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• Racist writing appears on door of Kurdish Alevi family in Mersin 

  The authors of the racist writing "Kurdish Alevi get out" on the door of the Arici family in Mersin could not be identified. The family said they were very worried, especially about their children.
• Young activists walk from Benrath to Düsseldorf on the third day of the Long March 

  Young activists overcame police provocations during the second day of the Long March and today they will march from the suburb of Benrath to the city center of Düsseldorf.
• Repression in the village of Pirajman  

  The Turkish army released 2 of the 4 people detained in the raid on the countryside of the village of Pirajman in Dicle, province of Amed. A fire broke out in the attack area.
• Lowering the electoral threshold as a lifebelt for the MHP 

  An electoral threshold of ten percent was once introduced in Turkey to prevent Kurdish and left-wing parties from entering parliament. Now the hurdle is to be lowered as a lifeline for the fascist MHP.
• Prisoners call off hunger strike on day 290 - UPDATED 

  Deniz Kaya in the name of PKK and PAJK prisoners announced their decision to end the hunger strike action and to continue their struggle in various methods.
• German police attack long march for Öcalan on second day 

  The long march of the Kurdish and internationalist youth in Europe was attacked by the German police on its second day.
• Human rights activist detained in Mersin 

  Human rights activist Tahir Tüyben has been detained in the Turkish Mediterranean province of Mersin over posts on digital networks. His apartment was stormed by the gendarmerie.
• HDP: The putschists of today are AKP and MHP 

  The ruling coalition of AKP and MHP surpasses the inhumane actions of the junta of September 12, 1980, the HDP said 41 years after the military coup in Turkey and called for a common struggle of the peoples.
• 12 September 1980: The military coup continues today 

  Today marks the 41st anniversary of the most violent of military coups suffered by Turkey in the XX and XXI centuries.
• TUC Fringe Meeting with the Kurdish People and the Need for Peace and Democracy 

  The TUC Fringe Meeting with the Kurdish People will take place on 14 September at 12.30.
• Cizre basement victims' mother, Esmer Tunç, taken into intensive care 

  Esmer Tunç, mother of Cizre People's Assembly co-chair Mehmet Tunç and Orhan Tunç, was taken into intensive care.
• Long March leaves Leverkusen on second day 

  Today is the second day of the Long March, traditionally organized every year by the European Youth Movements TCŞ and TekoJIN, demanding freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Petition demands recognition of ISIS genocide by German parliament 

  The Office for Yazidi Affairs demands in a petition the recognition of the ISIS genocide by the German parliament. The deadline for signatures is September 23.
• HDP member kidnapped and threatened by the police in Ankara 

  HDP Sincan District Co-chair Fatma Kılıçarslan was kidnapped and threatened by the Turkish police.
• Long March of Kurdish and internationalist youth kicks off in Cologne 

  The annual Long March (Meşa Dirêj), organized by TCŞ and TekoJIN for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, started in a glorious way.
• ISIS attacks Maxmur, killing Iraqi soldiers and injuring civilians 

  Yet another ISIS attack in the Iraqi territory.
• Lawyer of the Dedeoğulları family warns about blackening of evidences 

  The lawyer of the Dedeoğulları family murdered in Konya on 30 July, said that he was worried about the blackening of the evidence.
• Mardin Peace Mothers Council calls for unity against the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan 

  Members of the Mardin Peace Mothers Council called for unity against the Turkish state's invasion attacks against South Kurdistan.
• HDP youth launch campaign against drug addiction, prostitution and corruption 

  Peoples’ Democratic Party Youth Council launched a new campaign with the slogan “Let us break dependence and build a new life”.
• Buldan: We will not give up, we will not be defeated, we will win! 

  Pervin Buldan, the co-chair of HDP, stated during her party's Women's Assembly gathering in Ankara that her party aspires to govern the country, that they will never be defeated, and that they will prevail.
• Racist remarks written on school stairs in mainly Kurdish neighbourhood in Adana 

  Racist remarks including ‘Speak Turkish or shut up’ were written on the stairs of a school in the Onur neighbourhood, in the southern Turkish city of Adana where mainly Kurds live.
• Victims of 2015 Ankara massacre commemorated 

  A commemoration event was held in Ankara to mark the 71st month of the 2015 Ankara bombings, also known Station Massacre, which killed 109 people on October 10, 2015.
• Damascus government forces attack Tisil and Nafie in Deraa, wounds 2 children 

  Damascus government forces attacked the towns of Tisil and Nafie in Deraa. Two children were injured as a result of the attack.
• Police detain scores in raids against the ESP 

  A number of people were detained in simultaneous operations carried out in many cities against the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP).
• Fiskaya people gather against destruction 

  Saliha Aydeniz, DBP Co-Chair, and HDP Deputy Semra Güzel met with the residents of Fiskaya, who are threatened with demolition due to the "risky area" decision.