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• Japanese journalist abducted by AKP’s gangs “released by MİT” 

  It has come to light that a Japanese journalist abducted by Al Nusra gangs 3 years ago has been released as part of the Turkish state intelligence’s dirty relationships.
• Yazidi Society released Congress final document 

  The Congress was held in the German city of Cologne.
• Saladin rector: We are ready to help universities in Rojava  

  The rector of the university in Sulaymaniyah received delegation from Northern Syria and Rojava.
• Demo against isolation in Cologne  

  Demonstration in Cologne to demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan
• HDP’s Temelli: Now is the time for change 

  The HDP co-chair said local elections will provide an opportunity to get rid of the AKP-MHP falling alliance.
• “Turkey-Russia deal will bring destruction, not solution” 

  PYD Administrator Isa Mistefa said the deal Turkey and Russia have reached in Idlib has allowed the protection of gang groups and stressed that the deal won’t bring democracy or a solution.
• AKP-MHP alliance fails 

  MHP Leader Devlet Bahceli announced that the alliance with the AKP has failed in his speech in the party’s parliamentary group meeting.
• IPU for jailed HDP deputies in Turkey 

  Inter-Parliamentary Union, organization made up of national parliaments from around the world, gives voice to MPs silenced at home.
• Is Iraqi government taking shape? 

  Adil Abdulmehdi charged with establishing the new Iraqi government will also decide the ministers.
• Academic delegation from Rojava visited South Kurdistan 

  A delegation of academics from Afrin, Kobanê and Rojava universities arrived in South Kurdistan.
• What will become of the Idlib Agreement? 

  The agreement concluded in Sochi between Russia and Turkey to establish a demilitarized zone in Idlib has not been complied with. The deadline expired on 15 October.
• Bilgen: The results will be determined by the people, not Erdogan 

  HDP Group Deputy Chairperson Ayhan Bilgen said the people will determine the outcome despite Erdogan’s threats against their party. Bilgen stressed that, “The opposition will win if they develop strategies to alleviate the weariness of society.”
• Refugee boat capsized off Bodrum: Two children dead 

  Off the Turkish coast, a boat has sunk on the route to the Greek island of Kos. Two children were killed.
• Brexit sparks new controversy in Ireland 

  Unionists from the North accused Dublin government to spread fear over Brexit.
• Ireland to elect President on Friday 

  Current President Michael D Higgins ahead in opinion polls.
• ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ vigil launched in Vienna 

  The ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ vigil started in Vienna will last two months.
• SOS Public University in Colombia 

  Thousands of students took to the streets in Colombia to defend Public Universities.
• Lunnebach: The PKK ban started as an exception, turned into law 

  Lawyer to Kurds in Germany Edith Lunnebach spoke in the ongoing conference in Berlin on the PKK ban and said: “The ban and obstacles against Kurds started with exceptions, and in time it turned into law.”
• Another FARC member murdered in Colombia 

  FARC denounced the assassination of one of its members.
• MP Özdemir: What do we know about jihadists in Hamburg? 

  Hamburg State Federal Parliament MP Cansu Özdemir took the issue of radical jihadists recently starting to reorganize to the state parliament.
• “Continuation of captivity” verdict in the Nusaybin Case 

  The court has ruled for the continuation of captivity for the prisoners in the Nusaybin Case. The hearing was postponed.
• Pressure building over the Khashoggi incident 

  As claims that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the consulate can’t be hidden any more, the pressure is building on the Riyadh administration.
• Putin-Macron-Merkel-Erdogan summit to be held on October 27 

  Turkish, Russian, German and French administrations will meet in Istanbul to discuss the Syrian crisis.
• HDP MP: Arrests aim to stop the protests for Öcalan 

  HDP MP Saliha Aydeniz said that as long as the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan continues, the political situation in the Middle East will not improve.
• The Nusaybin Case: We were tortured, we will never give up 

  Prisoner Hamit Acun spoke in the hearing of the Nusaybin Case and said there was a dignified stance in the name of humanity in Nusaybin. Acun said, “I won’t give up my ideas” and spoke about how they were tortured.