradost region in South Kurdistan 

  Last night the Turkish state helicopters bombed the Kewert, Bêsnok and Çiyadêl valleys of the Bradost region in South Kurdistan.
• From Kurdistan: To the democratic, revolutionary youth worldwide 

  we believe that without the liberation of Kurdistan, without the liberation of the soil in Kurdistan and without the up-building of the communal system of Democratic Confederalism at other places, the strong resistance of social movements is not possible.
• Yagiz resolute as his health deteriorates on day 63 

  Hunger strikes demanding the end of isolation regime on Abdullah Öcalan continue in Bashur, South Kurdistan.
• Maxmur and Shengal on hunger strike until isolation is broken 

  Hunger strikes against the isolation continue in Maxmur and Shengal.
• ISIS attacks Jalawla, flees when villagers resist 

  ISIS carried out another attack against Jalawla’s villages that have been in their crosshairs for a while. The attack was pushed back when villagers launched an armed resistance against the gangs.
• People flee ISIS terror in Khanaqin and Jalawla 

  The attacks of the terrorist militia Islamic State in Khanaqin, Jalawla and Tuz Khurmatu in northern Iraq continue. Because of the jihadist attacks at least 20 villages had to be abandoned.
• Turkish jets strike Sidekan in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state has increased its aerial attacks against southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.