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• Zurich and Bern protest AKP's appointment of trustees 

  The appointment of trustees to the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin was protested in the Swiss cities of Zurich and Basel.
• Kurds in Bremen protest AKP's seizure of 3 HDP-run municipalities 

  The Kurds in Bremen organized an action against the Turkish state's seizure of three HDP-run municipalities.
• Prosecutor investigates schizophrenia sufferer's “ties to terror” 

  Schizophrenia patient Firat Koc was detained after being subjected to police torture in Van, and the prosecutor has decided to grant extra time in detention as Koc’s “ties to terrorist organizations were being investigated”.
• TIP MP Atay protests CHP leader on protests for municipalities 

  TIP MP Baris Atay spoke about the usurpation of HDP municipalities and criticized the CHP leader, saying: “I would like to believe that the CHP leader misspoke when he said he doesn’t think street protests are right.”
• KCDK-E announces protest calendar against trustee fascism 

  KCDK-E said silence in the face of the trustee robberies is criminal and added: “Let us push back fascism.” The statement issued included a calendar for planned protests.
• Turkey-Russia-Iran triple summit to be held on September 16 

  Presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran will gather in Ankara on September 16 to discuss Syria.
• HDP MPs re-start sit-in in Amed 

  HDP MPs gathered for the third time today and launched another sit-in against the usurpation of the Amed municipality.
• Parliamentary question by Dutch parties on usurped municipalities 

  Several political parties and MPs in the Netherlands submitted a written question to the Dutch foreign ministry regarding the AKP-MHP confiscating the Amed, Van and Mardin municipalities.
• HDP and DTK Co-chairs stopped on the way to Van 

  A convoy of vehicles including HDP Co-chair Sezai Temelli and DTK Co-chair Berdan Ozturk’s was stopped at a police checkpoint in Tatvan. The convoy continues to wait.
• 4th day of resistance in Amed: We reject the invasion logic 

  HDP MP Hisyar Ozsoy read a statement on the fourth day of protests against the usurpation of municipalities and said, “We reject the invasion logic.”
• Turkish regime confiscates neighborhood offices: 4 more trustees 

  Three neighborhood and one village headmen (mukhtars) were removed from office and trustees were appointed in their stead.
• Police attacks and detains lawyers for municipalities in İzmir 

  Police forces of the Turkish regime continue with their brutal attacks against masses reclaiming the municipalities seized by the AKP.
• ISIS attack on Iraqi soldiers in Xanaqin results in casualties 

  Yet another attack by ISIS in one of the “controversial” regions in Iraq.
• HDP group starts sit-in action in Amed 

  Fourth day of the protests for municipalities in Amed.
• Hashtag campaign today at 5.30 pm 

  Appeal to join the hashtag campaign today on Twitter to condemn the appointment of trustees to the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Mardin and Van.
• 15 activists detained in Sweden in protest against Iranian regime 

  On Wednesday, the second day of Iranian Foreign Minister Cevat Zarif visit to Sweden, protests continued against the Iranian regime.
• US statement on trustees: We are concerned 

  US State Department Spokesperson, Morgan Ortagus, criticized Turkey for suspend Kurdish mayors of Diyarbakir, Van, and Mardin.
• Third day of protest in Cologne against the AKP 

  For the third consecutive day protests are continuing in Cologne against the AKP-MHP decision to name trustees in the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin.
• Trustees decision protested in Russia 

  Amed, Van and Mardin Metropolitan municipalities were seized by the Turkish regime and Kurds around the world are protesting against the decision. Two demos were held in Russia.
• Protest in Marseille against AKP-MHP appointment of trustees 

  Protests against the AKP-MHP government decision to seize the HDP-run metropolitan municipalities of Van, Amed and Mardin are continuing.
• Kurds in Sydney protest seizure of HDP- run municipalities 

  Kurds and their friends in Sydney protested the AKP-MHP regime decision to seized the HDP-run Amed, Van and Mardin municipalities.
• Trustees discussed in Swedish Parliament 

  Swedish Social Democratic Party MP and Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Commission Member Anders Osterberg and Left Party MP Amineh Kakabaveh took the appointment of trustees to the Amed, Mardin and Van municipalities to the Swedish Parliament.
• Syriacs in Sweden call on the EU to stop negotiations with Turkey 

  Assyrian-Syriac organizations in Sweden protested the fascist AKP-MHP alliance taking over the Amed, Van and Mardin municipalities and called on the European Union to stop accession negotiations with Turkey.
• Komalen Ciwan calls for uninterrupted action 

  Komalen Ciwan Coordination called on the youth for uninterrupted action against the “fascist regime that confiscated HDP municipalities”.
• Vengeance Unit claims responsibility for sabotage in Urfa 

  A group who call themselves the Martyr Ciyager Hevi Vengeance Unit claimed responsibility for a sabotage action on August 13 against a factory that manufactured home appliances and explosive materials in Urfa.