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• Hamburg Conference: A system without a state is possible 

  The third conference “Challenging Capitalist Modernity III: Uncovering Democratic Modernity ― Resistance, Rebellion and Building the New” in light of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's ideas continues at Hamburg University, Germany on second day.
• KCK's Karasu speaks on Democratic Modernity at Hamburg Conference 

  In a message to the conference in Hamburg, KCK Executive Council Member Mustafa Karasu put emphasis on the need to establish the model of democratic modernity as an alternative against capitalist modernity.
• 27 ISIS members killed in Misharfa village near Tabqa 

  SDF fighters are making further advances in the fourth phase of the Operation Wrath of Euphrates, the launch which was announced two days ago.
• Two youths murdered, another wounded by police in Istanbul 

  Police opened fire on a car in Istanbul's Gazi neighborhood last night, leaving two young people dead and one other wounded.
• KCK's Hozat: AKP-MHP coalition waging genocide against the Kurds 

  KCK Executive Council Co-president Bese Hozat said: “Europe is responsible for the rise of fascism in Turkey because this silence and indifference are indirect support for Turkish policies.”
• SDF fighters enter Tabqa 

  SDF fighters have entered Tabqa city center from eastern and western sides. At least 10 ISIS members were killed during clashes at the city entrance.
• Demo in Kassel in solidarity with prison hunger strikes 

  Kurdish citizens living in and around Kassel, Germany staged a march to support the prison hunger strike resistance.
• Hunger strike in front of NRW Parliament on day 3 

  As the hunger strike in Dusseldorf continues in its third day, a demonstration was staged in Bodensee, Germany in solidarity with the hunger strikes of political prisoners in Turkey.
• Solidarity hunger strike launched in Stockholm 

  A three-day hunger strike has been launched in Stockholm in solidarity with the political prisoners on hunger strike in Turkish jails.
• 15 ISIS members killed in ongoing clashes near Tabqa 

  While the ISIS attacks on Uwayic village were repelled, 15 ISIS members were killed in ongoing clashes in Ibad village near Tabqa city of Raqqa province.
• Öcalan’s ideas discussed in conference at Hamburg University 

  The third conference 'Challenging Capitalist Modernity III' in light of Öcalan's ideas continues at Hamburg University with the participation of hundreds from different countries.
• Hunger strike at Tarsus Women's Prison in its 31st day 

  Male guards and soldiers are reported to be raiding the wards of prisoners at Tarsus Type C Closed Women's Prison who are on the 31st day of their indefinite-irreversible hunger strike.
• 200 more Raqqan migrants take shelter in liberated areas 

  200 more Raqqan migrants have fled the savagery of ISIS gangs and taken shelter in the areas liberated by YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
• Turkish army evacuated 70 Kurdish villages in al-Bab region 

  Revolutionary Forces General Commander Hac Ehmed said the invading Turkish army evacuated 70 Kurdish villages, forced the villagers to move and settled in their collaborators.
• Third 'Democratic Modernity' Conference kicks off in Hamburg 

  The third conference “Challenging Capitalist Modernity III: Uncovering Democratic Modernity ― Resistance, Rebellion and Building the New” has kicked off in Hamburg.
• Intensified ISIS attacks around Tabqa repelled 

  The SDF operation on Tabqa city and the Euphrates Dam continues amid fierce clashes with ISIS around the city.
• Hunger strikers in Strasbourg demand action by CPT and CoE 

  Hunger strike has been launched in front of the Council of Europe in solidarity with the hunger strikes in Turkish jails, the longest of which, in Şakran Prison, is on 58th day.
• PYD members condemn the silence on practices in Turkish jails 

  PYD Cindirês district branch members condemned the Turkish state's practices against prisoners and the international silence on these practices.
• Manbij Aid Organization provides supplies for Raqqan migrants 

  Manbij Aid Organization has distributed supplies to the Raqqan migrants sheltered in the village of Jab al-Sor to the west of Manbij.
• Hunger strike launched in front of the Council of Europe 

  Hunger strike has been launched in front of the Council of Europe in solidarity with the hunger strikes in Turkish jails, the longest of which, in Şakran Prison, is on 58th day.
• Families of prisoners launch hunger strike in Ankara 

  As support is growing for the hunger strike of political prisoners in Turkish jails, families of prisoners have started hunger strike in Turkish capital Ankara too.
• UN experts warn Turkey on rights ahead of referendum 

  Turkey’s state of emergency has been used as a justification to undertake massive violations of the right to education and the right to work and to plunge many civil servants into poverty, according to United Nations experts.
• The Stockholm attacker passed through Turkey too 

  Rakhmat Akilov, a 39 year old man from Uzbekistan who caused 4 deaths with the truck attack in Stockholm, was reported to have crossed into Turkey from Syria.
• Day 7 in the hunger strike of families in İzmir 

  The hunger strike launched by the prisoners’ families in İzmir continues on its 7th day. Kurdish intellectual Musa Anter’s daughter Rahşan Anter participated in the demonstration.
• Fourth phase begins in the Operation Wrath of Euphrates 

  Wrath of Euphrates Operation Room Command announced the beginning of the fourth phase in the military campaign for the liberation of Raqqa and surroundings.