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• Demirtaş urges AKP to abandon policies dragging Turkey into disaster 

  HDP Co-President urged the government to immediately abandon these insane policies that dragged the country into a disaster, stressing that it was, on top of that, an unauthorized government that brought the country to the edge of war.
• Former co-chair of DBP Tarsus branch arrested 

  Ahmet Kızmaz, former co-chair of Mersin's Tarsus district branch, has been taken into custody once again after a recent detention and following release.
• Probe against the Turkish lieutenant objecting to the war of AKP 

  Gendarme General Command has started an investigation against Lieutenant Colonel Mehmet Alkan who lashed out at AKP for the ongoing war and deaths at the funeral ceremony of his soldier brother, Captain Ali Alkan, who recently died in Şırnak.
• Kartal: Kurds in Europe should play a stronger role 

  KONGRA GEL Co-President Remzi Kartal said in a public meeting in Oslo that; “The Turkish state is for the first time not in unity against the Kurds”.
• Fascist attack on HDP building in Alanya 

  A racist group attacked HDP building in Alanya district of Antalya last night demanding the party’s signboard to be taken down.
• DBP holds 3rd Extraordinary Congress in Ankara 

  Party of Democratic Regions (DBP) is holding its 3rd Extraordinary Congress in Ankara today with a large participation of politicians from various political groups and institutions.
• Around 500 Europeans fighting in the ranks of YPG 

  Swedish Security Service (Säpo) estimates that around 300 people from Sweden have joined the war against ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
• Thousands bid farewell to YPG fighter Kevin Jochim in Germany 

  German YPG fighter Kevin Jochim (Dilsoz Bahar) who lost his life while fighting ISIS gangs in Western Kurdistan (Rojava), was laid to rest in Grünwinkel Cemetery in Karlsruhe, Germany yesterday.
• Fascist attack on Kurdish seasonal workers in Konya 

  While the attacks of Turkish security forces on civilians in the Kurdish cities continue, the Kurdish people are also facing attacks in other cities of the country, which are mostly carried out by fascist and racist groups.
• Detentions and torture by Turkish forces continue 

  Political genocide operations of the temporary AKP government, which is dragging the country into a war by putting war policies into practice, continue across North Kurdistan and Turkey.
• YPG fighter Kevin Jochim to be laid to rest in Karlsruhe tomorrow 

  German YPG fighter Kevin Jochim (Dilsoz Bahar) who lost his life while fighting ISIS gangs in Western Kurdistan (Rojava), will be laid to rest in Grünwinkel Cemetery in Karlsruhe, Germany on August 22.
• Operations of political genocide continue 

  Political genocide operations conducted by security forces across Turkey and North Kurdistan in order to eliminate the Kurdish struggle are continuing increasingly as part of the war policies recently put into practice by the AKP government.
• At least 10 detained in Adana 

  Police raided a number of houses after blockading the Küçükdikili neighborhood in Seyhan district of Adana this morning.
• Police kill yet another youth in İstanbul 

  Turkish police have killed one more youth during a protest demo in Esenler district of Istanbul last night.
• Kurdish women’s institutions: Women will overthrow the savage AKP mentality 

  Kurdish Women Institutions in Europe said that women would overthrow the savage AKP mentality just as YPJ women brought down the barbaric reign of ISIS, in a joint statement regarding the brutal torture of YJA STAR guerrilla Kevser Eltürk.
• Detentions and arrests in six cities across Turkey 

  Political genocide operations carried out by the illegitimate AKP government continue. Dozens more were detained this morning in house raids across Hakkari, Mardin, Erzurum, and Mersin, while 10 persons were formally arrested in İstanbul and Siirt.
• HDP Menemen Youth Assembly member shot in the back of his neck 

  HDP Menemen Youth Assembly member Murat Kaya was shot in the back of his neck in the Youth Culture Center located in İzmir’s Menemen district.
• Kürkçü: Erdoğan has taken action for a coup 

  HDK co-spokesperson Ertuğrul Kürkçü stated that President Tayyip Erdoğan took action for a coup when he said that Turkey’s regime went through a de-facto transformation on August 10.
• 13 more detained in ongoing political genocide operations 

  AKP government continues the operations of political genocide as part of the all-out war concept it has recently put into effect against the Kurdish population.
• Armed attack on the house of HPG martyr Elik’s family 

  An armed attack took place on the house of HPG martyr Elik’s family who lost their son in the fight against ISIS.
• Over 30 detained in ongoing political genocide operations 

  AKP government is continuing the operations of political genocide as part of the all-out war concept it has recently put into effect against the Kurdish population.
• Case on Paris murders to be heard in Special Court of Serious Crimes 

  Ömer Güney, culprit of the murder of three Kurdish woman revolutionaries, will be put on trial in Paris Special Court of Serious Crimes.
• YPG martyr Kevin Jochim to be buried in Karlsruhe 

  YPG martyr Kevin Jochim will be buried in Grünwinkel Cemetary in Karlsruhe.
• Freedom for Öcalan vigil in Strasbourg taken over by Êzîdîs 

  The Freedom Vigil action held in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg since 25 June 2012 demanding freedom for Kurdish People’s leader Abdullah Öcalan as well as other political prisoners in Turkey continues in its 4th year.
• Dozens more detained in ongoing political genocide operations 

  Political genocide operations continue in parallel with the total warfare concept recently put into effect by the provisional government of AKP.