KURDISTAN

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• 4 HDP members detained in Gürpınar 

  Police detained HDP members running election campaign in Van’s Gürpınar district.
• HDP flags removed in Silvan 

  In Amed’s Silvan district, municipal workers removed the HDP flags on the grounds that “there is no election office on that street”.
• ‘National Front’ founded against Turkish invasion of Bashur 

  As reactions are growing against the Turkish state’s invasion attempts of South Kurdistan, ‘National Front Against Invasion’ has been declared in Sulaymaniyah.
• Police vehicle hits and injures an old man in Amed 

  An armored police vehicle hit and severely injured a man in his 70’s in Amed. Police forces threatened the people that gathered at the scene and protested the incident.
• South Kurdistan Government defends Turkish occupation 

  The speaker of the KRG said he hopes the PKK will leave South Kurdistan.
• Southern Kurdistan people protest against Turkish invasion 

  Kurdish youth organizations staged a demonstration in Sulaymaniyah in protest at the Turkish invasion attacks against southern Kurdistan.
• Police attack the HDP meeting in Ceylanpınar 

  The AKP regime of Turkey continues its attacks against the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) during the election campaign ahead of June 24 elections.
• 16 Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla actions 

  HPG guerrillas carried out a series of actions against Turkish troops in southern and northern Kurdistan, which left at least 16 soldiers dead.
• Explosion in Bradost, guerrilla action in Şemdinli 

  An explosion occurred at a position of Turkish forces in southern Kurdistan, killing at least one soldier.
• Front Against Turkish Invasion: “Remove Turkish troops" 

  The Front Against Turkish Invasion demands a decision to remove Turkish troops from the Kurdistan region.
• A Turkish classic: Manhunt for arrestee 

  The police is on a manhunt for HDP Çaldıran District Co-chair Derya Gönül, who had been arrested in an operation in Van last year and is currently in prison.
• AKP tears down Ehmedê Xanî monument, builds a restaurant instead 

  A restaurant has been built at the site of the Ehmedê Xanî Monument that was torn down by the AKP in Doğubeyazıt, Ağrı last year.
• HDP to transport voters to combined ballot boxes in Şırnak 

  HDP has taken action against the relocation and combination of ballot boxes in Şırnak.
• Footage of guerrilla action in southern Kurdistan 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from an action in which guerrillas hit Turkish forces in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Turkish army forced to retreat from Bermize 

  The Turkish invasion plan was disrupted by people and guerrillas
• The development of health care in Makhmur 

  The refugee camp Makhmur in Southern Kurdistan has been working under difficult conditions since the 1990s to provide the population with optimum health care despite the lack of conditions.
• Southern Kurdistan youth calls for uprising against occupation 

  Patriotic Youth’s Movement has mobilized and called for uprising against the Turkish state’s occupation attacks against Southern Kurdistan.
• Congratulatory address to the guerrillas in Hakurk 

  People’s Defense Central Headquarters Command issued a congratulatory address to the guerrillas in Xakurkê (Hakurk) over their actions against the Turkish army.
• Turkish air raid on a village in southern Kurdistan 

  The Turkish Air Force has bombed the village of Bêdehê in southern Kurdistan. Among other things, a historic mill was destroyed. The inhabitants of the village are angry.
• Journey from captivity to the mountains of freedom 

  Guerrilla Dilêr Amed tells ANF about his way out of prison to the Kurdistan mountains.
• Attack on kolbars and kesibkars 

  Iranian regime forces continue their attacks on kolbars (load carriers for daily wage) and kesibkars (border traders) at the border between eastern and southern Kurdistan.
• “Turkish incursion into Kurdistan violates international laws" 

  Referring to the Turkish army’s incursion into the Kurdistan region’s territory, the Coalition of Democracy and Justice remarked that the sovereignty of Iraq and the region should be respected.
• 8 artists detained in Amed and Van 

  8 people including musicians and theater players have been detained by the police in Amed and Van.
• Gerîla TV releases footage from 5 assassination actions 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from 5 separate assassination actions carried out by guerrillas against the Turkish troops in southern Kurdistan between 11 and 19 May.
• HPG actions in Amed and Hakkari 

  Seven Turkish soldiers died in Amed and a Turkish agent in Hakkari.