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• Rojava, Maxmûr and Chiapas: Building and Defending an Alternative to Capitalist Modernity 

  Rojava, Maxmûr and Chiapas: Building and Defending an Alternative to Capitalist Modernity, an article by the Rojava Internationalist Commune.
• HDP: Patnos co-mayors arrested on bogus charges 

  HDP said that Patnos co-mayors were arrested on bogus charges.
• KCK: Let’s wage an all-out resistance for Rojava 

  The Co-Presidency of the KCK Executive Council issued a statement calling for an all-out resistance for Rojava.
• Muslim: We rely on the resistance of our people and our forces 

  PYD co-chair Salih Muslim said that "the Turkish state will continue with its destruction plan. The airspace was opened to warplanes. We will resist to the end, we rely on the resistance of our people and our forces."
• JinNews editor Safiye Alağaş released from prison 

  JinNews editor Safiye Alağaş was released from prison.
• Kalkan: Turkey's democratization cannot be realized without the Kurdish struggle 

  PKK Executive Committee Member Duran Kalkan, analyzed the recent election results in Turkey.
• Kalkan: The struggle will become more radical 

  PKK Executive Committee Member Duran Kalkan, said that "the struggle will become more radical," and invited all parties to a united common struggle.
• YPJ publishes booklet to mark 10th anniversary of its foundation 

  The YPJ Information and Documentation Office published a booklet to mark the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Women's Defense Units.
• Influence of intelligence in Turkey’s foreign policy 

  The former head of Turkish Intelligence Services, Hakan Fidan, who expanded intelligence’s field of activity in the non-western region, has been appointed as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Sabri Ok: The Turkish state won't succeed in its attacks against Maxmur and Shengal 

  KCK Executive Council member Sabri Ok said that the Turkish state won't succeed in its attacks against Maxmur and Shengal.
• Turkey further reduces Euphrates water in summer increasing problems in Northern and Eastern Syria 

  The difficulties experienced in Northern and Eastern Syria due to the Turkish state cutting off the water of the Euphrates River are getting worse with the arrival of the summer season.
• Sabri Ok: The Kurdish people did not bow. They showed their will 

  KCK Executive Council member Sabri Ok said that the elections showed that the Kurdish people did not bow, they showed their will by risking torture, death and arrest, and that Erdogan lost in Kurdistan.
• HPG Commander Çiya: The elections have been a robbery by the regime 

  HPG commander Yaşar Çiya evaluated the last eight years of fighting as well as the elections in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Martyr Faisal Abu Leyla's daughter is fulfilling her father's dream and is becoming a doctor 

  Martyr Faisal Abu Leyla's daughter, Leyla, is fulfilling her father's dream and she is becoming a doctor, treating the fighters and the children of the martyrs.
• Foza Yusif: The Autonomous Administration is the address for the solution to Syrian crisis 

  PYD Co-Presidency Council member Foza Yusif said that the Damascus government and international forces are the reason for the deepening of the Syrian issue, and added that the only address for a solution is the Autonomous Administration.
• Shehba FM radio goes on air 

  Shehba FM radio has gone on air.
• Salih Muslim: Turkish state is entering a dark period 

  PYD Co-Chair Muslim said that the AKP-MHP fascism helped Hezbollah to win parliamentary seats with its corrupt methods and mafia alliance, but it is collapsing from within and entering a dark process.
• Sebahat Tuncel: 7 years as hostage of Erdogan's regime 

  "This is my seventh year in captivity and how long I will spend here depends only on political developments. Justice in Turkey does not exist because the law is based on oppressing dissidents," writes Sebahat Tuncel from prison.
• YJA Star commander Alkan: Struggle won't end with elections  

  Feride Alkan, one of the YJA Star commanders, said that fascism was defeated in Kurdistan in the elections held on 14 May, adding that "the struggle did not start with elections, and it does not end after elections either."
• Güneş: The male-dominated alliance can only be torn down by women’s struggle 

  PAJK Coordination Member Şimal Ülkem Güneş said that everyone, especially the youth and women, should vote in the second round of the presidential election, stressing that “this male-dominated alliance can only be removed by the struggle of women”.
• What should we do now? 

  Selahattin Erdem writes about the 28 May election and the way to approach it.
• Election safety is too important to leave to the government 

  There are still many unanswered questions regarding the results of the 14 May elections in Turkey and the events on election night. Sociologist Harun Ercan explains what happened.
• If Erdoğan wins again, Turkey will see a watered-down version of Taliban and ISIS rule 

  In a commentary about the elections, the Party of Free Women in Kurdistan Council Member Ronahî Serhat calls for Erdoğan to be voted out on 28 May. If the dictator continues to rule, Turkey will end up with a regime like the Taliban or ISIS, she warns.
• The long list of Kurdish massacres carried out by the AKP 

  The AKP has frequently carried out Kurdish massacres. The AKP calls these murders and massacres "fighting against terrorism", and also acted as the flag bearer of Turkish nationalism.
• AKP government carries out political police operations before every election 

  The ruling AKP carried out major political police operations against the HDP before each election.