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• Erdogan puts on his show, Merkel quiet 

  Erdogan has started his official visits in Berlin, and met with Chancellor Merkel already. The joint press conference by the two leaders that only a few journalists were allowed to attend turned into Erdogan putting on a show.
• Iraqi Parliament to elect the President on Monday 

  The Iraqi Parliament will convene on Monday to elect the new President. The office should go to the Kurds, according to convention.
• The Idlib crisis: Merkel-Macron-Putin-Erdogan summit to be held 

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that French, German, Turkish and Russian leaders will be holding a summit about the Syrian civil war in October.
• Erdogan to visit Neue Wache after attacking Saturday Mothers 

  Saturday Mothers spoke about Erdogan visiting the Memorial for the Victims of War and Dictatorship and said: “As Saturday Mothers are battered heavily by the police, Erdogan will visit the Neue Wache Monument. We will not forget.”
• German MP not allowed into the Parliament because of Erdogan 

  "All laws are being trampled just because Erdogan is meeting with Merkel."
• Erdogan in Berlin: Protests outside, negotiations inside 

  German President greeted Erdogan on the red carpet in the presidential palace, while protests continue outside with the motto, “We don’t want the Turkish dictator”. There is also talk that Erdogan and Merkel may not hold a joint press statement.
• Erdogan trusts economy to son in law, who hands it to US company 

  Turkish President Erdogan handed over the country’s economy to his son in law Berat Albayrak, who appealed to a US company to find a solution for the economy in a deep crisis.
• Erdoğan hands over 'wanted' list to German government 

  According to media reports, Erdoğan has handed the Federal Government of Germany a new wanted list of political opponents who have fled to Germany.
• German newspaper runs Kurdish headline for Erdogan 

  One of Germany’s daily newspapers Neus Deutschland ran the headline “Ne bi xêr tê Erdogan” (“Erdogan is not welcome”) in Kurdish.
• Erdoğan's violent security guards in Berlin 

  The bodyguards of Erdogan, who were involved in a violent aggression on protesters in Washington last year, are now accompanying him during his state visit to Berlin.
• Protest against Erdoğan in Hamburg 

  In response to the visit of Turkish President Erdoğan to Germany, a rally took place at the Hamburg Rathausmarkt yesterday evening.
• First provocation attempt by Erdogan supporters in Berlin 

  Supporters greeted Erdogan in his hotel from noon onwards with Takbeer chants, launching the first provocation attempt.
• Labour Party conference ends with call for Öcalan’s freedom 

  Calls for Kurdish People’s Leader Öcalan’s freedom marked the third day of the Labour Party conference held in Liverpool, UK.
• Clash between HTS and Nour al-Din al-Zenki in Idlib 

  In Idlib, fighting erupted between the jihadist militias Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Nour al-Din al-Zenki.
• Sinn Féin calls for urgent action to stop deaths in Mediterranean 

  Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson has said urgent action is needed from the EU and international community to stop the growing number of deaths of refugees in the Mediterranean.
• Another MIT agent with the German police caught 

  The Turkish state continues to recruit spies in the German police circles. Another police officer was caught forwarding confidential data to Turkish Embassy.
• HDP member jailed for commenting on the rise of USD 

  HDP Siirt General Provincial Council member İdris İlhan has been jailed with a scandalous verdict.
• Are mercenaries withdrawing from the buffer zone in Idlib? 

  Mercenaries in Idlib will reportedly comply with a requirement to leave a demilitarized buffer zone set up by Turkey and Russia.
• All set to make sure Erdogan feels ‘not welcome’ in Germany 

  The Platform ‘Erdogan not welcome’ called on all democrats to join the rallies in Berlin and Cologne.
• Colombia Peace shaken as two FARC members murdered 

  Two more former FARC guerrillas have been killed in the last 48 hours, bringing the number of former guerrillas murdered to 73.
• Racist attack on Kurdish lawyer in Eskişehir 

  The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) condemned the racist attack on Kurdish lawyer Heval Yıldız Karasu in Eskişehir province in central Anatolia.
• "Revolution in Rojava" presented in Persian in Sweden 

  The Persian edition of the book "Revolution in Rojava", published in German in 2015 by TATORT Kurdistan, was presented by Ercan Ayboğa in Stockholm and Uppsala.
• Berlin Mayor joins boycott against Erdogan 

  Invitees to the dinner President Steinmeier is holding on Friday for Erdogan are announcing their boycott decisions one after the other. Berlin’s Mayor Michael Müller is the most recent invitee who announced he won’t be attending the dinner.
• 8 detained in İzmir and Amed 

  Seven people have been detained in İzmir and HDP Hani district co-chair in Amed.
• Erdogan threatens the world over the Kurds in the UN 

  Donald Trump’s harsh comments on Iran, North Korea and various other countries marked the 73rd General Assembly of the UN, while the Turkish President was seen chatting and making propaganda to soften the relationship with the US.