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• Kurdistan Culture Week in Brussels kicks off on Thursday 

  The Kurdistan Culture Week in Brussels will run from 24 to 27 August.
• CDK-F and TJK-F condemn attitude of KDP and Barzani family 

  CDK-F and TJK-F said: "The treacherous KDP-Barzani family is coming to the rescue of the Turkish state."
• 19 young people from Van died in work accidents on construction sites 

  Hundreds of Kurdish youth lost their lives every year due to the AKP's economic embargo policies in Kurdistan. In the first 7 months of 2023, 19 young people from Van died in accidents on construction sites.
• Thousands gather in Brescia demanding freedom for Öcalan 

  Thousands gathered at Radio Onda d'Urto Festival in Brescia to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurdish women speak about Öcalan's paradigm at festival in Duisburg 

  Kurdish women introduced Abdullah Öcalan's paradigm and Kurdish cuisine at the Majority Festival, led by antifascist groups in Duisburg, and held a panel on "Jin Jiyan Azadî".
• Passenger bus accident in Yozgat leaves at least 12 people dead 

  A bus accident in Yozgat left 12 people dead and 19 injured.
• Attempted attack on HDP-Green Left Party office in Adana 

  The office of the HDP and Green Left Party in the southern Turkish city of Adana has been the target of an attempted attack.
• "The Turkish state wants to occupy the minds of young people" 

  Oğuzhan Azbay, a member of the HDP/Green Left Party Youth Council, is involved in a campaign against the Turkish state's special war policy, which, he said, has always been a combination of massacres, repression and assimilation.
• UNFICYP condemns Turkish Cypriot attack against UN peacekeepers 

  UNFICYP calls on the Turkish Cypriot side to respect the mission’s mandated authority inside the UN buffer zone, refrain from any actions that could escalate tensions further and to withdraw all personnel and machinery from the UN buffer zone immediately.
• HDP Adana Youth Council member remanded in custody 

  HDP Adana Youth Council member Veysel Ileri, who was detained in Adana together with a number of other people on Tuesday, was remanded in custody.
• KESK stoppage against government a success all over the country 

  KESK organized a stoppage across the country. KESK co-chair Şükran Kablan Yeşil said that "this is just the beginning. We will continue to fight."
• Activists at Geneva vigil salute the 15 August resistance 

  Activists holding a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 2021 vowed to continue their struggle for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and Kurdistan on the 39th anniversary of the 15 August initiative.
• Freedom for Öcalan vigil in Strasbourg taken over by a family 

  A kurdish family from Zurich took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in its 582nd week.
• Bianet editor: My family's safety is at risk 

  Journalist Ruken Tuncel fears for the lives of her family members after an assault on the family in Istanbul.
• First World Youth Conference to be held in Paris in November  

  Ronahî – Youth Center for Public Relations’’ and the network ‘‘Youth Writing History’’ call for participation in the internationalist World Youth Conference to be held in November, 2023.
• New hearing for British activist who carried PKK flag at demo  

  "I will be on trial charged under the UK's Terrorism laws for my support of the Kurdish people's freedom struggle. I am proud to stand with the Kurdish people."
• Public workers go on strike today 

  Public workers, whose demands are not met, will hold a 1-day work stoppage today.
• Peace in Kurdistan: 15 August 1984 is a landmark date in modern Kurdish history  

  15th August 1984 as a landmark date in modern Kurdish history
• Conference: The Art of Freedom - Strategies for organising and collective resistance 

  Preparations are underway for a conference called 'The Art of Freedom -Strategies for organising and collective resistance'.
• Dozens detained in political extermination operations in several cities 

  Turkey continues to turn the repression screw against the democratic opposition. After around 30 detentions in Hakkari, dozens of people have been detained on terror charges in Adana, Mersin, Izmir and Mardin.
• Iranian political activist and journalist Afsharzadeh commits suicide 

  Mehdi Afsharzadeh, a political activist and journalist living in Turkey, ended his life.
• New police operation in Adana 

  Many people were detained in a new police operation in Adana.
• Police take many into custody in Adana 

  Many people were detained by police in Adana this morning.
• Kurdish youth movement demonstrates for Öcalan in Switzerland 

  Carrying out activities in Europe within the framework of the "Cenga Azadiyê Serbixin!" campaign, the Kurdish youth movement protested against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and demanded his release in actions in Lausanne and Bern.
• Kurds in Paris demand freedom for Öcalan 

  Kurds gathered in the suburb of Corbeil in Paris to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.