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• 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.
• Solidarity hunger strike in front of French Parliament on day 3 

  The hunger strike launched in French capital Paris in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strike in Turkish prisons continues on day 3.
• Support for hunger strikes from Copenhagen and Athens 

  Alternate hunger strikes have been launched in Copenhagen and Athens in solidarity with the political prisoners on hunger strike in Turkey and Kurdistan’s prisons.
• Hunger strike in front of the NRW Parliament 

  An indefinite-alternate hunger strike and an indefinite tent demonstration has been launched in Düsseldorf in front of the NRW State Parliament in solidarity with the prison resistance in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Rojava Aid Organization provides food for Raqqan migrants 

  Rojava Aid Organization distributed aid packages to migrants who came from Raqqa in a joint effort with Al-Mewede Association.
• Migrants from Tabqa reach Manbij 

  160 citizens who migrated from western villages of Tabqa have arrived in the migrant camp in Manbij.
• Attack on HDP office in Denizli 

  HDP Denizli branch office has been attacked. The attackers wrote racist and sexist graffiti on the walls and stole 2 notebook computers and 300 liras of cash.
• KCDK-E to launch hunger strike in Strasbourg tomorrow 

  A hunger strike will be launched in Europe in solidarity with the prison hunger strike ongoing in Turkey jails for 57 days now. HDP MPs Faysal Sarıyıldız and Tuğba Hezer will also join the hunger strike.
• SDF destroys a bomb-laden vehicle of ISIS near Tabqa 

  SDF fighters have destroyed a bomb-laden vehicle of the ISIS gangs near Hadaj village of Tabqa as clashes continue on the western front of the city.
• 152 people detained in a mass operation in Amed and Istanbul 

  As many as 152 people including HDP and DBP administrators have been taken into custody in a mass pre-referendum operation in Amed and Istanbul, while many public servants were detained in Hatay province.