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• Muharrem Ince withdraws candidacy for presidential election 

  Memleket Party leader Muharrem Ince has withdrawn his candidacy for the presidential election on Sunday.
• Interior Minister Soylu admits that the dismissal of Kurdish mayors was ordered by Erdogan 

  Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu admitted that he dismissed Kurdish mayors upon President Erdoğan's orders.
• Baydemir calls on people of Amed and Urfa to vote for the Green Left Party 

  Kurdish politician Osman Baydemir called on the people of Amed and Urfa to cast their vote on 14 May and give their preference to the Green Left Party.
• CDK-F condemns violence against Green Left Party members by Gray Wolves in Lyon 

  The CDK-F condemned “in the strongest terms the acts of violence committed by members of the Gray Wolves in Lyon on 9 May, against the volunteers and representatives of the Green Left Party."
• Young activists in Lucerne demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Young activists in Lucerne demanded freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• TEV-ÇAND members take over the vigil for Öcalan’s freedom in Strasbourg 

  Members of TEV-ÇAND took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil on its 568th week.
• Activists at Geneva vigil call on the Kurdish people to go to the polls 

  Activists holding a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 2021 called for strong participation in the May 14 elections in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• AKP prepares for election fraud in Hakkari 

  In the province of Hakkari in northern Kurdistan, the AKP is apparently preparing for an electoral fraud. The AKP's provincial chairman took the list of members of the electoral commission and, under threats, imposed his own list instead.
• Victims of 2015 Ankara massacre commemorated 

  During the commemoration that marked the 91st month of the 2015 Ankara massacre which killed 104 people, the Turkish state was called to confront the previous massacres in the country.
• Temel: Voting for Green Left and protecting ballot boxes are historic responsibility 

  Deputy Co-Chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Tayip Temel said that protecting the ballot boxes and voting for the Green Left were a historical responsibility against fascism.
• Young activists in Basel and Geneva protest isolation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Rallies were held in the Swiss cities of Basel and Geneva to protest the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and to demand his freedom.
• PACE to send delegation of observers to Turkish elections 

  PACE confirmed that it will send a delegation to Turkey to observe the presidential and parliamentary elections on 14 May.
• 300 intellectuals, artists, writers, peace academics, women call for a vote to Green Left Party 

  300 intellectuals, artists, writers, peace academics, women's movement representatives, opinion leaders and filmmakers said "One vote for the Green Left Party, one vote for Kılıçdaroğlu".
• Swiss intellectual Jean Ziegler expresses support for the Green Left Party 

  Jean Ziegler (88), one of the harshest critics of capitalism, called for support for the Green Left Party in the May 14 elections.
• Şivan Perwer calls on Kurds to “vote for your party for a democratic and free future” 

  Artist Şivan Perwer called on the Kurdish people to vote for the Green Left Party, saying: “Vote for your party for a democratic and free future against one-man rule.”
• Green Left Party Election Coordination in Europe: Turkish government attacks as it loses 

  The Green Left Party Election Coordination said that the government resorted to provocations and attacks in the country and abroad during the election campaign, stressing that: "Fascism will be defeated."
• European Greens: Let's end this election in the first round! 

  The European Green Party which represents 36 environmentalist parties from across Europe strongly condemned the attacks on the Green Left Party and said, "Let's end this election in the first round."
• Kartal: People of Kurdistan should defeat the AKP in May 14 elections 

  KONGRA-GEL Co-Chair Remzi Kartal said that: “All our people should go to the polls on May 14 and vote for the Green Left Party.”
• Asrın Law Office's lawyers apply to visit Abdullah Öcalan 

  Asrın Law Office's lawyers applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and Imralı Prison Directorate to meet with their client Abdullah Öcalan, whom they had not heard from since 25 March 2021.
• Kurdish artists in Europe: Let's vote for the Green Party and get rid of the AKP-MHP fascism! 

  Kurdish artists living in Europe drew attention to the historical importance of the elections on 14 May and said, "Let's get rid of the AKP-MHP fascism in the ballot boxes. Let’s vote for the Green Left Party."
• HDP deputy Ebru Günay calls all on voters abroad to go to the polls  

  HDP deputy Ebru Günay called all those living abroad to go to the polls on the last day of voting in Germany, Austria, France, Denmark and Luxembourg.
• Activists in Zurich protest arrests carried out by Turkish state ahead of elections 

  The political police operations carried out by the Turkish state throughout Turkey and Kurdistan were protested in an action held in Zurich.
• Two high-level ISIS mercenaries killed in Diyala 

  Two high-level ISIS mercenaries were killed as a result of an air operation in Diyala, Iraq,
• Voting rate in Britain reaches 50 percent 

  Voting in Britain ended after 9 days and 50 percent of those having the right to vote went to the polls.
• Ferhat Tunç: Green Left Party will bring spring to the country 

  Artist Ferhat Tunç said, "Let's send the Green Left Party to the Parliament with a very strong group of deputies and let's make Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu the new president of the country."