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• Öztürk: Kurdish people voted for democracy and justice 

  DTK Co-Chair and Green Left Party MP Berdan Öztürk said that despite all the obstacles and election fraud, the Kurdish people chose the third way in the elections and once again gave a message for honourable peace, democracy, justice and coexistence.
• Two detained in police raid on the office of Turkish newspaper Sabah in Germany 

  The German police searched the Frankfurt-based European editorial office of the Turkish newspaper "Sabah" and arrested two employees. The paper is considered the most important mouthpiece of the Erdoğan government.
• British Election Coordination: Let's stop the dictator! 

  Polling stations will be set up in the cities of London, Manchester, Leicester and Edinburgh between 20 and 24 May. The British Election Coordination invited people to cast their vote to “Stop the dictator, make history!”
• Observers from the Spanish state expose harassment in Turkey and North Kurdistan 

  Podemos, Esquerra Republicana, EH Bildu and CUP exposed the harassment voters and the same delegation suffered during the voting process in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Green Left Party gets one objection accepted and one rejected in Mardin  

  The Green Left Party protested 225 votes written to the MHP in Mardin and said its protest was accepted, while the objection to ballot box number 1363, was rejected.
• Police in Ankara take 10 people into custody at Democracy Vigil in front of YSK  

  In Ankara, 10 people who started the Democracy Vigil in front of the YSK building were taken into custody.
• Tiryaki: We are examining 193 thousand ballot papers 

  In a statement regarding the election irregularities, HDP Election Follow-up Coordination Co-Spokesperson Mehmet Rüştü Tiryaki said that they will examine the votes of 193 thousand ballot papers.
• Leader of Turkey’s Labour Party resigns 

  Akdeniz not only resigned from his post as the chairperson, but also as a member of the party. 
• Green Left Party vows to defend votes for the party in Hakkari 

  The AKP has filed an appeal in Hakkari against the validity of the Turkey election in all constituencies of the Kurdish province, where a large majority of eligible voters voted for the Green Left Party and Kılıçdaroğlu on Sunday.
• Election fraud uncovered: Green Left Party votes attributed to MHP in Bismil 

  Two days after the elections in Turkey, further cases of fraud are uncovered by comparing ballot records and the information in the Supreme Election Board’s database. Votes for the Green Left Party in Bismil were attributed to the MHP.
• Supreme Election Board arranges overseas voting schedule in favour of Erdogan 

  The Supreme Election Board reduced the overseas voting to two days in countries where Kılıçdaroğlu received the most votes, while in other countries where Erdoğan won, voting will last four days.
• Cyprus to extradite Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz to Germany 

  The Cyprus Supreme Court has decided to extradite Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz to Germany.
• Green Left Party Hakkari launches "democracy" vigil to protect the will of the people 

  The Green Left Party Hakkari launched a "democracy" vigil to protect the will of the people.
• In Turkey, the fight for democracy isn’t over 

  By Devriş Çimen, European representative of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), for Jacobin magazine.
• Green Left Party: People’s will in Hakkari should be respected  

  The Green Left Party, which won all three parliamentary seats in Hakkari province, reacted to the attempts to change the election results and demanded that the people's will be respected.
• YSK: Presidential election to go to a runoff 

  The presidential election in Turkey and North Kurdistan is going to a second round, as no candidate could secure the required number of votes in the first round.
• European Greens supports Green Left Party: Cross-border solidarity is needed 

  European Green Party Co-Chair Mélanie Vogel expressed solidarity with Turkey's Green Left Party in the post-election period.
• Erdogan’s AKP loses votes in many cities 

  The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) received fewer votes in many cities in the May 14 elections compared to previous elections.
• HDP and Green Left Party: We will address the election results with criticism and self-criticism 

  Evaluating the election outcomes, the Green Left Party and the Peoples’ Democratic Party said that "We are aware of our responsibility to take the message of the voters seriously.”
• Green Left Party sends 63 MPs to Parliament 

  Receiving 9,33 per cent of the votes in the May 14 elections, the Green Left Party won 63 seats in the Parliament in Turkey.
• Supreme Electoral Board says 1529 ballot boxes uncounted yet 

  Supreme Electoral Board (YSK) Head Ahmet Yener said that Tayyip Erdoğan received 49.40 percent of the votes and his rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu stood at 44.96 percent in the presidential elections with 99 percent of ballot boxes opened.
• Live blog on the elections in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan 

  Live blog on the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan.
• YSK: 91.93 percent of ballot boxes opened 

  YSK said it opened 91.93 percent of ballot boxes
• Labor and Freedom Alliance sends a total of 66 MPs to Parliament according to preliminary results 

  The Labor and Freedom Alliance sent a total of 66 deputies to the Parliament, according to preliminary results. While YSP nominated 62 deputies, TİP also appointed 4 deputies.
• IHD documents numerous electoral frauds and assaults 

  In an interim report on the course of the parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey, the Human Rights Association (IHD) pointed to cases of fraud, manipulation and violent attacks.