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• Police take at least 57 people into custody in Amed 

  Many people, including journalists, were detained in house raids carried out by Turkish police in Amed this morning.
• Ministry of Interior rejects to disclose Sheikh Said's burial site 

  The Turkish Ministry of Interior has rejected an application for the disclosure of the burial sites of Sheikh Said and his 47 companions.
• "It is not the HDP that will go down, but the regime" 

  On the occasion of the wave of repression in Turkey, the HDP said, "The government has lost its strongholds. Its current attacks are taking place on a contrived basis and mean its downfall."
• DTK denounces isolation and intensified torture 

  The Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Health Assembly spoke out in response to the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the intensified torture executed in prisons.
• Lawyers submit another application to visit Abdullah Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's legal team has applied for a visit permit to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the management of Imrali Island Prison. The last client meeting took place more than two years ago.
• HDP: The political operation will not end democratic opposition but the government! 

  The HDP drew attention to the genocidal political practices of the AKP-MHP government and said that "the government has lost all its strongholds and these latest attacks will actually end the government itself."
• Unions announce celebration of International Workers' Day in Istanbul 

  Unions announced that they will celebrate 1 May, International Workers' Day in Istanbul in Maltepe and called for participation.
• National Education Union demands freedom for Abdullah Öcalan at its Congress 

  The National Education Union, one of Britain's largest and most prestigious unions, declared its support for the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Campaign and closed its congress this year with a call for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.
• At least 347 workplace homicides recorded in Turkey in three months 

  Six child workers and 18 refugee workers were killed in the first quarter of the year. Twenty-five of the killed workers were women and 322 were men.
• HDP's Uca: Rojava and Shengal alliance is way greater than those walls 

  Feleknas Uca of the HDP remarked that the walls are being built to break the alliance between Shengal and North and East Syria, and that "the might of Rojava and Shengal is way greater than those walls."
• Vigil in support of HDP in Cizre enters second day 

  The vigil initiated by the HDP Cizre Provincial organization against the raid on their party continued on its second day.
• Court sends three people to prison in Van 

  Three of the 24 people taken into custody in house raids carried out by police in Van on 6-7 April were sent to prison.
• HDP delegation visits German Left Party 

  HDP Women's Assembly explained the situation of jailed politician Aysel Tuğluk during a meeting with Left Party deputies and executives in Germany.
• Emine Şenyaşar summoned to testify again 

  Emine Şenyaşar who has been carrying out a justice vigil has been summoned to testify for the 15th time.
• Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan apply for a visit 

  Abdullah Öcalan's legal team has applied for a visit permit to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the management of Imrali Island Prison. The last client meeting took place more than two years ago.
• Dozens detained in political genocide operation in several cities 

  The operation against the HDP took place in several cities, mainly in Mersin, Adana, Istanbul, Amed and Urfa.
• Sezai Temelli: The war economy is the reason for Turkey's economic collapse 

  Sezai Temelli, economist and HDP deputy, writes that the war economy is the reason for Turkey's economic collapse and argues that there is a need to build a future against capitalism and the Nation-State.
• Three-day vigil in front of Cizre provincial building after raids 

  The HDP Cizre Provincial Organization launched a vigil in front of the provincial building to protest the raid carried out on Monday morning.
• Bert Schouwenburg speaks about use of chemical weapons by Turkey 

  Bert Schouwenburg spoke about the use of chemical weapons by Turkey.
• Kurds in Helsinki protest Turkish attacks in front of Iraqi Consulate  

  In Helsinki, Kurds protested in front of the Iraqi Consulate to react to the Iraqi government, which remained silent against the attacks of the Turkish state. The delegation presented the file they prepared to the consulate and conveyed their demands.
• Şehîd Fîraz Dağ Youth Commune founded in London 

  Kurdish activists have founded the youth commune "Şehîd Fîraz Dağ" in London. The commune, named after the fighting name of the unforgettable filmmaker Mehmet Aksoy, wants to organize itself according to the "democratic confederalism" model.
• Forced to leave home in 90’s, Syriac priest buried in his village in Şırnak 

  Syriac priest Mete Eksen who died in Belgium on April 5 was buried in his native village in Şırnak where he was forced to leave in the 90s.
• Police raid HDP Cizre Provincial building and detain at least 5 people 

  The HDP Cizre Provincial Organization building was raided this morning. During the raids in which 5 party members were detained, the police also violated the carpets for prayers.
• Military and police road check-points turn into harassment centres 

  Road controls and searches started to increase at military and police check-points between Hakkari, Van, Bitlis and Ağrı.
• Sharp rise in prices makes people struggle to meet ends 

  Consumer prices in Turkey rose more sharply in March than in 20 years. The inflation rate rose to 61.14 percent compared to the same month last year. This is also noticeable at the weekly markets in the Kurdish provinces.