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• 22-year-old political prisoner dies 

  Serhat Temizer, a 22-year-old political prisoner, has died in a high-security prison in Van after a court ordered his release.
• Voting in South Kurdistan continues 

  For the voting process that started at 07.00 local time, 2,683,618 voters were called to the polls to elect 100 deputies. In accordance with the quota, 30 of the deputies must be women.
• South Kurdistan elections: PUK Leader Talabani vows to ‘end the monist rule’ 

  Voting for parliamentary elections started in the Federal Kurdistan Region. Casting his vote, PUK leader Bafil Talabani said, “We will put an end to this monist rule.”
• Curfew declared in two rural neighborhoods of Mardin 

  A curfew was declared in two rural neighborhoods of Savur, in Mardin.
• Voters go to the polls in South Kurdistan  

  The sixth term elections for the Kurdistan Regional Parliament have officially begun.
• HPG pays tribute to Guerrilla Zagros Cûdî  

  Guerrilla Zagros Cûdî fell as a martyr in clashes with Turkish operational units in Van.
• Body of HPG guerrilla handed over to his family after 3 years 

  The body of guerrilla Adem Göz, who was buried in the cemetery of the nameless by Turkish forces after his death in a clash in Dersim in 2021, was delivered to his family after 3 years. His body was laid to rest yesterday evening.
• South Kurdistan elections: More than 20,000 invalid votes in special voting 

  21,852 invalid votes cast in the special voting for the elections in South Kurdistan.
• Kolbar wounded in an attack by Iranian forces 

  A kolbar from the city of Saqqez in Eastern Kurdistan was wounded in an attack by Iranian forces.
• HPG: Guerrillas carried out actions in Zap, Xakurkê, Metîna and Gever 

  According to HPG, the Medya Defense Areas were bombed over 60 times by the Turkish Air Force within three days. The guerrillas are continuing their resistance.
• KDP agent confesses: Zekî Şengalî was murdered with MIT-KDP partnership 

  The confessor said that he sent photos and information to the KDP’s intelligence service, after which an airstrike by the Turkish army struck the car in Zeki Şengalî was travelling.
• YJA Star pays tribute to guerrillas Berfîn Roj and Têkoşîn Dilgeş 

  Berfîn Roj and Têkoşîn Dilgeş were revolutionary advocates of the women's liberation ideology in Kurdistan's freedom struggle. The two guerrillas fell as martyrs in November 2023 in an attack by the Turkish state.
• Security forces begin voting for parliamentary elections in Federal Kurdistan Region 

  Security forces have begun voting for the parliamentary elections to be held in the Federal Kurdistan Region on 20 October.
• Women from Maxmur appeal to South Kurdistan voters 

  Women in Maxmur Refugee Camp called on the people of South Kurdistan (North Iraq) to go to the polls and cast their votes carefully in the upcoming Kurdistan Region Parliamentary elections.
• Peace Mothers: We will continue to be human shields until the war stops 

  Members of the Peace Mothers Assembly, who held a three-day vigil for peace against war in Silopi district of Şırnak province, ended their protest with a statement. The mothers stated that they will continue to be human shields until the war stops.
• Peace Mothers deported 9 days before hearing 

  An indictment was being prepared against the three Peace Mothers who were arrested after the military attack in the village of Bilêxşe. The mothers were deported to another prison 9 days before the hearing, without informing their families and lawyers.
• Many detained as soldiers attack Peace Mothers demonstrating in Silopi 

  Peace Mothers took to the streets against war in Silopi district of Şırnak. Turkish soldiers attacked the demonstration and detained many mothers.
• Five kolbars tortured by Iranian forces in Mariwan, one in serious condition 

  Iranian state forces brutally tortured five kolbars in Mariwan, Eastern Kurdistan.
• Footage of guerrilla action in Zap region 

  Gerîla TV continues exposing the blows suffered by the invading Turkish army in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan.
• Bafil Talabani to Barzanis: You sold out the Yazidis and Kurdistan lands 

  Bafil Talabani addressed Barzanis at the PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) rally in Duhok and said that Barzanis sold out the Yazidis and Kurdistan lands and this is a dishonourable situation for Kurds.
• DBP: A clear stance against isolation was demonstrated in Amed 

  The Democratic Regions Party (DBP) thanked the participants of the freedom rally in Amed and stated that a clear attitude against isolation was demonstrated.
• KDP places photo traps for the Turkish state against guerrilla forces 

  RojNews published new images proving the KDP's complicity with the occupying Turkish state against the guerrilla forces.
• 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.”