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• Memorial event for Seyit Evran in Brussels 

  In Brussels, members of the free Kurdish media commemorated their deceased colleague Seyit Evran, a Kurdish journalist and revolutionary who left an invaluable legacy with his decades of work.
• Political parties, organizations and NGOs to march to Gemlik in protest at the isolation of Öcalan 

  In 1998, Turkey, assisted by NATO, threatened Syria with war, forcing Abdullah Öcalan to leave the country on 9 October the same year. That day, the international conspiracy began.
• Investigation against Green Left Party MP Ömer Öcalan 

  Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation against Green Left Party MP Ömer Öcalan, who said: "Our struggle will continue until Abdullah Öcalan is free."
• Over 88,000 people from the Karabakh region have fled to Armenia 

  Some 65,000 have already been registered at government-run centres where long lines have formed.
• Families apply to visit their relatives on Imrali 

  The families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other three prisoners on Imrali applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Imrali Prison Directorate for a meeting with their relatives.
• A journalist and four HDP politicians sentenced to one and a half years in prison in Bursa 

  In Bursa, a journalist and four HDP politicians were each sentenced to one and a half years in prison in an appeal process for alleged terrorist propaganda.
• SGDF: Prison won't break young people 

  After their release, the co-chairs of the socialist youth association SGDF in Turkey, Okan Danacı and Yaren Tuncer, spoke about their experiences in prison and said that their fight would increased.
• Activists in Turin protest KDP and Turkish state attacks 

  The Turkish state and its partner KDP attacks were condemned in Turin.
• More than 50,000 Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh forcibly displaced by Azerbaijani operation 

  According to the Armenian government, tens of thousands of forcibly displaced people have moved from the Nagorno-Karabakh region to Armenia.
• YCWK units hit Scorpion-type armor vehicle on Adana-Mersin highway 

  Units affiliated with the YCWK hit a Scorpion-type armored vehicle at a point where identity checks were carried out on the Adana-Mersin highway.
• Police take 12 people into custody in Mersin 

  A new police political operation was carried out in Mersin. 12 people were taken into custody on the grounds of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization".
• Lawyer Demir: Solution to the Kurdish question can only be achieved through dialogue with Öcalan 

  Lawyer Cemal Demir said that the Kurds and their friends should protest much more strongly on the anniversary of the 9 October conspiracy, and stressed that the solution to the Kurdish question can only be achieved through dialogue with Abdullah Öcalan.
• Police prevent condolences act for journalist Seyit Evran in Amed 

  The police prevented the condolences act for journalist Seyit Evran in Amed.
• Large turnout at the opening of Democratic Kurdish Community Centre in Stuttgart 

  The opening of the new Democratic Kurdish Community Centre in Stuttgart turned into a rally due to the broad participation.
• MP Sayyiğit: Isolation aims to prevent the implementation of Öcalan's ideas 

  Green Left Party MP Gülcan Kaçmaz Sayyiğit said that the isolation of Öcalan was aimed at preventing the spread and implementation of his ideas, adding: "The abolition of isolation will bring peace. This is one of the main concerns of our struggle."
• Families say they want justice for Ebrar Site where 1,400 people died in 6 February earthquake 

  Families seeking justice for the Ebrar Site, where 1,400 people lost their lives in the 6 February earthquake, said that they don’t want “a museum to be built on top of our pain."
• Activists in Mulhouse and Stuttgart condemn KDP betrayal 

  The KDP and the Barzani family, who allowed the Turkish state to invade South Kurdistan, were condemned in Mulhouse and Stuttgart.
• Civil disobedience action in Paris calls for international action for Öcalan 

  Kurdish people continue their protests to demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, who is held in incommunicado detention in Turkey and has not been heard from for 30 months.
• Kurds protest the Turkish state and the KDP in Melbourne 

  Kurdish people continue their protests to condemn the killing of the KNK South Kurdistan Representative and the attacks developed by the Turkish state in cooperation with the KDP.
• "New World Embassy: Kurdistan" event kicks off in Lausanne 

  The two-day artistic and political project titled "New World Embassy: Kurdistan" opened in Lausanne today.
• How the Kurds are politically oppressed in Germany 

  Released from prison in Germany in 2021, Kurdish activist Mazhar Turan is under supervision. He is not allowed to leave his place of residence, and has to give a signature to the police four times a week.
• Internationalist Konstantin Gedik to be commemorated in Kiel 

  In October, a memorial service will take place in Kiel for the internationalist Konstantin Gedik, who died in a Turkish air raid in Rojava. His parents will talk about their own impressions of Northern Syria.
• Kurdistan is establishing its own 'embassy' in Lausanne 

  An artistic and political project titled "New World Embassy: Kurdistan" will open today in Lausanne.
• Mehmet Dizin taken into extradition custody in Italy 

  On trumped-up charges by the Turkish authorities, Mehmet Dizin, who has lived in Germany since 1980, was detained while on holiday in Italy and is now in extradition custody to Turkey.
• Peri Municipality co-mayor released 

  Peri Municipality co-mayor Orhan Çelebi was released from Edirne L Type Prison.