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• Mızraklı: The resistance area is an area of fermentation 

  Co-mayor of Amed Metropolitan Municipality Selçuk Mızraklı, talked about the meaning of the resistance. "This area is an area of ​​fermentation. That is why the AKP-MHP bloc has lost its ability to be legitimate now."
• Environmentalists protesting Kaz Mountains gold mine detained 

  Eight environmentalists who were marching from Istanbul to Ankara to protest against the gold mine project in Kaz Mountains were taken into custody.
• Democratic Confederalism discussed in Rome 

  The conference begins with a critique of the present, then analyzes the paradigm of the Democratic Confederalism in order to discuss a new perspective and propose an alternative.
• Youth Committees support Soma miners 

  Youth Committees supported Soma miners who are on their way to Ankara. The youth beat workers helmets on the ground.
• Berceto, the 10th Italian council to make Ocalan honorary citizen 

  Luigi Lucchi, mayor of Berceto (in Italy) has conferred the honorary citizen to Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• German SPD MP Lühmann visits ousted mayor in Amed 

  SPD deputy Kirsten Lühmann visited the ousted mayor Selçuk Mızraklı in Amed and got information about the current situation.
• Democracy Vigil in Amed: Öcalan can end the war 

  The democracy vigil in Amed was supported today by guests from Germany, Istanbul and Ankara. HDP politician Fatma Kurtulan said: "The Kurdish issue as Turkey's biggest problem can only be solved in a democratic way."
• 15 people detained in Şırnak and Amed 

  The Turkish government continues to employ the policy of mass arrests against the Kurds.
• HBDH: 4 Turkish soldiers killed in Hatay 

  HBDH claimed the action in which 4 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in southern Turkey.
• Şerif Mesutoğlu on hunger strike for 104 days 

  Şerif Mesutoğlu, who was sentenced to twice aggravated life imprisonment, has been on hunger strike for 104 days, demanding a fair trial.
• Tension in front of the HDP headquarters in Ankara 

  The police closed off the HDP Headquarters and prevent KHK victims from entering the building. Two people were taken into custody.
• Democracy Vigil in Van taken over by women unionists 

  The Democracy Vigil to protest the political coup launched by the AKP against the HDP-run municipalities was taken over by the women's council of the Municipal and Local Government Workers Union (Tüm Bel Sen).
• Education Union joined Democracy Vigil against trustees in Amed 

  The Democracy Vigil against the seizure of the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin has reached day 48.
• Five German citizens taken into custody in Ankara 

  Five German citizens were detained as a result of police operations in Ankara.
• Democracy Vigil in Mardin reached day 48 

  The Democracy Vigil against the seizure of the municipality and the appointment of a trustee replacing the legitimate HDP mayor of in Mardin has reached day 48.
• HDP former MP Önder released from prison 

  The release came after the Constitutional Court ruled ‘violation of freedom of expression’ of HDP politician Sırrı Süreyya Önder.
• Court rules for the release of HDP former MP Önder 

  The court decision came after the Constitutional Court ruled ‘violation of freedom of expression’ of HDP politician Sırrı Süreyya Önder.
• ISIS mercenaries attacked police station in Xaneqîn 

  ISIS mercenaries attacked a police station on the border of Xaneqîn district of Diyala province on Thursday evening.
• MP Wiechel: The Coalition should counter supporters of ISIS 

  Swedish deputy Marcus Wiechel suggested the creation of an international coalition to act against Turkey and the other countries supporting ISIS.
• HDP launch campaign to promote Kurdish language 

  The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) launched a campaign to improve Kurdish language and remove obstacles to its learning. In this context, Kurdish lessons will be given at the Democracy Vigils.
• HDP delegation met newly elected Council of Europe Secretary 

  Marija Pejcinovic Buric, newly elected as the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, met with a HDP delegation.
• FARC party told world diplomats about problems in peace process 

  FARC party executives met with international diplomats to discuss the problems faced by the Colombian Peace Process.
• Sinn Féin: Irish unification to the fore of political discourse 

  Sinn Féin Leas Uachtarán Michelle O’Neill said: "As the unification of Germany is being celebrated by its citizens, the unification of Ireland has now also entered to the fore of political discourse in Ireland and Europe."
• Soma miners to march to Ankara 

  More than 3,500 mine workers who were dismissed by Soma Holding and Uyar Mining will march from Soma to Ankara to protest the decision.
• Death toll in Iraqi protests gets heavier 

  A curfew has been imposed on several southern cities by Iraqi authorities as the death toll from three days of protests climbed to at least 34.