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• Turkish soldiers shoot at shelters in Şırnak to force people to migrate 

  After the Turkish state’s removal of the tents in the villages near Şırnak city center, Turkish soldiers are now shooting at the shelters outside the city to force people to migrate.
• HDP Co-Presidents salute Kobanê resistance 

  HDP Co-Presidents saluted Kobanê resistance and said "We believe that just like in Kobanê, people will gain freedom and democracy with courage and faith in every part of the world."
• At least 30 including DBP administrators detained in Mardin 

  At least 30 people including co-chairs of DBP Mardin provincial branch and district branches have been detained during house raids early Tuesday morning.
• HPG: 16 soldiers killed in Hakkari countryside 

  Actions by HPG/YJA Star guerrillas left at least 16 soldiers dead in Şemdinli, Yüksekova and Çukurca districts of Hakkari.
• Kobanê ready for November 1 

  2nd year anniversary celebration preparations have been completed in Kobanê, which has dedicated its historic resistance to humanity with the ‘November 1 World Kobanê Day.’
• Party of European Socialists (PES) members hold talks in Amed 

  A delegation led by Party of European Socialists (PES) President Sergei Stanishev came to Amed and visited DBP, HDP, KJA, DTK and the Metropolitan Municipality in solidarity.
• DBP Kızıltepe administrator detained in house raid 

  DBP Kızıltepe administrator Metin Arslan was taken into custody during a house raid in Mardin's Kızıltepe district Monday morning.
• DBP: Our people should resist the coup everywhere 

  DBP Co-President Sebahat Tuncel said that Amed Co-Mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, and KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat Ata were arrested in order to punish Kurdish people.
• Traffic chaos in Amed due to police blockade 

  Police forces' closure of roads has caused chaos in the traffic of Amed city.
• DTK: Today is the day to fight fascism 

  DTK condemned the recent arrests and the closures of media organizations, and called upon everyone to show solidarity and sensitivity against all of these attacks.
• HDP letter to Facebook and Twitter on internet blockage in Kurdish cities 

  HDP Vice Co-chair Saruhan Oluç has sent a letter to Facebook and Twitter regarding the latest internet blockage in the Kurdish cities.
• Amed Co-mayor Gültan Kışanak also arrested 

  Amed Metropolitan Municipality Co-mayor Gültan Kışanak has been arrested by a Turkish court Sunday night.
• Explosion in Kızıltepe 

  An explosion has occurred near the AKP building in Mardin's Kızıltepe district.
• Bombardment in the countryside of Hakkari's Gever district 

  Turkish army is bombarding the rural areas in villages and neighborhoods of Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova) district where a curfew was declared.
• Amed Co-mayor Fırat Anlı arrested 

  Amed Metropolitan Municipality Co-mayor Fırat Anlı has been arrested by a Turkish court late Sunday evening.
• KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat Ata jailed 

  KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat Ata, detained by police during a protest on October 26, has been arrested.
• Guerillas inflict heavy blows against the Turkish army in Hakkari 

  HPG guerillas inflicted heavy blows against the Turkish army in Hakkari’s Yüksekova, Şemdinli and Çukurca district.
• People of Amed swarm to their municipality 

  Hundreds of people of Amed swarmed to their municipality in order to protest the detainment of Amed Co-Mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, and the defunctionalization of their municipality.
• Amed Co-Mayors Kışanak and Anlı appear in court 

  Amed Metropolitan Co-Mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı have been brought to Diyarbakır Courthouse after the procedures at the police headquarters.
• Amed Co-Mayors to be referred to court 

  Amed Metropolitan Co-Mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı are expected to be referred to court this afternoon.
• Curfew in Gever - UPDATE 

  A curfew was declared in the 9 neighborhoods of Gever’s 6 villages, and entrance to and exit from these neighborhoods are forbidden.
• Action against police in Amed: 2 injured 

  2 police officers got injured during the rocket action in the 75th Year neighborhood of Amed’s Kayapınar district.
• 4 villages and 3 hamlets liberated in Shehba region 

  Revolutionary Forces have liberated 4 villages and 3 hamlets in Shehba region from gang groups today.
• Revolutionary Forces fortify the line of defense against Turkish gangs 

  Revolutionary Forces fortify their defense lines in the face of the increasingly ongoing attacks by Turkish-backed gang groups on Shehba region in Efrîn Canton of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Al-Wahshiyya village liberated from Turkish army and affiliates 

  Revolutionary Forces have liberated the village of Al-Wahshiyya.