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• Attack on Kurdish workers leaves one dead 

  A Kurdish worker was killed and another injured in an armed attack in Cide.
• Families of 3 guerrillas in Hakkari wait to retrieve remains of their children for 38 days 

  The remains of 3 guerrillas kept in Hakkari State Hospital have not been delivered to the families for 38 days despite the autopsy procedures having been completed.
• Commemoration in Berlin for Silava Remedan 

  A commemoration event was held in Berlin for Silava Remedan, one of the 5 children killed by the Turkish state in the bombing of a school located between Hesekê and Til Temir.
• 12 September 1980, a never ending military coup 

  Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the most violent of the military coups suffered by Turkey in the XX and XXI centuries.
• Banner drop in Solothurn against Turkish war in Kurdistan 

  With a banner drop from the Wengi Bridge in Solothurn, the Swiss-wide organisation of the #RiseUp4Rojava campaign sent a message against the ongoing war of the Turkish state in Kurdistan.
• German police attack Long March for Öcalan in Essen 

  German police attacked the activists participating in the Long March demanding freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Long March by Kurdish and internationalist youth kicks off in Essen 

  The long march for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan has kicked off in Essen. People from Germany, England, France, Switzerland, Colombia, Austria, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands are taking part in the six-day demonstration.
• Activists in Berlin organise sport competitions in solidarity with Maxmur Camp 

  Boxing, Muay Thai and K1 competitions were held in Berlin to support the Maxmur Refugee Camp.
• Head of Turkish intelligence agency meets Sunni Sovereignty Coalition in Baghdad 

  Turkish intelligence agency (MIT) officials met with the Sunni Sovereignty Coalition in Baghdad.
• Democratic Kurdish Community Center opens in Bellinzona 

  The Democratic Kurdish Community Center (CDK) opened in the city of Bellinzona, the capital of the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
• Freedom for Öcalan Campaign at the ICTU Global Solidarity Summer School in Ireland 

  The International Initiative is looking forward to a strengthened and continuously developing cooperation with the Irish trade unions in a joint struggle against oppression and colonization.
• Kurdish parties and organisations in Europe call for the clarification of Xelifan incident 

  Several institutions and parties from Kurdistan call on the people and parties of Kurdistan to embrace the national interests of the Kurdistan people in a spirit of national unity and resistance against Turkish occupation and massacre policies.
• HDP organises workshops to strengthen local democracy 

  HDP organised local workshops to bring congress decisions to life. HDP PM Member Bedriye Yorgun said that they are carrying out a work that produces solutions by embodying the strategic on-site local government understanding.
• Sultan Özcan: Labor and Freedom Alliance is not a movement on paper 

  HDP central council member Sultan Özcan said that the Labor and Freedom Alliance, which was formed upon the call of the HDP, is not a movement on paper.
• IHD Ankara and Izmir branches launch Peace Vigil 

  IHD Ankara and Izmir branches started a Peace Vigil on Friday. IHD co-chair Türkdoğan said that "the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and his friends must end as soon as possible."
• Jailed politician Aysel Tuğluk hospitalized 

  While the release of Aysel Tuğluk was ordered in the so-called Kobanê trial, the seriously ill Kurdish politician remains in prison due to a final conviction in another trial.
• Turkey asks Finland to review rejected extradition requests 

  Turkey has asked Finland to reconsider previously rejected Turkish extradition requests. The requests are said to concern alleged offences related to "terrorism".
• Young activists ready for Long March in Germany 

  Preparations for the Long March, organized by the Kurdish and internationalist activists in Germany under the motto "Ji bo azadiya Rêber Apo werin cenga azadiyê", have been completed.
• Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative says it carried out actions in Istanbul, Mersin, Sakarya 

  The Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative said that 3 police officers were injured and a factory and 12 luxury vehicles were rendered unusable following the actions they organized in Istanbul, Mersin and Sakarya.
• Security forces in Van ask passengers at road check-points whether they are Turkish 

  The Gendarmerie Station in the borough of Erçek, in Van, asks passengers at road check-points whether they are Turkish.
• Sports event in Berlin in solidarity with Maxmur Refugee Camp 

  A sports event with competitions in boxing, Muay Thai and K1 will be held on 10 September in solidarity with Maxmur Refugee Camp in Berlin.
• Lawyers Benkhelifa, Callewaert and Beauthier on fact finding mission in Shengal and Maxmur 

  Lawyers Selma Benkhelifa, Joke Callewaert and Georges-Henri Beauthier issued a press statement after visiting Shengal and Maxmur.
• Court bans book of jailed politician Figen Yüksekdag 

  A court in Turkey issued a ban on the distribution and sales of a book written by jailed Kurdish politician Figen Yüksekdağ. The book will also be pulled off the shelf.
• Activists from Hannover take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil 

  A group of activists from Hannover took over the vigil that the Kurdish people and their friends carried out, demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg.
• Unions to hold fringe meeting on Kurds at Trade Union Congress 

  Why the Trade union movement must redouble its support for the Kurdish struggle and freedom for Öcalan, is the title of the Fringe meeting organised next Monday by unionists at the TUC Congress in Brighton.