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• At least 35 soldiers killed in an action by guerrillas in Tatvan 

  HPG guerrillas carried out effective actions on the anniversary of the August 15 Initiative. 35 soldiers died in an action conducted by guerrillas against Bilika guard post in Tatvan district of Bitlis.
• Turkish artillery fires hit civilian area in Şemdinli 

  Artillery fires opened from a military battalion in a village of Şemdinli hit the civilian area, as a result of which one woman was wounded.
• Turkish activities and attacks on guerrilla areas continue 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) reported that activity of Turkish jets and unmanned aerial vehicles over Medya Defence Zones continue, so do the bombardments launched by Turkish troops at the border to guerrilla areas.
• Self-Defense Forces Center opened in Aleppo 

  Self-Defense Forces Center has been opened in Sheik Maksoud neighbourhood of Aleppo on the initiative of the Kurdish people in the city who are continuously being targeted by the attacks and provocations of the AKP-supported gang groups.
• 15 August celebrated in Makhmur 

  Thousands joined the celebration to mark the 31st anniversary of 15 August Initiative in Martyr Rüstem refugee camp in Makhmur area of South Kurdistan.
• People of Varto carry out self-defense 

  People control Varto and dug trenches across the district to prevent military and police vehicles’ entrance to neighborhoods.
• DBP Erzurum Provincial Headquarters bombed 

  DBP Erzurum provincial headquarters was bombed with a stun grenade last night.
• Police and soldiers cannot get out of their bases in Varto 

  HPG guerillas took control of the entrances and exits of Muş’s Varto district, where clashes continued throughout the night.
• Turkish soldiers shoot a youth on the border with South Kurdistan 

  Turkish soldiers shot Muhannet Abid Xelef (19), who was trying to cross over to Silopi from South Kurdistan. Xelef’s leg was amputated in the hospital, and Xelef is in urgent need of blood because his kidneys failed.
• #FireFundKobane campaign by Kobane Reconstruction Board 

  International crowdfunding campaign FireFundKobane is endorsed by the Kobanê Reconstruction Board and is currently run by a team of people from the board, Firefund and volunteering activists.
• Turkish military attacks on guerrilla areas continue 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported in its daily statement that bombardments launched by Turkish troops against Medya Defense Zones and the reconnaissance flights of Turkish aerial forces over guerrilla-held areas continue.
• HPG: 15 August marked with effective actions by guerrillas 

  In the actions carried out by guerrilla units, 21 Turkish soldiers and 4 police officers were killed while 4 armoured vehicles and a helicopter of the Turkish military were damaged, said HPG Press Office.
• KCK: 15 August is the spirit of the Kurdish freedom struggle 

  KCK said 15 August Initiative has today become the spirit and the resisting force of the freedom and democracy struggle of the Kurdish people in all four parts of Kurdistan.
• More areas declare self-governance in North Kurdistan 

  While the AKP government continues to impose an all–out war concept in North Kurdistan, Peoples’ Assemblies in various settlements declare that they no longer see legitimacy in state institutions run by administrators appointed by AKP.
• 15 August Initiative marked in guerrilla areas 

  15 August Initiative, the operation in which the PKK launched its first attack against Turkish forces, has been marked in Medya Defence Zones in a ceremony attended by a large group of guerrillas.
• Kurds remember 15 August 

  The 15 of August 1984 is an important date for the Turkish-Kurdish conflict as it marks the first PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) attack, led by Mahsum Korkmaz (known as “Agit”).
• Guerrilla actions in various locations 

  HPG guerrillas carried out actions across Kurdistan, where 26 soldiers and police officers died, and 8 security forces got injured. Guerrillas also blocked roads and sabotaged soldiers in various locations.
• Karayılan: AKP made a mistake and will pay a heavy price 

  PKK Executive Committee member Murat Karayılan pointed out that AKP made the biggest mistake in its history by launching the attacks of July 24
• Jihadist captured alive tells how he joined ISIS from Turkey 

  ISIS fighter Mahmut Gazitatar who joined the jihadist organization from Adıyaman province of North Kurdistan, told that ISIS recruited members at the camps hosting Syrian refugees located between Adıyaman and Urfa.
• Special operations teams murder a civilian in Amed 

  Special operations teams murdered 40 years old Fahrettin Budak as he was sitting in front of his house in Amed last night.
• Edremit Municipal Council member detained 

  Turkish police detained Edremit Municipal Council member Azim Yacan.
• Youth wounded in Suruç massacre loses his life 

  Mert Cömert, who was critically injured in Suruç massacre and has been under intensive care in Urfa State Hospital for weeks, lost hist life.
• Self-governance declared in Bulanık 

  People’s Assembly and representatives of political parties and institutions declared self-governance in Bulanık district of Muş.
• KCK calls upon peoples to rise up against massacres by AKP 

  KCK said security forces that attacked the people everywhere continued killing civilians by breaking the principles of war and taking the anti-Kurd remarks of the Turkish President and Prime Minister as an order to themselves.
• HPG: Bombardments by Turkish troops continue 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported that bombardments of the Turkish troops launched mainly by howitzer and mortar fires against the guerrilla held Medya Defence Zones continue.