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• Jailed co-mayors in Amed sent to prisons in Ankara and Kırıkkale 

  Co-mayors of Amed's DBP-held Silvan and Sur district municipalities, who were remanded in custody yesterday, have been exiled to Ankara and Kırıkkale prisons.
• Co-mayor of Van's Edremit district municipality detained 

  Co-mayor of Van's DBP-held Edremit district municipality has been taken into custody Monday morning.
• HPG: At least 44 soldiers killed in actions by guerrillas 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) guerrillas conducted effective actions in a number of places including Heftanin, Şırnak, Hakkari, Amed and Van, in which at least 44 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed and many military vehicles were destroyed.
• Co-mayors of Hakkari remanded in custody 

  Co-mayors of DBP-held Hakkari Municipality have been remanded in custody and sent to prison on alleged charges of “disrupting the unity and territorial integrity of the state”.
• Youth heavily wounded by police in Amed 

  Police forces attacked youths who took to the streets in Bağlar district of Amed yesterday evening to protest the total warfare concept put into effect by the interim AKP government.
• Turkish soldiers killed 9, tortured 114 at Efrîn border since last year 

  Rojava’s Efrîn Canton Human Rights Association has disclosed that 114 cases of torture were perpetrated and 9 citizens were killed by Turkish soldiers at the border between North Kurdistan and Efrîn Canton during the past one year.
• Co-mayors of Silvan and Sur formally arrested 

  Co-mayors of Amed's Silvan and Sur district municipalities have been formally arrested by a court late yesterday evening.
• HPG reports ongoing actions by guerrillas 

  Guerrillas of HPG (People's Defense Forces) and YJA Star (Free Women's Troops) continue their actions as part of the “Martyr Reşit Serdar Initiative” against the ongoing attacks by the Turkish state and its security forces.
• Bombardments and aerial activities by Turkish army continue 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in a statement that bombardments and the aerial activities of the Turkish military against the guerrilla held areas continue.
• HPG: 13 soldiers killed, one tank destroyed in Haftanin 

  HPG Press Office has released a statement reporting that the intensified activity of Turkish military forces at the border to Haftanin area of Medya Defense Zones continued.
• Six more detained in ongoing political genocide operations 

  Political genocide operations of the temporary AKP government, which is dragging the country into a conflict by its pro-war policies, continue across North Kurdistan and Turkey.
• HDP deputy for Hakkari: The state conducts revenge attacks on people 

  Launching an operation to enter the Orman Neighbourhood in Yüksekova district of Hakkari this morning, special operations units attacked the martyrs’ cemetery in the town.
• Turkish state destroys the Kurdistan nature by airstrikes 

  The airstrikes launched by military forces of the Turkish state against guerrilla-held Medya Defence Zones on July 24 continue.
• Self-defense units repel police attacks in Yüksekova 

  Attacks of Turkish forces against civilian settlements in North Kurdistan continue increasingly.
• Police attack civilian areas in Amed, one youth killed 

  Turkish security forces continue their attacks across North Kurdistan as part of the total warfare concept of the AKP, police have this time attacked civilian areas in Sur district of the main Kurdish city Amed.
• KCK calls for unhesitant resistance against attacks by AKP 

  KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council Co-Presidency called upon the Kurdish people to resist unhesitantly and lead the struggle they have waged at the cost of heavy prices for dozens of years to conclusion.
• Peace Bloc calls for the ending of the ongoing conflict 

  A delegation from Peace Bloc has this afternoon left for Silvan (Farqin) district of Amed in order to assess the incidents at the scene after the attacks of state forces on civilians.
• Guerrillas continue retaliatory actions against attacks of Turkish army 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office reported in a written statement that the operations and activities of the Turkish army in Kurdistan continued intensely, to which guerrillas responded with retaliatory actions.
• Human shield actions amidst military operations continue 

  Kurdish people and organizations are continuing their human shield actions in the areas of military operations to prevent probable clashes between guerrillas and Turkish forces.
• Images from civilian areas hit by Turkish airstrikes in Qandil 

  Turkish jets shelled the Qandil area of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones twice last night The airstrikes also hit the hillsides of the villages of Zergelê, Hobyan and Komta, and Kalatuka area.
• Basque Internationalist Committee in solidarity with Kurdistan people 

  Komite Internazionalistak [Internationalist Committee], an internationalist organisation based in the Basque Country, has released a message of solidarity with the Kurdish people.
• Growing forest fires in Şemdinli continue destroying the nature 

  Fires started as a result of the bombings by Turkish soldiers in Şemdinli district of Hakkari continue.
• Turkish soldiers kill a civilian, injure another at Efrîn border 

  Turkish soldiers opened fire on Rojava residents who attempted the cross the border from Dêrsiwanê village in Efrîn's Şerawa district into Northern Kurdistan.
• Turkish jets hit civilian areas in Qandil 

  Turkish jets shelled the Qandil area of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones twice last night. The airstrikes also hit civilian areas.
• Co-mayors of Hakkari taken into custody 

  Co-mayors of Hakkari Municipality went to the courthouse today for a talk with the public prosecutor regarding the raid operation conducted by police in their houses three days ago.