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• 39 detained in political genocide operation in Istanbul 

  The Turkish state continues its political genocide operations against the Kurdish and pro-Kurdish circles in which more raids are conducted and dozens of people are detained by police forces on daily basis.
• Freedom of murder in Turkey 

  The state terror targeting civilians in the Kurdish region has left dozens of people dead since the blatant initiation of the war concept by the AKP as a kind of avenge for its failure to get what it desired from the elections.
• HDP delegation meets Secretary General of the Council of Europe 

  A delegation from the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) led by co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş had a meeting with Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, in Strasbourg.
• HDP’s overseas election campaign program announced 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Overseas Election Coordination has announced the calendar of activities to be held abroad between September 24 and October 18.
• European Alevi Federation: Attack on sacred places is reason to rebel 

  European Democratic Alevi Federation (FEDA) strongly reacted to the attacks of the Turkish troops on martyrs’ cemeteries, saying that attack on sacred places is a reason to rebel.
• Kurds in Europe stand up against Turkish state terror 

  Kurdish people living in Europe continue their actions in protest at the Turkish state terror within the scope of the war policies implemented by the AKP against the Kurds in North Kurdistan.
• HDP releases list of deputy candidates for November 1 election 

  HDP has released a list of deputy candidates to run in November 1 general election.
• Turkey protested at arms fair in London 

  Kurds and their friends protested the Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2015, the world leading land, sea and air defence and security exhibition, which kicked off at Excel London yesterday.
• 14-year-old Bünyamin İrci was killed while carrying water to the people 

  It came out that 14-year-old Bünyamin İrci was executed not after being forced into an armored vehicle, but while carrying water to the people deprived of their basic needs, including food and water, during the course of the curfew.
• Six wounded, 24 detained by police in Adana and Mersin 

  Police forces attacked the people who held demos in the southern provinces of Adana and Mersin to protest state terror in the Kurdish region. Six people were wounded in the crackdown, and 24 others were detained.
• HDP: No repression will ever restrain us from our path 

  HDP Group Deputy Chairs said AKP has kind of thrown the country in the fire in order to remain in power and also for fear of being brought to book for what it has done in the face of its failure since after the elections.
• 15 ESP members remanded in custody in Istanbul 

  17 members of ESP (Socialist Party of the Oppressed) who were detained in Istanbul on Tuesday, were remanded in custody on alleged charges of “opposing the law on meetings and demonstrations”.
• Massacre attempt by police in Mersin 

  Police forces opened random fire on the streets in Akdeniz district of Mersin. Many houses and shops were hit by bullets, while no one has fortuitously been shot in the fire.
• 305 racist attacks targeted HDP across Turkey in two days 

  As many as 305 racist attacks were conducted against offices of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on September 7-8 across Turkey by nationalist and racist forces supported by the AKP.
• Racist attacks on HDP offices and Kurds across Turkish cities 

  Large numbers of racist groups have started a Kurd-hunt in a number of Turkish cities, in which some 126 offices of the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) were attacked across the country since yesterday.
• HDP offices targeted by racist attacks 

  Racist attacks have targeted offices of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in some cities of Turkey since last night.
• Sit in action outside EP to demand freedom for Öcalan 

  'Freedom for Öcalan Initiative' is preparing to hold a sit-in action outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg on September 8-9 in protest at the isolation of the Kurdish Leader in Imralı Island.
• SGDF Co-President detained 

  Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF) Co-President Oğuz Yüzgeç has been taken into custody on Burgaz Island in Istanbul at 05:00 this morning.
• Kurdish youths continue the march for Öcalan’s freedom 

  The march by Kurdish youths living in Europe to condemn the ongoing isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and massacre of civilians in Northern Kurdistan continues in its third day.
• HDP submits bill offering 'Negotiation for Building of Social Peace' 

  HDP Group Deputy Chairs Pervin Buldan and İdris Baluken have submitted to parliament a draft law offering 'Negotiation for Building of Social Peace'.
• Thousands demanded peace across Turkey and North Kurdistan 

  Thousands took to the streets in many districts and cities across North Kurdistan and Turkey to mark the International Peace Day demanding peace and the restart of negotiations for a democratic resolution.
• Turkish fascists attack Kurdish youths joining long march in Germany 

  A group of Turkish fascists attacked the Kurdish youths staging a long march in Germany between Wuppertal and Düsseldorf.
• NAV-DEM calls for participation in Kurdish Festival against fascism 

  23rd International Kurdish Culture Festival will take place in Düsseldorf on September 5th under the main slogan “Let's Build Democratic Nation with Free Leader- We Will Not Allow Fascism”.
• Demirtaş: HDP represents peace, AKP represents war 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş expressed his concerns over snap election in Turkey, and stressed the need for a third party for the peace process.
• Kurdish youths march in Germany for freedom of Öcalan 

  Kurdish youths living in Europe have today started a 56 km long march in the German city of Wuppertal to condemn the ongoing isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and massacre of civilians in Northern Kurdistan.