Two professors in Hong Kong interview fellow academics, student activists and graduate students from mainland China in order to draw out Hong Kong’s history in relation to globalising forms of political expression. Colonial history, neoliberal urban governance, and Chinese authoritarianism all bear on the current unrest.

Republican People’s Party Deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu submitted a parliamentarian question regarding the alleged video recordings of ISIS militants crossing to Syria from Turkey’s Suruç district.

Istanbul University students protested the violence on campus on September 26 caused by a pro-ISIS group after another group put up posters condemning ISIS violence.

The transfer of 457 workers from Turkey who have been stuck amid clashes in Libya for 11 days has been completed last night. The plane also brought the body of a worker who died of a stroke during the waiting.

Various NGOs and political parties in Turkey joined a watch-duty to protest the ISIS attacks in Kobane, Syria.

HDP deputy Ertuğrul Kürkçü told bianet that scores of people crossed the border for solidarity as ISIS attacks intensified in Kobane.

A group of pedestrians from Turkey protested President Erdoğan in the streets of New York City during his last day of trip for 69th Session of UN General Assembly. A quarrel took place as Erdoğan’s guards pushed away protestors and NYC police attempted to detain the guards.

Media professional organizations Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) and DİSK-affiliated Basın-İş condemned the intervention of police forces to media workers in Suruç and Kobane.

HDP’s Urfa province deputy İbrahim Ayhan told bianet that their request to make a joint aid campaign with the local governor’s office officials and AFAD has been rejected, saying that their is an urgent need for food and tents.

Various artists including Şevval Sam, Engin Günaydın, and Meltem Cumbul took part in a video project to call for solidarity with Ezidi people who ran away from their homes to Turkey.

Meeting with his attorney Mazlum Dinç yesterday on Imrali Island, PKK leader gave the following message: “Regarding the attacks on ISIS, all Kurds must adapt themselves to the conditions of this highly intense war”.

Could Kurdish voices become part of the political mainstream in Turkey; and could the PKK have its status as “terrorist” removed?