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• Eren Keskin: Sedat Peker's statements are not surprising 

  Turkish mafia godfather Sedat Peker's revelations about links between the state and organized crime are making headlines. Human rights lawyer Eren Keskin sees a structural problem that has existed not only since the AKP.
• Banner action for Öcalan in Copenhagen 

  Banners and posters carrying the words of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan were hung in different borough of Copenhagen.
• Ten people taken into custody in Mersin 

  Ten people were taken into custody following house raids in Mersin.
• Court rules to keep Sebahat Tuncel and Gültan Kışanak in prison 

  The trial against Sebahat Tuncel and Gültan Kışanak has been postponed for the 11th time. The court ruled that the two politicians will remain in prison.
• Second week of action promoted by TJK-E and KCDK-E ends in Strasbourg  

  The four-week action organised in Strasbourg by Kurdish associations ended with the condemnation of the silence kept by Europe on the expansionism of the Turkish state. Activists called on the peoples to jointly fight against fascism.
• Osman Kavala remains in prison in Gezi trial 

  Eight years after the Gezi resistance in Turkey, the controversial trial on the protests has been reopened. The defendants, including cultural promoter Osman Kavala, had previously been acquitted.
• Children of Fire announce further actions in several cities 

  "Every member of the ruling AKP-MHP alliance, which bombs Kurdistan mountains and destroys Kurdish cities, is responsible and will be held accountable," said the Children of Fire Initiative.
• After 500 days, Hürmüz Diril still unaccounted for 

  The investigation about Hürmüz Diril unaccounted for 500 days and her husband Şimoni Diril whose corpse was found 70 days after being kidnapped, continues with no progress.
• French organizations launch campaign for legalization of PKK 

  The French "Collectif Solidarité Kurdistan 13" has launched a campaign for the decriminalization of the PKK. The removal of the PKK from the EU terror list is wanted to be achieved with wide-ranging actions for an indefinite period of time.
• Many detained in three cities 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations continue unabated.
• Lawyers request recusation in third session of Kobanê Trial 

  “An impartial trial is an indispensable condition for a fair trial. Your court does not approach this case impartially," said lawyer Cemile Turhallı Balsak to the court board and requested recusation.
• Kurdish institutions in Europe call on everyone to stand up against the Turkish state attacks 

  Some 50 Kurdish institutions called on people to stand up against the Turkish state's invasion attempt against Medya Defense Areas with the spirit of Kobanê.
• Nine parties in Spain express solidarity with the HDP 

  The Kurdish representative in Spain, Faruk Eyyup Doru, asked the Congress to approve an initiative for the Spanish Government to condemn the repression of the Turkish government against the HDP.
• Loud explosions in Şırnak and Batman 

  Loud explosions and the noise of battle tore through the silence of Thursday night in the cities of Şırnak and Batman.
• Sit-in protest in Strasbourg against isolation, occupation and genocide continues on week two 

  The sit-in protest in Strasbourg against isolation, occupation and genocide is in its second week.
• Young people in Paris protest the Turkish attacks against South Kurdistan 

  Young people gathered under the leadership of TCŞ and TekoJIN in the Villiers Le Bel in Paris to protest the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Öcalan and the attacks of the Turkish state.
• Kurds in Europe salute the guerrilla resistance 

  Kurds living in France and Switzerland took to the streets to protest the isolation of Öcalan and saluted the guerrilla resistance.
• 15 detained in police attack on commemoration of Martyrs of May in Ankara 

  Turkish police attacked a rally of leftist organizations in Ankara for the revolutionary leader Ibrahim Kaypakkaya and the Martyrs of May. 15 people were taken into custody.
• SOHR reports new Turkish reinforcement to Idlib 

  New reinforcement sent to Taftnaz military airbase in southern Idlib.
• HDP co-chair: Government seeks to take revenge with the Kobanê trial which is a plot 

  HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar defined the Kobanê Trial as a plot case, saying, "We will save this country from this corrupt government, we have the power to do so because we take sides with the truth.”
• Confidentiality order for the file of 15 detained in MEBYA-DER investigation in Van 

  The solidarity association MEBYA-DER cares for people who have lost relatives in the Kurdish liberation struggle. Therefore, it is in the focus of the state repression in Turkey.
• Activists in Strasbourg call for unity and support for guerrilla resistance 

  The vigil launched in Strasbourg, France, against the Turkish state's invasion attacks and isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan continues.
• Second hearing of the Kobanê Trial continues 

  The second hearing of the Kobanê Trial, in which 108 people stand trial, 28 of whom are jailed pending trial, is continuing in Ankara.
• Police detain Emine Şenyaşar and her son using violence 

  Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar were violently detained by police in Urfa.
• Wales, India, Kurdistan – An Interview with Professor Felix Padel 

  Professor Felix Padel talks about ecology, culture and self-determination in Wales, India, Kurdistan.