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• Former mayor of Malazgirt detained 

  Former mayor of DBP's Malazgirt municipality in Muş province has been taken into custody.
• AKP members pay cash to electorates in return for votes 

  A footage has emerged of AKP members paying cash to electorates in return for votes in Gölbaşı district of Adıyaman.
• Police repression against electorates in Amed and Siirt 

  Voting in the Kurdish region has begun with unlawful practices by Turkish security forces.
• Voting begins in Turkey and North Kurdistan 

  Peoples of Turkey have started to go to polls as of 08:00 this morning to determine the 26th term parliament of the Turkish Republic.
• Around 300 international observers will follow the election tomorrow 

  Around 300 international observers will follow tomorrow's general election in 19 cities including Amed, Van and Istanbul.
• Court releases 9 out of 17 detained in anti-ISIS operation in Amed 

  Procedures have been completed for 17 suspects who were detained as part of the operation on ISIS cell houses in Amed earlier this week.
• IPB-Italy awards annual Peace Prize to Öcalan 

  The International Peace Bureau (IPB) Italy has awarded its annual Peace Prize to Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• IHD: Government should answer KCK’s inaction 

  Human Rights Association (IHD) President Öztürk Türkdoğan reported that 227 civilians lost their lives within the last three months as a result of the war concept initiated by the AKP ruling.
• Three ISIS members released in Antalya 

  Out of four persons who had been remanded in custody on grounds of “recruiting members for ISIS” in Antalya, three were released after the first session held at Antalya 2nd High Criminal Court today.
• Names of the persons and institutions organising ISIS in Bingöl 

  Apart from Adıyaman, Bingöl is another Kurdish city in Turkey where gang groups such as ISIS, Al-Nusra or Ahrar-u Sham are freely getting organised.
• FARC-EP Commander Nariño: We will not abandon arms 

  FARC-EP Commander Alexandra Nariño put emphasis on the difference between terrorism and a struggle for political and social reasons, and the need for a mutual political will of two sides for a process of negotiation.
• Up to 7.5 years in prison asked for Tahir Elçi 

  Up to 7.5 years in prison has been asked for Head of Diyarbakır Bar Association, Tahir Elçi, who was detained and questioned last week for saying that "PKK is not a terrorist organization".
• Rojava General Coordination issues a call for November 1 election 

  Rojava Cantons General Coordination called upon the peoples of North Kurdistan and Turkey to ensure strong participation in November 1 election and vote for HDP, saying that; “HDP's success is the success of peace and reality”.
• Operation against HDP in Aydın 

  Operations of political genocide against HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) continue increasingly ahead of November 1 elections.
• Young woman shot by police in Istanbul dies 

  Attacks and crimes by Turkish 'security forces' continue claiming more lives.
• Jailed ISIS member: MİT gave us arms at Tal Abyad border 

  An ISIS member captured by YPG/YPJ during Tal Abyad operation told ANF about the cooperation between the Turkish state and ISIS.
• Jailed ISIS member from Turkey: İsmail Ağa Sect sent me to ISIS 

  Islamic groups under the protection of the AKP government are facing no obstacles from the Turkish state as they freely perform their activities across the country to spread their propaganda and recruit members.
• Father of wanted suicide bomber: My son might be in Turkey now 

  All the data available thus far indicate the state-run AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency) camp for refugees in Adıyaman as one of the major centers of ISIS activities in Turkey.
• Wanted suicide bomber: We crossed into Syria through a path for ISIS 

  Mahmut Gazi Tatar’s name appears on the 21-person list of 'suicide bombers' wanted in Turkey. He spoke to ANF about how he met ISIS in Adıyaman, how ISIS recruits members in this region, and who sent him to Syria.
• Elçi released on conditions of supervision: I am behind my words 

  Head of Diyarbakır Bar Association, Tahir Elçi, has been released following his detention last night in the scope of a warrant of capture for defending that “PKK is not a terrorist organization”.
• Yüksekdağ: It is now the government's turn to declare inaction 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ said it is now the turn of the government to answer the unilateral declaration of inaction by the KCK on October 10.
• Survivors of Ankara bombing forced to pay for hospital services 

  Survivors of 10 October's Ankara bombing, which left over a hundred people dead and hundreds of others wounded, have been asked to pay for services in hospitals where they received treatment.
• Commemorations at the 1st week of Ankara massacre: We will not forget 

  Victims of the Ankara bombing, which was perpetrated by an AKP-ISIS alliance at 10:04 in the morning of October 10, have been commemorated in many cities across Turkey at the first week of the massacre.
• S&D Group offers condolences to HDP for victims of Ankara bombing 

  President of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament expressed his sincere condolences to HDP for the victims of the bomb attack of last Saturday.
• Demirtaş slams Davutoğlu: What are you trying to hide? 

  HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş strongly criticised the broadcast ban on Ankara bombing and reacted to Davutoğlu’s threats of intervention against the PYD.