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• KCDK-E: Let's meet at the Kurdish Culture Festival to say no to isolation and genocide 

  The KCDK-E co-chairs spoke about the preparations for the upcoming International Kurdish Cultural Festival in Frankfurt am Main and appealed to the tens of thousands of participants expected to help ensure that the event runs smoothly.
• Norway's decision to export arms to Turkey protested in Oslo 

  Norway's decision to resume exports of defense equipment to Turkey was protested in front of parliament in Oslo by Kurds and their friends.
• Long March for Öcalan heading to Essen 

  The third day of the Long March for Öcalan ended in Dortmund with a tribute to the martyrs. Today young activists will march to Essen.
• 19 people detained in four provinces 

  Mehmet Zencir, an ‘academic for peace’, and 18 other people have been detained during house raids in the provinces of İzmir, Antalya, Kocaeli and Konya.
• Tülay Hatimoğulları: Narin was murdered by the male-dominated system  

  DEM Party Co-chair Tülay Hatimoğulları accused the Turkish government of obstructing the investigation into the murder of eight-year-old Narin Gürkan in Amed and of covering up the background to the events.
• Long march continues in Dortmund on the 3rd day 

  The long march started by Kurdish youth and internationalist youth in Bielefeld demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues in Dortmund on the third day.
• FED-KURD calls on everyone to attend 32nd International Kurdish Culture Festival 

  FED-KURD co-chair Menderes Canbek said that this year’s festival will be organized against cultural destruction.
• Long March for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom on its second day 

  The Long March started by Kurdish and internationalist activists in Bielefeld for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues in Hamm on its 2nd day.
• Conference at the UN: International authorities can no longer remain silent on Öcalan's isolation 

  Speaking at the conference at the UN, Kurdish politician Adem Uzun stated that a torture system is being built in İmralı and called on the UN to send a delegation to İmralı immediately.
• Death toll in the Gaza Strip rises to 41,252 

  The Health Ministry of the Hamas government announced that the number of people killed in Israeli attacks increased to 41,252.
• Second day of the Long March underway 

  The activists ended the first day of the Long March in front of Bielefeld HBF with a “Jin Jiyan Azadî” seminar in the evening. Today the young activists left from Hamm station.
• 1524 attorneys from around the world sign a petition calling for action for Öcalan 

  A petition signed by more than 1500 attorneys and legal organisations calling for an end to the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan was sent to the Turkish Ministry of Justice.
• Long March in Germany starts: Öcalan’s freedom is possible through resistance 

  The activists who started the Long March for the freedom of the Kurdish People's Leader in Bielefeld, Germany, said, “Freedom is possible through resistance.”
• Germany reintroduces border checks 

  Germany has reintroduced temporary checks at all nine of its land borders.
• ‘Days of Dialogue with Öcalan’ event in Belgium 

  A ‘Days of Dialogue with Öcalan’ event was held for the second time in Belgium as part of the “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, a Political Solution to the Kurdish Question” campaign.
• Explosion in a factory in Sakarya leaves 20 injured 

  An explosion in the Oba Makarna factory on Sunday left 20 workers injured.
• Sabahat Erdoğan Sarıtaş: Organizing is the only antidote to increasing violence by AKP-MHP regime  

  DEM MP Sabahat Erdoğan Sarıtaş said that the AKP-MHP regime is extending violence to all areas of life and that organizing is the only antidote to it.
• Ömer Öcalan: We want to meet with Mr Öcalan as soon as possible 

  DEM Party Urfa MP Ömer Öcalan said, “We want to meet with Mr Öcalan as soon as possible. Everyone should question this war.”
• Gürsucu: Agriculture is turning into a slavery system  

  Journalist Yusuf Gürsucu describes the current Turkish agricultural regulations as an extreme burden for small producers. While the concentration of land among large landowners is increasing, small farmers are facing an end.
• Iranian President Pezeshkian visits Hewler 

  Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is on a three-day visit to Iraq aimed at consolidating the close alliance between the two countries.
• Nursel Aydoğan: The Kurdish question cannot be solved without Abdullah Öcalan 

  Former MP Nursel Aydoğan said that the Oslo and İmralı talks process showed that the Kurdish question cannot be solved without the involvement of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Germany bans an Islamist association 

  Founded in 2018 in Fürstenwalde, east of Berlin, the Islamic Centre Fürstenwalde al-Salam (IZF) runs a mosque and offers a wide range of activities for Muslims in the region. In July last year, it was classified as an extremist association.
• 12 September 1980, a never ending military coup 

  Today marks the 44th anniversary of the 12 September 1980 military coup.
• Kurds from Nuremberg take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  A group of Kurds from Nuremberg took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg.
• Ayşegül Doğan: Nothing in this country is independent of war 

  DEM Party Spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan said that they have made new plans in the partnership of struggle. She said, “There is a war in this country. It is not possible to deal with anything happening in this country independent of the reality of this war.”