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• French Senator: I support Abdullah Öcalan's call for a lasting peace 

  As the echoes of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's message to the public continue to resonate, French Senator Anne Souyris expressed her support for Abdullah Öcalan's call for peace.
• Bakırhan: Open the gates of İmralı so that Mr Öcalan's thoughts can meet the people! 

  DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan said, “We say to the government that the chief negotiator of this issue is Mr Öcalan. Open the gates of İmralı so that Mr Öcalan's thoughts can meet the people.”
• DEM Party: Abdullah Öcalan's physical freedom must be ensured 

  The DEM Party Assembly final declaration said that “In order for Abdullah Öcalan to fulfill his decisive mission, health, security and free working conditions, with priority given to his physical freedom, are of vital importance.”
• Protests in Europe: We will defeat isolation and occupation! 

  Kurds took to the streets in Europe drawing attention to the fact that the Turkish state is killing civilians. The actions conveyed the message that if resistance is increased, the isolation and occupation will be defeated.
• Gerîla TV and HPG Telegram channels restricted 

  Gerîla TV officials announced that the Telegram channels opened by Gerîla TV and HPG in different languages were restricted and their followers were blocked.
• Öcalan’s poster hung on Notre-Dame Cathedral 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s poster and PKK flags were hung on Notre-Dame Cathedral and the historic 23 October action was saluted.
• Demo by internationalists demands freedom for Öcalan and an end to Turkish attacks on Kurdistan 

  Internationalist activists took to the streets in Turin, Italy for the freedom of Leader Abdullah Öcalan and an end to the Turkish attacks on Kurdistan.
• International reactions to Abdullah Öcalan’s message 

  International politicians, lawyers and academics spoke to journalist Erem Kansoy and commented on Abdullah Öcalan’s message.
• Prison sentences for 16 religious scholars in Turkey 

  In the lawsuit filed against members of DIAYDER for giving sermons in Kurdish, 12 people were sentenced to 6 years and 3 months and 4 people to 7 years and 6 months in prison.
• Turkey bombs Shengal at least 16 times 

  The Turkish state bombed ten regions in Shengal at least 16 times on Thursday night.
• HSM: The action against TUSAŞ was carried out by our Battalion of the Immortals 

  The HSM Headquarters Command stated that “The sacrificial action against the TUSAŞ facility in Ankara on Wednesday was carried out by an autonomous team of the Battalion of the Immortals.”
• Dozens taken into custody in Istanbul and Ankara  

  Dozens of people were taken into custody in house raids carried out in Istanbul and Ankara as part of new police political operations.
• DEM Party Headquarters in Ankara attacked  

  The DEM Party Headquarters in Ankara was attacked last night.
• KDC-F: Stop Turkish state bombing of civilians in Rojava 

  KDC-F condemned the Turkish state bombing of civilians in Rojava.
• Öcalan's lawyers: Stop systematic rights violations in Imrali 

  In a statement about the meeting with Abdullah Öcalan on 23 October, Asrın Law Office requested that systematic rights violations be stopped and that a lawyer's visit be granted.
• KNK: Turkey talks peace but targets Kurdish civilians and vital infrastructure 

  The KNK condemned "in the strongest possible terms the recent attacks by the Turkish state on civilians and infrastructure in northeastern Syria and Southern Kurdistan in northern Iraq."
• DEM Party calls for immediate halt to Turkish air strikes on Northern and Eastern Syria 

  The DEM Party called for an immediate halt to Turkish air strikes on the autonomous region of Northern and Eastern Syria: "Military operations against civilians violate international law."
• Lawyers from Asrın Law Office file a new application to meet with their client Abdullah Öcalan 

  Lawyers from Asrın Law Office have filed a new application to meet with their client, Abdullah Öcalan.
• Abdullah Öcalan met with DEM MP and nephew Ömer Öcalan in Imralı - FLASH 

  Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan met with his nephew, DEM Party Urfa MP Ömer Öcalan, after 43 months of total isolation.
• Explosion and clash at TUSAŞ in Ankara: 6 people die - UPDATE 

  A clash broke out following an explosion at the Turkish Aircraft Industries Corporation Facility in the Kazan district of Ankara. According to Turkish state forces, 6 people, including 2 attackers, lost their lives.
• Activists on 'Freedom for Öcalan' Vigil in front of the UN Office in Geneva remember Beritan 

  The sit-in vigil demanding the lifting of the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and his freedom in Geneva has entered its 46th month.
• Narin Güran murder: Indictment accepted 

  The indictment prepared on the murder in Amed of 8-year-old Narin Güran, who went missing in August and found dead in September, was accepted today.
• Explosion and clash at TUSAŞ facility in Ankara 

  Reports are coming through of an explosion and clash at the Turkish Aerospace Industries Incorporation (TUSAŞ) Facility in Kazan district of Ankara.
• Bucak calls for development of urban diplomacy, interregional cooperation and solidarity networks 

  Serra Bucak said: “It is high time to establish interregional solidarity networks. We urgently need to build diplomatic channels, especially in the Middle East and Kurdish geography, and develop cooperation between cities and regions."
• Activists from Lucern take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg, which has been going on for 12 years, was taken over by a group from Lucerne on its 644th week.