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• Police attack sit-in protest led by MPs in Amed 

  Attacks against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives, who stand up to reclaim their municipalities seized by the AKP regime, continue uninterrupted.
• Mesopotamia Ecology Movement condemns seizure of municipalities 

  Mesopotamia Ecology Movement called upon democratic organizations and people all over Turkey to stand immediately against this civil coup d‘etat and request the cancellation of the dismissal of the co-mayors of Amed, Van and Mardin.
• Istanbul police attack lawyers and MPs for HDP municipalities 

  Istanbul police attacked lawyers and deputies who protested against the seizure of HDP municipalities by the government.
• People on the streets in Amed despite bans and police violence 

  Protests have continued since the metropolitan municipality was usurped on Monday in Amed, and so have the police attacks. Today’s protests were attacked as well, but the people remain on the streets.
• Khan Sheikhoun falls, Turkish observation point surrounded 

  The Syrian regime and Russian forces haven’t taken full control of the area yet, reports say. Occasional clashes continue but the gang groups are withdrawing from the northeast of the town to the Maaraat Numan district.
• Two injured as police attack people and MPs in Van 

  HDP Ağrı MP Abdullah Koç and a demonstrator got injured during the crackdown.
• Resistance for municipalities continues in Mardin as well 

  The HDP group and people closed the Mardin-Kızıltepe road to traffic.
• Armenian Cultural Union of Argentina protests Erdogan's policies 

  The Armenian Cultural Union (UCA) of Argentina condemned the order issued today by the Turkish government to replace three HDP co-mayors with state-appointed trustees
• AKP's political coup against HDP condemned in London 

  Kurds and their friends in London protested the AKP decision to appoint trustees and replace the HDP co-mayors of Van, Amed and Mardin.
• CoE: Seizure of HDP municipalities undermines local democracy 

  Council of Europe official Anders Knape expressed concerns over the AKP regime’s dismissal of HDP’s democratically elected mayors and seizure of the municipalities.
• HDP MPs and people resist police aggression in Amed 

  Police cordoned off all the roads leading to the municipality in Amed before the press statement set to be made by the HDP. While the people and deputies are attacked, resistance continues.
• SOHR: Mercenaries withdraw from Khan Sheikhoun 

  A larger part of the Idlib region, as well as some areas in neighboring Aleppo, Hama and Latakia are under the control of the Turkish-backed mercenaries.
• Frente Amplio of Uruguay condemns persecution of Kurds 

  Frente Amplio legislators criticized the illegal intervention of the Ankara government against the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Mardin and Van.
• EU: Dismissals and arrests risk damaging local democracy 

  The EU reiterated its call for the urgent resumption of a credible political process to achieve a peaceful and sustainable solution.
• Europe protests the seizure of HDP municipalities by the AKP 

  Kurds and their friends in Europe protested against the AKP seizure of the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Mardin and Van.
• Police detained 9 people at Ankara protest 

  Police attacked the crowd who was protesting against the seizure by the AKP of Amed, Van and Mardin Municipalities. Nine people were taken into custody.
• Amed trustee's first action: 29 staff dismissed  

  The first measure taken by Diyarbakir Governor and now trustee of Amed Municipality, Hasan Basri Güzeloğlu, has been to dismiss once again 29 civil servants and to suspend the contract to 8 workers.
• Who has been arrested in Amed, first names list 

  Following the seizure of Amed, Van and Mardin municipalities by the AKP-MHP government, dozens have been taken into custody.
• Police attacked HDP members and MPs in Istanbul 

  Amed, Van and Mardin municipalities have been seized by the AKP and the HDP excutives and members who wanted to hold a press conference in Taksim Square to protest the decision were attacked by police. Six people have been taken into custody.
• Protest against municipalities seizure growing 

  Trade unions, political parties and legal organizations continue to protest the appointment of trustees.
• Twenty people detained in Erzurum and Bitlis 

  20 people were detained following home raids in Erzurum and Bitlis.
• DTK: Silence is approval, we call on everyone to speak up 

  DTK protested the trustee invasion and called on people to demonstrate.
• From Amed to the AKP: You are preparing your own end! 

  HDP members protested the decision by the AKP regime to appoint trustees.
• Kati Piri: Are Ankara and Istanbul next? 

  The European Parliament Rapporteur for TUrkey Kati Piri protested the usurpation of HDP’s three metropolitan municipalities and said, “What next? Replacing the mayors of Ankara and Istanbul?”
• Four taken into custody in Dersim 

  HDP and DAD executives were detained during a new political operation in Dersim.