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• Lawyers submit another application to visit Abdullah Öcalan 

  Lawyers from the Asrın Law Office applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and Imralı Prison Directorate with a request to meet with their client, Abdullah Öcalan, who has not been heard from for 29 months.
• Green Left Party calls on people to attend 1 September rally in Amed 

  Green Left Party Amed Provincial co-spokesperson, Abbas Şahin, called on people to attend the 1 September rally to be held in Station Square, for a world without war and exploitation.
• CDK-F calls on everyone to attend demonstration for Abdullah Öcalan on 2 September 

  The CDK-F called on everyone to attend the demonstration to be held in Paris on 2 September to demand the lifting of the isolation and the release of Abdullah Öcalan.
• MP Çiçek reflects about the current restructuring phase of the Green Left Party and the HDP 

  MP Cengiz Çiçek spoke about the results of the popular assemblies and the forthcoming restructuring phase of the HDP and Green Left Party.
• Intellectuals release a declaration against the unlawful Kobanê trial 

  193 intellectuals from Turkey released a statement titled “Kobanê trial is unlawful, and we stand against it”.
• Young people will organize a conference for Öcalan in Dortmund on 3 September 

  Young people from Kurdistan and internationalists will organize a conference for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Dortmund, on 3 September.
• KON-MED: We will take to the streets on 2 September to demand freedom for Öcalan 

  The Kurdish umbrella organization KON-MED has published an action plan for 2 September.
• Israeli aistrike hits Aleppo airport 

  Aleppo airport was hit by an Israeli airstrike and went out of service in the early hours of the morning.
• HDP holds its 4th Extraordinary Congress in Ankara 

  HDP held its 4th Extraordinary Congress and handed over its activities to the Green Left Party. The decision was made in response to potential risks arising from the closure case against the party.
• Islamist terrorist group kills at least 11 Syrian soldiers in Idlib 

  At least eleven regime soldiers were killed and twenty others injured in an attack by the Islamist terrorist group Ansar al-Tawhid in northwestern Syria.
• Kurds in Europe: Stop Turkey's drone war in Kurdistan 

  The international community must stop Turkey's drone war in Kurdistan, demanded the Kurds living in Europe in several demonstrations.
• Bülbül: A new roadmap will be drawn up today at the HDP congress 

  HDP former MP Kemal Bülbül said that they will draw up a strong roadmap in the general congress underway in Ankara today.
• KNK: The way Hakan Fidan was received in Hewler was embarrassing 

  The Kurdistan National Congress described the way Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was received in Hewler as "embarrassing" and drew attention to Fidan's role in the killing of many Kurdish leading figures and fighters.
• Dandrès: Öcalan can play a central role in resolving the Kurdish issue 

  Swiss parliamentarian Christian Dandrès said that “the Turkish state is openly committing a war crime against the Kurdish people. Rojava paid the price in blood to protect us and exist."
• ESP denounces intimidation attempts against party members 

  The Socialist Party of the Oppressed denounced intimidation attempts against its members.
• CÎK calls on Barzani and southern Kurdistan government to stop working with Turkey 

  The Islamic Community of Kurdistan (CÎK) called on Barzani and the southern Kurdish government to hold Turkey accountable for the drone killings of the civilian population and to prevent an inter-Kurdish war.
• German activist Claus Schreer passes away  

  Known for his work for oppressed peoples, and his support for Kurds, Claus Schreer passed away at the age of 85. The news of Schrer's death caused great sadness in the Kurdish community in Bavaria.
• Families of Imrali prisoners apply to visit their relatives 

  The families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other three prisoners on Imrali applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Imrali Prison Directorate for a meeting with their relatives.
• HBDH Berran Özen Kırmızıgül Militia targets plainclothes police in Istanbul 

  The HBDH Berran Özen Kırmızıgül Militia carried out an action against plainclothes police in Istanbul.
• TJK-E and KCDK-E call on people to take to the streets against Turkish attacks 

  TJK-E and KCDK-E said in a statement that the Turkish attacks have reached a dangerous level by directly targeting women and other civilians and called on people to take to the streets.
• Kobanê Case postponed until 4 September 

  The Kobanê Case was postponed until 4 September.
• Strasbourg vigil for Öcalan’s freedom on its 583rd week 

  Kurdish patriots from Paris took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg on its 583rd week.
• Kurds in Drancy demonstrate for Öcalan’s freedom 

  The Kurdish people continue their actions to prompt urgent action for Abdullah Öcalan, who is held in incommunicado detention in Turkey and has not been heard from for 29 months.
• Akdemir: Isolation imposed on Öcalan must be lifted 

  IHD Honorary Board member Şevket Akdemir said that the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan has not been observed in either Turkish or world law.
• Peri Municipality co-mayor Çelebi sent to prison again 

  Peri Municipality co-mayor Orhan Çelebi, who was released on 11 August, was taken into custody again due to the prosecutor's objection to his release.