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• ‘Elections are a historic opportunity to shape our future’ 

  Kurdish politicians in exile call on the people to vote for the Green Left Party in the May 14 election, defining it as a historic turning point for the Kurdish people.
• 128 detainees give their statements to the police 

  18 days before the parliamentary and presidential elections on May 14, dozens of journalists, artists, political party officials and lawyers were taken into custody in several provinces on Tuesday.
• Green Left Party continues election campaigns abroad 

  Voting abroad will begin on April 27 and end on May 9. About 3.5 million voters abroad will cast votes for the May 14 election in Turkey.
• Group of activists from Lucerne takes over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  A Lucerne group of activists took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil on its 566th week.
• Sinn Féin, Podemos and European Democratic lawyers express solidarity with HDP 

  Solidarity with the HDP from European parties and associations.
• Mother and sister of martyr Agit Ipek among those taken into custody 

  Halise Aksoy, the mother of martyr Agit Ipek, whose remains were sent to the family by post, is among those taken into custody.
• Protest against mass detentions in front of courthouse in Amed 

  The detention of more than 100 people, including 25 lawyers, as part of an Amed-based investigation was protested in front of the courthouse in Amed (Diyarbakır).
• Buldan: The more they attack, the more they will lose 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair and Green Left Party MP candidate Pervin Buldan reacted to the Amed-based police operations and said that "The more they attack, the more they will lose."
• Hearing of Kenan Ayaz facing extradition to Germany held in Nicosia 

  In the appeal proceedings against the extradition of Kenan Ayaz to Germany, the first hearing has taken place in Nicosia. The hearing was adjourned to 9 May, and the final decision on the extradition is to be made on 16 May.
• Aydoğan: "The only way to get rid of AKP-MHP is the Green Left Party"  

  Former HDP Amed MP Nursel Aydoğan said: "The only way to get rid of AKP-MHP fascism is the Green Left Party" .
• Mobilisation for the Green Left Party in Basel 

  The Green Left Party is also fighting for every vote abroad for the democratisation of Turkey and Northern Kurdistan. Preparations for the May 14 elections are in full swing in Switzerland as well.
• 25 lawyers among those detained in today’s operation  

  Among the more than one hundred people arrested in Turkey are 25 lawyers. In five cities, the offices of the lawyers' association ÖHD were searched by the police.
• Number of detainees in Amed-based operation increases 

  At least 126 people, including 25 lawyers and 10 journalists, have been detained during simultaneous operations in dozens of cities in the morning hours. Detention warrants have been issued for a total of 216 people.
• ESP condemns the mass detention of politicians, journalists and artists 

  The Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) reacted to the detention of over a hundred people in dozens of cities this morning.
• HDP: Government directly interfering in the elections through the police and the judiciary 

  About 150 opposition members have been detained in Turkey in the run-up to the presidential and parliamentary elections. The HDP condemns the operation and says that the judiciary and police have intervened in the election campaign.
• Şenyaşar: We trust our will 

  The Green Left Party opened an election office in Urfa.
• RSF in Sudan agrees to ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian efforts  

  The RSF in Sudan agreed to a ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian efforts and evacuations.
• At least 150 journalists, politicians, artists, lawyers taken into custody by police 

  Many people, including journalists, politicians, lawyers and artists, were detained in a police political operation carried out in various cities.
• HBDH remembers Armenian genocide, calling for enhanced resistance 

  We must expand the united struggle to create a life that will allow Kurdish, the language of heart, Turkish, the language of music, and Armenian, the language of pain, to be spoken freely and fraternally," said the HBDH.
• HDP commemorates victims of the Armenian Genocide 

  In a statement commemorating victims of the Armenian Genocide in 1915, the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) said: "Postponing the confrontation with the disgraces of the past does not serve social peace and addressing the truths."
• KNK: The genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 must be recognised by Turkey 

  KNK strongly condemns the genocide of 1915 and calls on the Republic of Turkey to recognize this genocide and fulfill all obligations to the people who were the victims of this crime against humanity.
• Convoy promoting the Green Left Party tours London 

  A convoy of cars toured North London as part of the Green Left Party's election campaign.
• Green Left Party continues election campaigns abroad 

  External voting will begin on April 27 and end on May 9. Approximately 3.5 million voters abroad are expected to cast votes for the May 14 elections in Turkey.
• Event in solidarity with Green Left Party takes place in Melbourne 

  A night of solidarity with the Green Left Party was organized in Melbourne.
• Green Left Party meets with voters in Munich 

  The Green Left Party held a public meeting for the 14 May elections in Munich.