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• Lawyers apply again to meet with Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• TCŞ and TekoJIN activists in Paris protest isolation of Öcalan at the Eiffel Tower 

  TCŞ and TekoJIN activists in Paris held a civil disobedience action at the Eiffel Tower to draw attention to the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurds in Winterthur open an information stand in solidarity with Shengal 

  Kurds in Winterthur, Switzerland, opened an information stand and called for solidarity with the people of Shengal.
• KESK goes to strike today against the Collective Bargaining Agreement  

  KESK Van Branches Platform called on public workers to join today’s strike against the TIS agreement reached between the government and Memur-Sen.
• Boğaziçi University academics continue their protest 

  The protest action of the Boğaziçi University academics against the appointment of rector continued on the 157th day.
• Constitutional Court to discuss HDP's request for additional time 

  On September 2, the Constitutional Court will decide on the HDP's request for additional time for the preliminary defense in the closure case.
• Kurds in France urge Macron to address the Kurdish issue at Baghdad Conference 

  The Kurdish Democratic Council in France urged French President Macron to give particular importance to the Kurdish issue and the Yazidi issue at the conference to be held in Baghdad on August 28.
• Police don't allow anyone at funeral of HPG guerrillas 

  The remains of HPG guerrillas Musa Anter Çatak and Serhat Ericek, who fell as martyrs on Mount Bagok, were handed over to their families 4 months later. Çatak and Ericek were laid to rest under police blockade.
• TCŞ activists in Marignane protest Turkish attacks against Shengal and isolation of Öcalan 

  TCŞ activists in Marignane protest Turkish attacks against Shengal and the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• KCDK-E: Defend Kurdistan against Turkish occupation on September 1 

  Under the slogan "Defend Kurdistan against Turkish occupation", a central protest action of the Kurdish association KCDK-E will take place in front of the European Parliament in Brussels on September 1.
• Kurdish activists’ vigil in front of the UN headquarters enters its eighth month 

  As every Wednesday, Kurdish activists protested in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva against the international silence on the Turkish attacks on Kurdistan.
• HDP pays visit to NGOs in Antep 

  Members of the Peoples' Democratic Party paid a visit to non-governmental organizations in Antep, southeast Turkey as part of its campaign “We are the HDP, we are everywhere".
• Iraqi airspace cleared for Turkish fighter jets 

  The U.S.-controlled airspace of Iraq has been cleared for Turkish fighter jets. The Turkish war minister publicly boasts that settlement areas 200 kilometers from the border have been bombed by 20 fighter jets.
• Lawyers apply once again to meet with Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• International call to stand up to the Taliban in Afghanistan 

  The Initiative to Fight Against Occupation and Femicide for Peace and Security issued a call to international organisations about Afghanistan and the return of the Taliban.
• Armenian cemetery in Tusba destroyed 

  The Armenian cemetery in the neighbourhood of Kalecik in Tusba was destroyed by working machines.
• Police surround HDP Headquarters building in Ankara 

  The police have surrounded the HDP Headquarters building in Ankara.
• National Initiative for Afrin established in Germany 

  The National Initiative for Afrin established in Germany has announced the final declaration of its founding congress.
• Hunger strike of prisoners against isolation marks its 271st day 

  The hunger strike of the political prisoners in Turkey’s prisons against the Imrali isolation mark its 271st day. The solidarity hunger strikes continue in Maxmur and Greece.
• Former mayor of Şırnak imprisoned 

  The former mayor of Şırnak, Serhat Kadırhan, has been jailed. The Kurdish politician is accused of "membership in a terrorist organization" and "destroying the unity and integrity of the state".
• Kurdish women protest in front of OPCW in The Hague 

  In The Hague, Kurdish women have called on the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to investigate allegations of chemical weapons use by Turkey in southern Kurdistan. The guerrillas are increasingly reporting attacks with chemical weapons
• New protests at Boğaziçi University after appointment of new rector 

  Academics and students of Boğaziçi University have organized a protest march against the appointment of the new rector.
• Young activists in Marseille protest Turkish state attacks  

  The attacks of the invading Turkish state against Shengal were protested in a march organized by TCŞ activists in Marseille.
• KCK calls for international action against Turkish war crimes 

  KCK calls on everyone to unite under the slogan ‘Stop Turkish War Crimes’ and to fight together for freedom and the defeat of fascism.
• Prison resistance on day 270 

  The prison resistance against the destructive prison conditions and for the lifting of the isolation of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has been continuing for 270 days.