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• 16 bar associations in Kurdistan protest seizure of municipalities 

  16 bar associations in Kurdistan protested the seizure of municipalities and said in a statement: “Trustees are causing serious damage to democracy. This unlawful decision that usurps the will of the people should be reversed as soon as possible.”
• COE expresses grave concern about decision by Turkey to dismiss elected mayors of 4 municipalities 

  Marc Cools, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, expressed "grave concern about the recent decisions of the Turkish authorities to dismiss the elected mayors of four municipalities."
• FEDA protests appointment of trustees, calls on everyone to resist 

  FEDA protested the appointment by the government of trustees to three municipalities and called on everyone to resist.
• Vigil against seizure of municipalities in Mardin 

  The Human Rights Commission of the Mardin Bar Association and the Labor and Democracy Platform started a vigil in front of the city hall.
• FCDK KAWA calls for participation in the march to be held in Cologne  

  FCDK KAWA called for participation in the march to be held in Cologne for the freedom of Leader Abdullah Öcalan, saying, “Let’s tear down the walls of Imrali, let’s free our Leader.”
• CHP Leader in Mardin: The will of the people cannot be disputed 

  Speaking in Mardin, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel said, “For 50 years, the people of Mardin, the Kurds, have been electing Ahmet Türk to represent their will every time the ballot box is put in front of them. This will cannot be disputed.”
• Sanchez Amor: The system of trustees is a blatant attack on democracy by the Turkish government 

  Reactions continue against the Turkish government’s usurpation of the municipalities of Mardin, Batman and Halfeti ruled by the DEM Party.
• KCDK-E calls for protests against the usurpation of Kurdish municipalities 

  KCDK-E calls on the Kurdish people and their friends to stand by the will of the people and show their democratic reaction against genocidal policies by taking to the streets.
• Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit: Today is the day to resist together 

  DEM Party Group Deputy Chair Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit denounced the usurpation of municipalities and said, “Today is the day to resist together. We need to unite against this oppression. If we do not resist, the country will be dragged into a great chaos."
• LAB denounces the usurpation of the people's decision in Kurdistan 

  Basque LAB trade union said it is time for the international community to get involved with all the tools at its disposal to promote a democratic resolution to the Kurdish question.
• Reactions against the usurpation of DEM Party municipalities 

  The 4 November (2016) political coup, which resulted in the arrest of HDP Co-Chairs and MPs, continues with the trustees appointed to 3 Kurdish municipalities on its 8th anniversary.
• CHP's Özel and Imamoğlu protest seizure of DEM Party-run municipalities 

  CHP chair Özgür Özel and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu have voiced strong objections to the seizure of DEM Party-run municipalities.
• DEM Party: Everyone should raise their voices against the illegitimate seizure of the will of people 

  The DEM Party protested the seizure of municipalities and said: "Everyone should raise their voice against this illegitimate coup mentality."
• Zübeyde Zümrüt: Let's fill the square in Cologne to demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  KCDK-E co-chair Zübeyde Zümrüt said: "With the Cologne march, we will bring down the walls of Imrali! We must turn the square in Cologne into a freedom square for Leader Öcalan."
• DEM Party MPs Meral Danış Beştaş and Ali Kenanoğlu were elected as HDK co-spokespersons 

  Meral Danış Beştaş, a member of parliament from the DEM Party, and Ali Kenanoğlu have been elected as the new co-spokespersons of the Peoples' Democratic Congress.
• Trustees appointed to Mardin Metropolitan Municipality, as well as Batman and Halfeti municipalities 

  The Turkish Ministry of Interior appointed trustees to Mardin Metropolitan Municipality, Batman Municipality and Halfeti Municipality.
• DEM Party: The address is Abdullah Öcalan 

  DEM Party Spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan said, “If you have a politicisation programme, the address is Mr. Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı Island Prison.”
• ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ concert in Oslo 

  The concert organised by the Norwegian Federation of Kurdish Associations (NCDK-OSLO) was supported by many political parties, civil society organisations and trade unions.
• ‘With hope, with resistance, all together to freedom’ 

  Speaking at the HDK Assembly meeting, politicians said, "Hope is in us, we must see this power in ourselves and be brave."
• People in Van: The interlocutor of any process is Abdullah Öcalan 

  People in Van said that the interlocutor of any process is Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• PYD Germany calls on everyone to attend march in Cologne on 16 November 

  The PYD Germany is in full gear to organize the upcoming march in Cologne on 16 November. The action is part of the "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Political Solution to the Kurdish Question" campaign.
• Kurdish youth movement TCŞ in Hamburg calls for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  In Hamburg, members of the Kurdish youth movement Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger (TCŞ) protested the severe isolation imposed on Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan, and called for his freedom.
• Swedish Left Party MPs call for an end to the 26-year isolation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Swedish Left Party MPs have called for an end to the 26-year isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan, and said: “We stand with the Kurdish people in their fight for justice and freedom, and together, we will succeed.”
• New "disciplinary penalty" and family visit ban imposed on Abdullah Öcalan  

  Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan was given a new "disciplinary penalty" and a family visit ban was imposed on him.
• IHD: Peace cannot be left to the arbitrariness of the government 

  Human Rights Association (IHD) Co-Chair Hüseyin Küçükbalaban stated that peace cannot be left to the arbitrariness of the government and emphasised that different segments of society should take an active role in the process.