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• 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.
• 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.