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• Amed Labor and Democracy Platform announces 1 May program 

  Amed Labor and Democracy Platform announced at a press conference that they will celebrate 1 May in Dağkapı Square.
• SDF delegation attends session in the French Parliament 

  A SDF delegation attended the session in the French Parliament. The delegation discussed many issues related to the Middle East, the fight against terrorism, the Syrian crisis and the Northern and Eastern Syrian Revolution.
• Green Left Party visits Hatay and Maraş 

  The Green Left Party visited many institutions in Hatay and Maraş, two of the cities worse hit by the earthquake, and met with the people.
• HDP Group deputy chair Danış Beştaş suffers traffic accident  

  HDP Group deputy chair Meral Danış Beştaş had a traffic accident in the district of Karayazı, where she went as part of the election work. Beştaş, whose condition was serious, was taken to the hospital.
• Lawyer Vural: The government is already afraid of losing the elections in May 

  Remarking that the AKP-MHP government is already afraid of losing elections in May, lawyer Fırat Vural said: "The Labour and Freedom Alliance will confront future governments that will try to institutionalize fascism in Turkey and Kurdistan."
• Kurdish religious scholar: AKP abuses religion 

  Democratic Islamic Congress Member Mele Yusuf Andan criticized the AKP government's propaganda that abuses religious sentiments of citizens, saying, "They use the Qur'an as their shield."
• “We want an equal, free life for the peoples of Turkey, and we will build it" 

  "We attribute the lack of confidence in the country to the billions of dollars spent on bombs and bullets. We will oppose the war policy and work together with society for prosperity," says HDP youth spokesperson Rohat Gövercin.
• Saudi Arabia, Syria restore diplomatic ties after years of rifts 

  The ministers of Saudi Arabia and Syria discussed "the necessary steps to achieve a complete political settlement to the Syrian crisis".
• Green Left Party Candidate Sayyigit: We will fight stronger for our rights 

  Gülcan Kaçmaz Sayyiğit, one of the candidates of the Green Left Party for Van province, is a former co-mayor dismissed by the government despite having been elected in elections. Sayyigit said that she would continue to work with her constituency.
• Ömer Öcalan: Green Left Party will play a key role in the elections 

  Ömer Öcalan, one of the candidates of the Green Left Party for Urfa province, said that the Green Left Party will play a key role in the upcoming elections.
• Green Left Party opens election office in Duisburg  

  The Green Left Party opened an election office in Duisburg with the participation of politicians Leyla İmret, Ahmet Yıldırım and representatives of AGIF and ATIF.
• Günay in Bursa: We will send two deputies to Parliament 

  HDP spokesperson Ebru Günay attended the opening of the Green Left Party's election office in Bursa, and said: "Despite all this violence and fascism, we will send two deputies to the Parliament."
• University students in Lorient launch solidarity campaign for earthquake victims 

  University students in Lorient launched a solidarity campaign for earthquake victims.
• Yavuz: Our goal in Istanbul is to win 20 deputies and double our votes 

  Speaking about the election work, the Green Left Party Istanbul Election Commission Co-Spokesperson Ramazan Yavuz said: "Our goal in Istanbul is to win 20 deputies and double our votes."
• Activists at Geneva vigil call for participation in the Düsseldorf rally on Saturday 

  Since the beginning of 2021, activists have been protesting the Turkish state's war against the Kurds and the isolation of Öcalan with a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva.
• Green Left Party Candidate Parlak: Hakkari can better lead efforts for national unity and peace 

  Vezir Coşkun Parlak, a young deputy candidate for Hakkari from the Green Left Party, said that due to its historical and geographical position, Hakkari can better lead efforts for national unity and social peace.
• Supreme Election Board announces overseas voting schedule 

  The Supreme Election Board announced the schedule of overseas voting for the presidential and general elections to be held on May 14.
• Hasan Cemal: Turkey needs to be rebuilt and the Kurdish question must be solved first 

  Journalist Hasan Cemal is running for the YSP in Turkey's parliamentary elections and argues for a solution to the Kurdish question in order to rebuild the country from scratch after twenty years of AKP government.
• 7 soldiers killed in Azerbaijan-Armenia border clashes 

  Seven soldiers have been killed in border clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
• Racist attacks against the Green Left Party offices in two cities 

  The Green Left Party, under the banner of which the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is contesting for the May 14 elections, are faced with racist attacks.
• Activists from Lausanne and Geneva take over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  Activists from Lausanne and Geneva took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg.
• Kurdish rappers release election song for Green Left Party 

  The election song "Hatin em" (‘We are coming’) made by rap group Kejoo, Reqso, Simyager and Roni Artin for the Green Left Party Youth Assembly was released on all social media.
• Beştaş: We will enter the Parliament with a strong group 

  Meral Danış Beştaş, one of the Erzurum deputy candidates of the Green Left Party, said: "For us, the parliamentary elections come first. It is a very critical election. We have to enter the parliament with a strong group."
• Green Left Party Women's Alliance volunteers get together in Düsseldorf to plan election work 

  The Green Left Party Women's Alliance volunteers came together in Düsseldorf.
• Information stand opens in Duisburg to demand freedom for Öcalan 

  An information stand was opened in Duisburg by the Asya Yüksel Women's Assembly to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.