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• 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.
• Kalkan: AKP wants to avenge the defeat of elections – PART I 

  PKK Executive Committee Member Duran Kalkan said Turkey's war and operations against ISIS was a lie made up to cover up the Suruç massacre and to distort the agenda.
• Attacks target police and military units in four cities 

  Attacks took place against police and military units in Silvan district of Amed, Tatvan district of Bitlis, Erciş district of Van and in İzmir.
• ISIS distributes ID cards in İzmir 

  ISIS gangs made propaganda by distributing ID cards belonging to Prophet Mohammed in different parts of İzmir. İ-DAYDER president Ferzande Deniz objected to ISIS propaganda in İzmir and said that ISIS did not belong to Islam or the Qoran.
• March from Amed to Gemlik in demand of freedom for Öcalan 

  The Federation of Associations of Solidarity and Legal Aid for Families of Prisoners (TUHAD-FED) has organized a great march in demand of freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Eight remanded in custody in Bursa 

  Eight people detained in Bursa on July 24 have been remanded in custody on charges of membership to a terrorist organization.
• Eight remanded in custody in Ankara 

  AKP government is continuing its operations of political genocide across Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Hundreds detained in operations across Turkey and North Kurdistan 

  AKP government is continuing its operations of mass arrests across North Kurdistan and Turkey through security forces.
• Wounded Kobanê citizens detained in Ankara 

  Ten people have been detained in house raids in the Turkish capital Ankara early Saturday.
• Governor of Istanbul bans Peace March against war and terror 

  Governor of Istanbul has banned the “Great Peace March” organized by the recently formed Peace Bloc against the war policies of the AKP and fascist terror of the radical Islamist ISIS organization.