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• HDP’s Bilgen: Turkey is a mafia state, not just a one-party state 

  HDP spokesperson said in a press conference that the AKP keeps targeting the HDP and its executives.
• Uneasiness within the CHP 

  Ince told Kılıçdaroğlu he want to be president of the party.
• NAV-DEM condemns the raid on Kurdish association in Bielefeld 

  NAV-DEM condemned the police raid against the Kurdish association in Bielefeld and, pointing out the collusion with the Turkish state, called on all Kurds for support.
• HDP appeals to the YSK for election results in Hakkari 

  Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has appealed to the YSK after the appeals to district and provincial electoral boards were rejected.
• Turkish economy in the rough, inflation hits hard 

  There was a sharp increase in the USD/TL exchange rate. Inflation is getting worse and the view that the descent can’t be stopped is gaining traction.
• German police raid Bielefeld Kurdish Society Center for books 

  The German police have raided the Bielefeld DKTM for banned flags and photographs, and confiscated many books, flags and photographs in the raid.
• How the Turkish police fights the colors yellow-red-green 

  In Antalya, the police stopped a vehicle decorated with a yellow-red-green cloth. The driver was only released after the anti-terrorist police discovered that it was not a terrorist symbol.
• Four Kurds from Kiel take over Vigil for the Freedom of Öcalan 

  The Vigil celebrated its 6th anniversary last week.
• German police raid Kurdish association in Bielefeld 

  The German state increases its repression against the Kurdish population living in the country.
• When the Governor's wife acts... for her husband 

  Van Governor and government-appointed Municipality commissioner has delegated to his wife some work, despite it being not legal
• SDF liberates dozens of areas in two days 

  SDF fighters have liberated dozens of areas from ISIS in two days in the Operation Cizire Storm.
• UN: 270,00 Syrian people displaced in two weeks 

  Record displacement due to fighting in south western region of Dara.
• Kurdish youth gathers at Sport Festival in Normandy 

  The Festival was organised by the Democratic Kurdish Community Centre.
• Protests for water in Iran increase 

  Young people took to the streets in various towns to protest as drought leaves Iran thirsty.
• The AKP didn’t get it its way in objection in Muş 

  The ruling party couldn’t accept the three deputies won by the HDP in Muş province in June 24 elections.
• Thousands march for victims of Sivas massacre 

  Thousands march to the Madımak Hotel where 33 people were massacred.
• Demirtaş sends message on the Sivas Massacre 

  The former HDP Co-chair held hostage Selahattin Demirtaş stressed that a confrontation or any steps can’t be expected from fascism about the Sivas Massacre and said, “We are not going to give up the fight.”
• Tensions rise for the German school between Berlin and Ankara 

  German officials demand an explanation after the AKP suddenly shut down a German school in Izmir.
• AKP militia in Ceylanpınar greet the Mayor’s brother with guns 

  Mehmet Atilla, the brother of Ceylanpınar Mayor Menderes Atilla, was greeted by a group of armed men after he was released from the hospital.
• Iraq builds fence on Syria border to keep out ISIS fighters 

  Barbed wire, a trench and drones are going to be used to stop militant infiltrations from Iraq's neighbour.
• KCK: Today’s ISIS mentality is behind the Sivas massacre 

  On the occasion of the anniversary of the Sivas massacre, the Executive Council Co-presidency of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) remembered the 33 intellectuals who died on 2 July 1993.
• Madimak hotel massacre victims commemorated 

  On 2 July 1993, 35 people lost their life in an arson attack, most of them Alevi intellectuals.
• Israel deploys tanks to Syrian border 

  Israel has deployed tanks and ammunition to Syrian border due to intensifying battles.
• Operation against ISIS sleeper cells in Deir ez-Zor 

  Deir ez-Zor Military Council conducted an operation against ISIS sleeper cells in Deir ez-Zor, neutralizing many terrorists.
• "Erdem's imprisonment is a new message to the opposition" 

  The imprisonment of former CHP MP Eren Erdem has sparked a huge echo in Turkey. HDP MP Ayhan Bilgen calls for joint action by the opposition.