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• Lawyers apply to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• Jeffrey Donaldson named as next DUP leader in the North of Ireland 

  Jeffrey Donaldson has been named as the next leader of the DUP. He was indeed the only candidate to replace Edwin Poots, who announced his resignation following an internal party revolt last week.
• One person sent to prison 533 days after Hürmuz Diril disappeared 

  A person has been arrested in the investigation of Hürmuz Diril, who has been missing for 533 days in Beytuşşebap, Şırnak.
• Kurds living in Helsinki condemn the murder of Deniz Poyraz 

  Kurds living in Helsinki condemned the murder of Deniz Poyraz in the armed attack against the HDP Izmir Provincial Organization.
• Condolence visits to family of Deniz Poyraz continue 

  NGOs and people continue to pay condolence visit to the family of HDP member Deniz Poyraz who was killed in the İzmir office of the party last week.
• Hearing of Kobani Trial continues 

  The third hearing of the Kobani Trial resumes. The lawyers raise concern over an enemy law in the case.
• HDP deputies say government will fail to eliminate the party 

  HDP deputies Tayyip Temel and Murat Sarısaç said that the government cannot eliminate the HDP through the closure case and the attacks like in İzmir and vowed to enhance the struggle.
• Öcalan’s lawyers apply to go to Imrali 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• Tuncel writes for Jacobin: Erdoğan will never defeat the fight for democracy 

  “We will resist the way we have resisted for a hundred years. We will continue to defend the struggle for democracy, ecology, women’s freedom, human rights, democratic justice, equality, and peace.”
• Arrest warrants for 105 people, house raids in at least 5 cities 

  Arrest warrants were issued in Amed for 105 people, and more than 100 houses were raided in many cities.
• 4 people sent to prison in Patnos, 14 taken into custody in Istanbul 

  Four of the 6 people taken into custody in Patnos, province of Ağrı over the weekend were jailed. In Istanbul, 14 people were detained in the operation targeting the United Revolutionary Party and Dev-Guç members.
• Activists in Bensheim condemn murder of Deniz Poyraz 

  The killing of HDP member Deniz Poyraz following an attack on the HDP Izmir Bureau, was condemned in an action held in Bensheim, in Germany.
• Mother of Seve Demir visits the condolence tent for Poyraz 

  Sakine Demir, mother of Seve Demir who was murdered in Silopi in 2016, visited the condolences tent put up for Deniz Poyraz.
• HDP: The closure case against our party has been made official 

  The HDP said that "with the deadly armed attack against the HDP Izmir Provincial Building and the resulting death of a young woman still fresh in peoples’ memories, the closure case against our party has been made official."
• Sancar: We will not allow the closure of the HDP 

  HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar called the proceedings to ban his party a "political campaign”, stating that the indictment was not prepared by the public prosecutor's office, but by the MHP and the presidential palace.
• NGOs condemn the deadly attack against HDP 

  31 associations and federations, led by KAYY-DER, have condemned the attack against the Peoples’ Democratic Parts (HDP) calling for expanding the struggle.
• Spanish government to grant pardon to Catalan independence leaders 

  While the convicts will be released from prison with the pardon in question, exempt from their remaining sentences, the government does not want to pay attention to calls for a general amnesty that would erase their crime completely.
• EU delegation visits HDP İzmir headquarter 

  European Union (EU) delegation has visited the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) İzmir headquarter where party employee Deniz Poyraz was murdered last week.
• Lawyers file another application to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• Call for International Day of Action "Defend Kurdistan" on July 3 

  Call for a day of action on the occasion of the international initiative "DEFEND KURDISTAN against the Turkish occupation!".
• 3rd hearing of Kobani Trial resumes 

  The sixth sitting of the third hearing in the Kobani Trial has started in Ankara on Monday.
• Constitutional Court accepts indictment to close the HDP 

  In a hurry, the Constitutional Court of Turkey examined the closure case against the HDP and accepted indictment, rejecting to seize party’s assets.
• Police threaten Deniz Poyraz's family 

  Abdülillah Poyraz, father of Deniz Poyraz, who was murdered in HDP Izmir Provincial Building, was threatened by the police.
• Memorial for HPG guerrillas Devrim Brusk and Çiyajîn Zagros in Geneva 

  HPG guerrillas Devrim Brusk (Hanım Bozkur) and Çiyajîn Zagros (Pınar Demir), who fell as martyrs in an airstrike in Lêlikan in Xakurkê in June 2017, were commemorated with an event in Geneva.
• Fire in the forest of Mount Cudi 

  A fire broke out in the forest of Mount Cudi, beyond the village of Kösreli in Silopi, province of Şırnak. The fire, which broke out in the evening, continues.