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• Public workers go on strike today 

  Public workers, whose demands are not met, will hold a 1-day work stoppage today.
• Peace in Kurdistan: 15 August 1984 is a landmark date in modern Kurdish history  

  15th August 1984 as a landmark date in modern Kurdish history
• Conference: The Art of Freedom - Strategies for organising and collective resistance 

  Preparations are underway for a conference called 'The Art of Freedom -Strategies for organising and collective resistance'.
• Dozens detained in political extermination operations in several cities 

  Turkey continues to turn the repression screw against the democratic opposition. After around 30 detentions in Hakkari, dozens of people have been detained on terror charges in Adana, Mersin, Izmir and Mardin.
• Iranian political activist and journalist Afsharzadeh commits suicide 

  Mehdi Afsharzadeh, a political activist and journalist living in Turkey, ended his life.
• New police operation in Adana 

  Many people were detained in a new police operation in Adana.
• Police take many into custody in Adana 

  Many people were detained by police in Adana this morning.
• Kurdish youth movement demonstrates for Öcalan in Switzerland 

  Carrying out activities in Europe within the framework of the "Cenga Azadiyê Serbixin!" campaign, the Kurdish youth movement protested against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and demanded his release in actions in Lausanne and Bern.
• Kurds in Paris demand freedom for Öcalan 

  Kurds gathered in the suburb of Corbeil in Paris to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• KCDK-E: Attacks by Turkey will not intimidate Kurds 

  "The attacks by the Turkish state will not intimidate the Kurdish people," said the KCDK-E on the killing of civilians and fires in Kurdistan.
• Kurds in Italy celebrate 15 August 

  Kurds living in Italy came together in Grosseto to celebrate the 15 August initiative,
• Heavy explosions in depots near Damascus, says SOHR 

  Violent explosions took place in the ammunition depots of pro-Iranian militia groups near Damascus, the capital of Syria.
• Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) says unemployment over 24%  

  Data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) reveals a marginal increase in the unemployment rate for individuals aged 15 and above in June, reaching 9.6%, up by 0.1 percentage points from the previous month.
• Nakliyat-İş launches strike in FedEx 

  Nakliyat-İş, the transportation workers' union affiliated with DİSK announced that they will go on strike in FedEx since no agreement was reached in the collective negotiations with the company.
• Families of Imrali prisoners apply for a visit to their relatives 

  The families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other three prisoners on Imrali applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Imrali Prison Directorate for a meeting with their relatives.
• Iran and US reach agreement over prisoners 

  Iran announced that it has reached an agreement to release Iranian detainees in the United States in exchange for the release of American detainees in Evin prison in Tehran.
• At least 11 people taken into custody in Mersin 

  At least 11 people were detained in simultaneous house raids in Mersin in the early hours of the morning.
• Young people in Paris demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Young people from Kurdistan demanded freedom for Abdullah Öcalan in the suburb of Villiers le Bel in Paris.
• Internationalists commemorate Elefteria Hambi in Turin 

  Internationalists in Turin paid tribute to Elefteria Hambi who fell a martyr in an attack carried out by the invading Turkish army with warplanes in the Sêdarê area of Garê on 25 November 2019.
• "Journey of Freedom” from Dortmund to Cologne to demand freedom for Öcalan 

  Kurdish and internationalist youth are calling for a week-long march for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan for the "Journey of Freedom" to kick off from Dortmund in the first week of September.
• Kurdish young people demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  In Hanover, the Kurdish youth movement protested with a spontaneous demonstration in the city center for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurdish young people in Berlin hold action to demand freedom Abdullah Öcalan 

  Kurdish young people held an action for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Berlin, the capital of Germany.
• FEDA members take over vigil for Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  FEDA members took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan vigil held in Strasbourg.
• TOMIS union members go on strike 

  TOMIS union members working at the Plasmek Factory in Sancaktepe left their jobs to demand the reinstatement of their dismissed friend.
• Nearly three million signatures collected in North-East Syria handed over to the CPT 

  The Kurdish people continue their actions to prompt urgent action for Abdullah Öcalan who is held in incommunicado detention in Turkey.