Reacting against the appointment of trustees to the municipalities, citizens from Amed stated that they will attend the rally to be held in Êlih on November 17, “Let them appoint trustees to those who steal instead of our municipalities,” they said.
Saying that Kurds are still threatened in the same way 87 years after the execution of Seyit Rıza and his friends, DAD Co-Chair Zeynel Kete stated that Kurds are organized unlike in that period, “We will deal with your lies and tricks from now on,” she said.
Bîro Berakat from the Sinjar Autonomous Assembly pointed out that the city center was completely liberated with the struggle of 12 HPG fighters who saved Yazidis from the ISIS attack, “They gave strength to this society that had no strength left to resist,” he said.
Reacting to the kidnappings, detentions and violence against journalists covering the trustee protests, their colleagues said that remaining silent against the obstructions is tantamount to approval.
A decision of “nolle pros” was made in the criminal complaint of 64-year-old Adle Samur, who was subjected to strip search and violence in detention.
The 256th issue of Xwebûn newspaper was published with the headline “Li ber xwe bidin”.
SODAP member Fatma İnce said that the people should mobilize against the trustee policy, which she characterized as a usurpation of will, “Because the trusteeship can only be defeated with the unity of the social opposition” she said.
Speaking at the march organized in Amed with the slogan “Democracy, not trustees”, DEM Party Co-Chair Tülay Hatimoğulları called on everyone to fight for democracy and said: “We will win by resisting.”
DEM Party Youth Assembly member Vedat Özer was arrested for called on the trustee of Êlih Municipality to “leave our municipalities”.
During the vigil against the appointment of trustees in Xelfetî, a historical message was given with the banner “Imaginary trusteeship is enamoured here”.
AKP Chair and President Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated the judiciary on the appointment of trustees to municipalities.
PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's family and guardian applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and İmralı Prison Directorate demanding a meeting.
Stating that they are focusing on freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, “Our axis, the direction we look at will be Mr. Öcalan's freedom and the solution of the Kurdish issue. Our resistance and struggle will be based on these principles,” DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bayındır said.
The resistance that started in front of the municipality in Êlih (Batman) during the daytime is spreading to all neighbourhoods at night.
Prisoner in the Kobanê Case Aynur Aşan, has been subjected to a disciplinary investigation in the prison to which she was forcibly transferred because she objected to strip searches.