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• Leyen: Distance between us and Turkey growing 

  "Our Member-States, Cyprus and Greece, can always count on Europe’s full solidarity on protecting their legitimate sovereignty rights," the European Commission president said.
• Turkey's healthcare system on the verge of collapse 

  The former president of the Turkish Medical Association, Vedat Bulut, warns of a collapse of the healthcare system in Turkey because of the rising coronavirus cases.
• Kurds in Yershov join "Time to Ensure Freedom" initiative 

  Kurds living in Yershov district of Saratov in Russia protested the isolation against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Palestinian President Abbas: No peace if occupation continues 

  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a statement that the normalization deals signed by Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain will not lead to regional peace.
• We'll ask for PKK's removal from the terrorist organisations list 

  The 'PKK trial' was in fact an attack on Kurds living in Sweden, says Left Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Håkan Svennelig.
• Solidarity with evacuated squats in Greece 

  Occupied centers in Athens and Crete have been evacuated, where events on Rojava took place in the summer. Internationalists have published a declaration of solidarity.
• Rally in Strasbourg: Time for freedom and an end to fascism 

  In front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, representatives of various organizations from Kurdistan and Turkey expressed their support for the KCK campaign against isolation, fascism and occupation.
• Lawyers submit another application to visit Öcalan 

  The lawyers of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan have again applied for a visit to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in Bursa.
• DBP co-chair Aydeniz: United we can defeat this darkness 

  "The Republic of Turkey is based on Turkish nationalism and thus it fights peoples living in Turkey, including Kurds, who were fighting primarily against Turkish nationalism," said DBP co-chair.
• HDP: Racist attacks come from government's war-centred policy 

  HDP executive and deputy co-chair Ümit Dede said that racist attacks stemmed from the government's approach towards Kurds.
• Rector hires daughter of Tusba trustee despite low score in test 

  Salih Akman, who was appointed mayor in Tusba municipality (Van), recruited 7 people with his own surname.
• Artists from TEV-ÇAND take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil 

  This week, artists from TEV-ÇAND have taken over the Freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan Vigil.
• Turkish jihadist behind murder of Portuguese man in Siwtzerland 

  It was learned that the murder suspect of a Portuguese citizen killed in Morges, Switzerland last Saturday, was a 26-year-old Turk with links to radical Islamist groups.
• Kurdish institutions in Europe support the KCK initiative 

  “We, as the Kurdish parties and institutions in Europe, find the breakthrough and call made by the KCK right, and we will participate in all actions with the slogan: "End Isolation and Fascism and Occupation. Time to Ensure Freedom".
• Three people tortured in custody jailed in Urfa 

  Three people who were detained in Urfa on September 4 and were tortured in custody, have been imprisoned on Monday.
• 16-year-old Syrian refugee murdered in Samsun 

  In the Turkish Black Sea province of Samsun, a 16-year-old Syrian refugee has been killed by a racist mob.
• Murdered Kurdish worker buried under military blockade 

  Kurdish construction worker Özkan Tokay, who was murdered the day before by in western Turkey, has been buried in his hometown in the Kurdish region. The funeral was accompanied by military measures.
• Genocide investigations against ISIS members in Germany 

  The Federal Public Prosecutor General's Office is investigating ISIS members in at least five cases of genocide against Yazidis.
• Trustee in Ipekyolu demolishes historical Van houses  

  The trustee appointed to the HDP-run Ipekyolu Municipality is demolishing the historical Van Houses in Van saying they are "abandoned buildings".
• Activists in the UK and Armenia protest isolation 

  The Kurdish organisations in England and Armenia, joined the "Stop Isolation, Fascism, Occupation, Time to Ensure Freedom" initiative with action and press statements.
• Racist attack on Kurdish workers in Afyon leaves one dead 

  An armed attack was made against construction workers from Ercis, who went to work in Afyon's Dinar district. While Özkan T. died, Fırat T. and Emrah Ö. workers named were injured.
• Activists in Bordeaux protest isolation of Öcalan 

  Activists in the city of Bordeaux organised an action within the frame of the KCK's initiative "End isolation, fascism, occupation; Time to ensure freedom”.
• Research vessel Oruç Reis returns to Turkey 

  In the conflict between Athens and Ankara over gas deposits in the Mediterranean, the situation is expected to ease for the time being. The Turkish research ship Oruç Reis has left the waters claimed by Greece - to "give diplomacy a chance".
• Van Metropolitan Municipality is a 'money maker' for the AKP 

  In the local elections held on 31 March 2019, the HDP won Van Metropolitan Municipality with a high share of the votes.
• Activists in Gavle and Toronto protest isolation 

  Following the announcement by the KCK last week of the “End to Isolation, Fascism and Occupation. Time to Ensure Freedom" campaign, an action was held in Gävle, Sweden and in Toronto, Canada.