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• HDK Co-Spokesperson Tuncel injured in traffic accident 

  HDK (Peoples' Democratic Congress) Co-Spokesperson Sebahat Tuncel had a traffic accident on her way back from the Kürecik Fest in Akçadağ district of Malatya.
• UK military personnel contribute to air strikes against ISIS 

  UK government announced that some UK military personnel took part in airstrikes over Syria while working for Coalition allies.
• People of Kobanê welcome Eid in cemeteries 

  People of Kobanê welcomed Ramadan Eid in cemeteries as they visited all fallen fighters of YPG and YPJ as well as the civilians who were massacred by ISIS gangs.
• Erdoğan and the government continue their anti-resolution statements 

  Turkish Vice Prime Minister Yalçın Akdoğan stated that they would focus on security policies as Dolmabahçe Agreement was not on their agenda and did not come up during their most recent meeting with HDP.
• HDP vows to play a more active role in politics 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has decided to play a more active role in the political arena following the criticisms recently raised against the party for being inert in the post-election period.
• Kürkçü and Tuncel to visit Rojava border 

  HDK (Peoples' Democratic Congress) Co-Spokespersons Eruğrul Kürkçü and Sebahat Tuncel will join the delegation that will pay a visit to Rojava border upon a call by the Peace Bloc on 25-26 July.
• MIT suspected of involvement and instigation in Paris murders 

  Within the scope of the investigation into the murder of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez in Paris, the prosecutor's office in the French capital has requested the referral of the sole suspect, Ömer Güney, to a criminal court.
• HDP presents AKP with document on its demands for coalition talks 

  HDP met with the AKP committee as part of the coalition talks, and presented it with a document on the themes of Democracy, Justice and Peace.
• Police attack tent of condolence in Beytüşşebap 

  The tent set up for offering condolences to the fallen YPG fighter İsmail Ataman and HPG fighter Sadi Özek was attacked by police forces with armoured vehicles, damaging the tent and the materials inside beyond repair.
• HDP: Isolation of Öcalan must end immediately 

  HDP objected to the aggravated isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and stated that the process of resolution has been seriously damaged by the isolation on Mr. Öcalan since April 5, 2015 and the sacrifice of the process during election campaigns.
• Hotels in Antep a shelter for ISIS gangs 

  Hotels in province of Antep, which already became a transit route for the ISIS gangs, have turned into a shelter for the gang members who are coming to the city before crossing the border into Syria to join the savage organization.
• 16 years of isolation in İmralı 

  AKP banned Abdullah Öcalan from seeing his lawyers on November 3, 2002 for the first time. The last ban came after the end of Oslo meetings on July 27, 2011 and has continued for 4 years until today.
• Demirtaş: Process of resolution is at its most critical stage 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş stated that the process of resolution should restart at a level that is further than the one in which the negotiations stopped, and the Turkish state should change its stance on Abdullah Öcalan.
• Mutual ceasefire accord in Colombia 

  A mutual ceasefire accord has been made during the negotiations between the Colombian government and FARC-EP aiming to end the 50 years old civil war in Colombia.
• Civilians banned from entering the operation zone in Ardahan 

  After the Turkish military’s murder of 1 civilian and wounding of another 2, police are preventing civilians from entering the army’s operation zone.
• Socialist youths of Turkey going to Kobanê to help reconstruction 

  SGDF youth will go to Kobanê and reconstruct the city, carry out cleaning activities, build a memorial forest and build a library.
• KCK and Kurdish Women’s Movement at World Meeting of Popular Movements 

  Representatives of the Kurdish Communities Union (Koma Civakên Kurdistan, KCK) and the Kurdish Women’s Movement joined the Second World Meeting of Popular Movements as guests of honour.
• ICOR team goes to Kobanê on behalf of humanity 

  International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations (ICOR) continues its efforts to support the reconstruction of Kobanê canton that had been destroyed due to ISIS attacks.
• Politicians and intellectuals call for freedom for Öcalan 

  A group of intellectuals, politicians, writers and artists who undersigned a petition by Platform for Freedom for Öcalan re-voiced their demand for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan jailed in İmralı Island Prison since 1999.
• 'Peace Bloc' against the war coalition of AKP 

  A number of political parties, democratic mass organizations, labour and trade bodies, as well as intellectuals and artists have formed a 'Peace Bloc' to defend peace against the AKP's discourses of war against Syria.
• AVEG-KON calls for immediate release of two Spanish revolutionaries 

  The European Confederation of Oppressed Immigrants has released a statement reacting to the detention and arrest by EU member states of European citizens involved in the fight against ISIS.
• HDP statement on 'Roboski attack' 

  HDP Group Deputy Chairpersons Pervin Buldan and İdris Baluken released a written statement on the state terror in Roboskî and emphasized AKP’s responsibility in the attacks.
• Lawyers protest the isolation of Kurdish leader Öcalan 

  Lawyers protested the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan in İstanbul, Amed, Van, Ankara, Batman and Mardin with the motto of “No to İmralı isolation, freedom for Öcalan.”
• 8 people taken under custody in Muş 

  8 people including DBP Malazgirt District Co-President İsmail Turanlı were taken under custody across the districts of Muş yesterday.
• ISIS supporters threaten DBP member in Konya with beheading 

  Supporters of ISIS gangs, who are supported by Turkey and have received global attention with their brutal massacre methods, threatened patriotic Kurds in Konya.