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• Unemployment increases to 13.4% in June 

  Unemployment in Turkey rose to 13.4% in June, up 0.4 percentage points from the same month last year, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said today. 
• 6th day of the Long March from Winsen Luhe 

  Today is the 6th day of the Long March promoted by TCŞ and TEKO-JIN. Young people will march from Winsen Luhe to Harburg.
• KCK to launch a revolutionary campaign on September 12 

  KCK to launch a revolutionary democratic campaign on September 12 under the motto “Stop Isolation, Fascism, Occupation; Time to Achieve Freedom”.
• Turkish army burns forests before launching military operations 

  The Turkish army launched an operation in 24 villages and hamlets in Bitlis. Before the operation it burned thousands of acres of forest in the area.
• Activists in the Hague protest arrests of ESP members 

  The political genocide operations against ESP and SKM were protested in the Hague, Netherlands.
• Tories admit breaking law on Ireland with Internal Market Bill 

  The bill, published on Wednesday, if passed, would tear up the protocol aimed at preventing a remilitarisation of the north of Ireland.
• Zeynab Jalalian in isolation 

  Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian has been held in a solitary cell in Keman for two and a half months.
• Prosecutor demands two years and eight months for Mustafa Çelik 

  In the PKK trial against Kurdish activist Mustafa Çelik in Hamburg, the public prosecutor's office is demanding two years and eight months imprisonment.
• Four detained following clash in Istanbul 

  Four people involved in the armed confrontation were taken into custody.
• US to reduce troop size in Iraq to 3,000 this month 

  Trump, who is trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden in the polls ahead of the November 3 presidential election, has promised to bring troops home in a bid to wrap up what he has called America's endless wars.
• Thousands flee fire at migrant camp on virus lockdown in Greece 

  There are more than 12,000 migrants being guarded by police on a highway," Stratos Kytelis, mayor of the island's main town, Mylinene, told.
• Europe-wide protests after wave of arrests against ESP 

  There have been protests in Germany, France and Switzerland in protest at the arrest operation against members of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) in Turkey.
• Fifth day of Long March kicks off from Lüneburg 

  The Long March, which started in Hannover will end in Hamburg.
• MLPD: The martyrdom of commander Hamo is a great loss for all 

  Germany's Maxist Leninist Party (MLPD) issued a written statement on the martyrdom of PKK commander Abdulrahman Hamo (Dozdar Hamo).
• Guerrilla Kızılkaya laid to rest in Amed 

  HPG guerrilla Sefa Kızılkaya, who fell martyr in Bitlis on 13 August, was laid to rest in Amed.
• Afghan Vice President escapes bomb attack 

  The attack took place while the Afghan government negotiating team and the Taliban are preparing for peace negotiations in Qatar.
• Three new massacres in 24 hours in Colombia leave 15 dead 

  Colombia's Peace and Reconciliation Foundation confirmed that three new massacres left 15 people dead in the departments of Bolivar, Antioquia, and Cesar in 24 hours.
• ESP office in Izmir raided by the police 

  After house raids in seven provinces, the association of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) in Izmir, western Turkey, has also been stormed on Tuesday.
• Long march on day 4: No to rape culture 

  "No to rape culture" is the motto of the fourth stage of the long march for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom from Hanover to Hamburg which continues on day 4.
• SOHR: Turkish government cuts the salaries of mercenaries 

  Turkish government cuts salaries of mercenaries who desire to continue fighting in Libya for 600 USD, in the light of Libyan-Libyan consensus. Over 1,200 mercenaries have returned to Syria in ten days.
• 14 detained as arrest wave against ESP continues 

  HDK spokesperson Sedat Şenoğlu and 13 members of the left-wing party ESP were arrested simultaneously in different cities in Turkey. A search is underway for three more people.
• Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers apply to visit their client in Imrali 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan applied once again to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with their client.
• Court releases two suspects in Sakarya racist attack on workers 

  Two people arrested in connection with the racist attack suffered by workers from Mardin in Sakarya were released after giving testimony under judicial control.
• Group from Frankfurt takes over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil 

  The Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil, carried out by the Kurds and their friends in Europe has been taken over by a group from Frankfurt on its 429th week.
• Police target ESP members and executives, many detained - NEW 

  The Turkish regime's political genocide operations continue unabated.