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• Baluken: Ministry admitted handing over of YPG fighters to Al Nusra 

  HDP Group Deputy Chair İdris Baluken said the Undersecretariat of Interior Ministry admitted that six YPG fighters were handed over to Al Nusra groups, and called for an urgent explanation from Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and the government.
• Demirtaş: Peace comes by practice, not solely demands 

  Thousands gathered on Sunday at a peace rally in Bakırköy, İstanbul to highlight their demand for peace against the total warfare concept recently put into effect by the AKP.
• Bomb and armed attack at police headquarter 

  Three police officers and 7 civilians got wounded after a bomb attack at Fatih Police Headquarter in İstanbul last night. One police commander and two civilians died during the armed attack at the same police station this morning.
• Armed attack targets U.S. Consulate in Istanbul 

  An armed attack has targeted the police officers keeping guard outside the U.S. Consulate in İstinye town of Istanbul's Sarıyer district early Monday morning.
• HDP İmralı Delegation: AKP ended the process of resolution 

  HDP İmralı Delegation held a press conference warning the AKP government to immediately do what is necessary for the continuation of the process in search of a peaceful and democratic solution to the Kurdish question.
• SOHR: More Than 240,000 Killed in Syria Conflict 

  More than 240,000 people, including 11,964 children and 7719 women, have been killed in Syria's conflict which broke out in March 2011, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
• HDP applies to the UN regarding ‘extrajudicial executions’ by AKP 

  HDP applied to the UN regarding extrajudicial executions and massacres. In its application that included examples of state killings, HDP warned that the massacre of civilians could increase, and demanded the prosecution of perpetrators.
• Parliament responds to HDP regarding ‘immunities’ 

  In its response to HDP parliamentarians’ demand to have their immunities lifted, the parliament said that it could not process this request since the relevant commission has not yet been formed.
• Academics call for consolidated cease fire 

  A group of academics from various universities across Turkey have joined calls for consolidated cease fire and demanded the end of the isolation imposed on the Kurdish People’s leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Dozens more detained in ongoing police operations 

  In parallel with the total warfare concept of the AKP government, operations of political genocide continue across Turkey and North Kurdistan where dozens have been detained.
• AKP’s political genocide operations continue increasingly 

  The political operations of the Turkish state, which include extensive detentions and arrests aiming to dissolve the Kurdish political movement, continue increasingly in Kurdish cities in line with the AKP government’s recently enhanced war policies.
• Êzîdîs rally outside UN Office: We will never give up on autonomy 

  Êzîdîs in Europe rallied in front of the UN office in Geneva where they marked the first anniversary of the ISIS massacre in Shengal, and raised their demand for autonomy.
• Joint declaration by 646 NGOs and organisations calls for peace 

  646 NGOs and various organisations based in North Kurdistan have issued a joint declaration calling on the Turkish government to immediately stop the political and military operations against Kurds and to end the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan.
• Demirtaş: Turkish society must raise its voice 

  HDP Co-President Demirtaş objected to the massacre of civilians in Zergelê village and said that HDP was going to send a delegation to the village. Demirtaş emphasized that peace would only come if Turkish society raised its voice.
• Woman HDP parliamentarians: AKP commits crimes against humanity 

  Woman HDP parliamentarians Buldan and Kerestecioğlu criticized Turkish warplanes’ massacre of civilians in Zergelê village, and said that AKP was openly committing crimes against humanity.
• Police attack Gemlik march 

  Police attacked the march from Amed to Gemlik, organized with the motto of “As hundreds of thousands people, we march for the freedom of Leader Apo,” with tear gas canisters, plastic bullets and pressurized water.
• Demirtaş: We will stand up against the war 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş stated that HDP would not allow AKP’s war madness. Demirtaş emphasized that AKP was implementing the 1990s war concept, and that they would stand up against the war.
• Demirtaş: Negotiation the only way out of the present conflict 

  "The hands should be removed from the trigger and the parties should be invited back to the table, which is more pertaining to conscience and morality than the calls being made to surrender", HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş said.
• More remanded in custody in ongoing political operations 

  More people have been remanded in custody as part of the ongoing political operations in line with the total warfare concept put into effect by the AKP recently.
• Investigation against HPD Co-Presidents Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ 

  Investigations have been launched against HDP Co-Presidents Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ on the grounds of “arming and provoking a part of the people against the other part” and "spreading propaganda for a terrorist organization".
• 26 detained in ongoing police operations Amed, Siirt and Bursa 

  More people have been taken into custody in countrywide police operations as AKP government continues its political attacks against Kurdish people and democratic circles across Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Turkey Peace Assembly calls upon AKP to abandon its war concept 

  Turkey Peace Assembly (TBM) Spokesperson Hakan Tahmaz stated that it was impossible to revitalize the solution process and peace without ending the Öcalan’s isolation.
• HDP: As 80 parliamentarians, we ask for the lifting of immunities for all 

  HDP Group Deputy Chairpersons Pervin Buldan and İdris Baluken issued a press release and stated that as 80 parliamentarians, they were applying for the lifting of all parliamentarians' immunities so that everyone could be brought to account.
• More people arrested in ongoing police operations 

  More people have been detained and remanded in custody in countrywide police operations as AP government continues its political genocide operations against Kurds and democratic circles across Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Summary of proceedings against HDP Co-President Demirtaş 

  A summary of proceedings was issued in order to lift the parliamentary immunity of HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş after President Erdoğan’s speech.