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• Residents of Kirazlıtepe say they won't leave their houses 

  The AKP municipality of Üsküdar wants to demolish the estate in name of an alleged "urban transformation"
• Red t-shirts to remain human 

  An initiative launched in Italy to protest repressive immigration policies.
• Iran cuts flow of electricity to Iraq 

  Unpaid debts are said to be the cause of the decision
• HDP deputy Beştaş condemns prison sentence for Siirt co-mayor 

  The prison sentence, says Beştaş, shows the AKP is continuing with its dirty tricks.
• METU students detained for Erdoğan cartoons 

  Three METU students who carried a banner with cartoons depicting Erdoğan on commencement day have been detained.
• HDP assigns roles in the Parliament 

  The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has assigned parliamentary roles to the MPs.
• 8 men with “ties to ISIS” executed in Tehran 

  8 men who were arrested in 2017 on attacks against the Imam Khomeini Mausoleum and the parliament in Iran have been executed in Tehran.
• SDF: 31 villages liberated in Operation Cizire Storm 

  SDF General Command has issued a statement on the Operation Cizire Storm and said, “As part of the ongoing operation from two sides, Shaddadi and Hawl, an area of 330 square kilometers including 31 villages have been liberated.”
• Jailed Co-mayor of Siirt sentenced to 10 years in prison 

  Jailed Co-mayor of Siirt, Tuncer Bakırhan, has been sentenced to 10 years and 15 days in prison for terror charges.
• Elections in Mexico: The challenges waiting López Obrador 

  The difficult challenge of changing Mexico.
• Bomb attack kills 10 civilians in Deir ez-Zor 

  Attack by ISIS claimed the life of 10 civilians in Deir ez-Zor.
• Amed lawyers demand justice for Tahir Elçi 

  Amed (Diyarbakır) Bar’s president was murdered in 2015 yet no suspect has been brought to justice.
• Deal reached in Daraa: Armed groups surrender 

  Following the unprecedented bombing by Russian and Syrian forces in Daraa, armed groups have sat down in negotiations with Russia once again. The armed groups are reported to have surrendered.
• HDP’s Temelli: We will struggle in Parliament against this regime 

  The HDP co-chair reiterated that the party will continue its struggle for democracy.
• Continuation of arrest for HDP’s Yüksekdağ 

  The hearing for HDP’s Figen Yüksekdağ has been postponed.
• New service initiative launched in Raqqa 

  The People’s Municipality of Raqqa has initiated a new phase in their services to enable the return of people who had been displaced during the ISIS occupation.
• Hearing of HDP’s Yüksekdağ starts in Ankara 

  Hearing in the case against HDP former co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ has started in Ankara.
• Protest in The Hague against the extradition of Taşdemir 

  Norway’s extradition of Kurdish activist Gülizar Taşdemir to Turkey has been protested in The Hague.
• NAV-DEM calls on Kurds to rally against German new repression law 

  The rally will be held in Dusseldorf to protest against new powers to be conferred to the police.
• 149 workers lost their life at work in June 

  Since the beginning of the year, 907 workers have lost their life at work in Turkey.
• Protest in Berlin against the extradition of Taşdemir to Turkey  

  Norway’s extradition of Kurdish activist Gülizar Taşdemir to Turkey has been protested in Berlin.
• Protest for Kurdish politician Taşdemir in Stockholm 

  A demonstration was staged in Stockholm in protest at Norway’s extradition of Kurdish politician Gülizar Taşdemir to the Turkish state.
• HDP and the elections discussed at the European Parliament 

  A press conference was organised by the European Parliament Kurdish Friendship Group.
• Protest for Taşdemir in front of Norwegian Foreign Ministry 

  Norway handing Kurdish women’s activist Gülizar Taşdemir to Turkey was protested in Oslo.
• The “Nation Alliance” falls apart too soon 

  The Millet (Nation) Alliance formed by CHP, IYI Party and Felicity Party has fallen apart.