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• MP Paylan calls for voting for Green Left against the fascist regime 

  Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Garo Paylan, who attended an election campaign in Izmir, called for voting for the Green Left Party against the fascist regime.
• KCDK-E: Everyone should go to the polls and vote for the Green Left Party 

  The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress called on everyone to “go to the polls in a spirit of mobilization.”
• Türk: These elections are a historic opportunity 

  Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk met with civil society associations and opinion leaders and underlined that the elections are a historical opportunity.
• Karakuş: The government seeks to intimidate society with police operations  

  The co-chair of the IHD office in Van, Mehmet Karakuş, said the arrests of over 50 opposition figures, including politicians, lawyers and journalists, is an attempt to intimidate society.
• Remzi Kartal calls on people abroad to vote to end the AKP-MHP regime 

  Kongra Gel co-chair Remzi Kartal called on people abroad to continue to vote to end the AKP-MHP regime. Voting abroad ends on 9 May.
• Green Left Party in Edirne attacked, three people injured 

  Three people, including candidate Serdal Zımba, were injured in the attack on the stand of the Green Left Party in Edirne.
• 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.
• Swedish intellectuals: We fear that the new law will affect the Kurds 

  "We are concerned about the rule of law in Sweden. We fear that the new law will affect Kurds and Swedish-Kurdish associations that are primarily concerned with culture and language," say intellectuals and writers in Sweden.
• Number of detainees in Istanbul-based operation rises to 32 

  The number of those detained in six cities in an Istanbul-based operation on Tuesday rose to 32.
• ‘The defeat of the AKP will offer the opportunity for a solution to the Kurdish question’ 

  “A strong parliament, a strong Green Left Party group in parliament means we will have the power to make laws. It means opening the doors between Europe and Turkey. It will be our contribution to Turkey's freedom,” said HDP Honorary Chair Ertuğrul Kürkçü.
• Erdogan's election campaign photo protected by the police in Van 

  The Van Governorate forcibly hung Erdogan's campaign photo on a shopping mall in Van despite the objection of local shopkeepers. The photo is protected by police officers who keep guard for 24 hours.
• Political genocide operation against HDK, HDP and Green Left Party in Istanbul 

  At least 17 people including members and administrators of HDK, HDP and Green Left Party Youth Assembly were detained in police raids in Istanbul.
• Çelenk: Our people want women in parliament 

  Sevilay Çelenk, one of the candidates of the Green Left Party in Amed said: "Our people want women deputies to be strong in the parliament."
• Solidarity night with the Green Left Party in Duisburg 

  A solidarity night with the Green Left Party was held in Duisburg.
• Kurdish activists march for “Freedom for Öcalan” in Paris 

  Kurds continue their actions around the world to demand the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan who has been subjected to aggravated isolation in Imrali Prison and has not been heard from for two years.
• May Day in Amed: Victory will be ours 

  Masses joined the May Day rally in Amed (tr. Diyarbakır) and demanded the change of the existing order for the achievement of rights and freedoms.
• Kurds rally in Lavrio, Lorient and Reims on May Day  

  Kurds rally in many European countries on May Day.
• Kurdish teen subjected to racist attack by AKP members at polling station in London 

  15-year-old Şerwan Tan, who wore Kurdish national clothes while accompanying his father voting in London, was forced to leave the polling station.
• Tens of thousands celebrate May Day in Istanbul - UPDATE 

  Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Maltepe Square in Istanbul to celebrate International Workers' Day.
• Dozens detained in Istanbul on May Day 

  A ban on demonstrations was imposed on Istanbul's central Taksim Square on 1 May. While only the executive committee of the DISK trade union federation was allowed to lay a wreath, dozens of demonstrators were forcibly detained.
• Activists from RiseUp4Rojava block Turkish Airlines check-in counter at Helsinki-Vantaa airport 

  Activists from RiseUp4Rojava Finland blocked the Turkish Airlines check-in counter at Helsinki-Vantaa airport.
• KCDK-E issues statement to mark International Workers' Day  

  The KCDK-E issued a statement on the occasion of May 1st, International Workers' Day and called on everyone to vote and get rid of the AKP-MHP fascist government on 14 May.
• Activists in Cologne protest police operation targeting the ESP 

  The police political operations carried out by the Turkish state and targeting the ESP were protested in Cologne.
• Police take six people into custody in Istanbul 

  Police attacked members of the Struggle Union Platform and İnşaat İş ve Enerji Sen trade union while they were marching towards Taksim Square to celebrate International Workers’ Day. Six people were taken into custody.
• Rally for the Green Left Party in Marseille 

  Speaking at a rally in Marseille, politician Osman Baydemir said: “You can change a lot with one vote. You can destroy the fascist system and liberate our comrades in prison, you can liberate Rojava.”