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• Demirtaş: ‘Turkish national front’ approach won’t solve the issues 

  Speaking about the President Erdoğan inviting leaders of CHP, MHP and AKP and not sending them an invitation, ​ HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş said the issues can’t be solved in an environment that didn’t include the HDP.
• Kurds in Europe stand up for Öcalan 

  Kurds gathered in different cities across Europe to protest the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan, demanding Öcalan's freedom and access to his family and lawyers.
• Rector appointed by AKP arrested for involvement in coup 

  Dicle University Rector who was previously appointed by the ruling AKP, has been arrested for involvement in the coup attempt of July 15.
• Kurdish youths rally for Öcalan in Cannes 

  Kurds staged a protest demonstration in the French city of Cannes to protest the aggravated isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurds in Europe mobilize and demand freedom for Öcalan 

  Kurds living in Europe take to the streets to protest the aggravated isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Detention period extended to 30 days during the State of Emergency 

  Detention period has been extended to 30 days and the meetings of prisoners with their families have been restricted with a decree published on Official Gazette today.
• Communication with İmralı banned throughout the State of Emergency 

  Bursa 1st Enforcement Judicature has banned Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners held in İmralı the right to a visit, written communication and phone conversation during the course of the State of Emergency.
• British GMB condemns the Turkey coup and demands freedom for Öcalan 

  Britain's General Union condemning the coup voicing concern over the continued repression in Turkey. GMB called for respect to democratic freedoms and repeated its call for Abullah Öcalan to be freed.
• Kurds in Germany take to the streets for Öcalan 

  Kurds and their friends in Germany are taking to the streets starting tomorrow to demand an end to the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• PKK: Democracy bloc must be formed in Turkey immediately 

  PKK stated that a democracy bloc bringing together civil society organizations, intellectuals, writers and artists that represent different social segments demanding democracy in Turkey must be formed immediately.
• Mass letter campaign to the CPT and Amnesty International for Öcalan 

  Kurds living in Europe have launched a mass letter writing campaign to Amnesty International and CPT on the prison conditions of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan. Kurds will demand an international committee be sent to İmralı island.
• Turkey suspends European Convention on Human Rights 

  Turkey has suspended the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) during the course of the state of emergency declared across the country yesterday.
• Öcalan's lawyers apply for injunction from the Constitutional Court 

  Asrın Law Office applied to the Constitutional Court and demanded an injunction order for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HBDH: 11 riot police killed in Trabzon 

  HBDH claimed responsibility for the action that targeted riot police in the Black Sea province of Trabzon on July 19.
• HDP: State of Emergency is the realization of the coup’s goals 

  HDP Spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen reacted to the State of Emergency declared by the AKP/Palace regime and pointed out that the goals of the coup were being realized.
• Three-month state of emergency declared in Turkey 

  A three-month state of emergency has been declared across Turkey.
• İmralı delegation calls for an urgent meeting with Öcalan 

  HDP İmralı Delegation has called for an immediate meeting with Abdullah Öcalan and urged the government to end the isolation in İmralı.
• KCK: We will realize the longing of 33 youths massacred in Suruç 

  KCK commemorated the 33 youths massacred in Suruç and vowed to fulfill their mission in order for the realization of a democratic Turkey and free Kurdistan that they longed.
• Academics across Turkey banned to leave the country 

  The Council of Higher Education has banned academics all around Turkey to leave the country.
• WikiLeaks blocked in Turkey after publishing emails from AKP 

  WikiLeaks has released part one of the emails by the ruling AKP (Justice and Deevelopment Party).
• 8,777 public servants affiliated to the Ministry of Interior suspended 

  Thousands of public servants have been suspended within the scope of the disintegration within the Turkish state in the wake of last week's failed coup attempt.
• HDK statement on the attempted coup 

  HDK states the attempted coup is “a result of the internal conflict created by the Palace’s coup. HDK warned the government that the reaction against the attempted coup should not be read as “aproval of the one-man regime”.
• Raid in Yerevan: 1 dead and many taken hostage 

  A group of people took control of a police station in Armenia’s capital Yerevan yesterday, and took many people as hostages. One person died during the raid.
• Disintegration in the Turkish state deepens: Hundreds of soldiers arrested 

  Military commanders who conducted operations in Kurdistan are among the arrested.
• Dozens of prosecutors and judges detained 

  The AKP regime has launched a widespread operation in the TAF and the judiciary following the attempted coup. Today many prosecutors and judges were detained.