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• HDP Youth: We will hold those responsible for Deniz Poyraz murder to account 

  HDP Izmir Youth Assemblies said, "We will held those responsible to account for this killing," during the march they organized in Kadifekale for party member Deniz Poyraz.
• Kurdistan People's Initiative condemns killing of HDP member 

  The Kurdistan People's Initiative issued a statement condemning the killing of HDP member Deniz Poyraz at the HDP Izmir Provincial building on Thursday morning.
• Syriza condemns killing of Deniz Poyraz and attack on HDP 

  Syriza-Progressive Alliance condemned the heinous murderous attack at the offices of the HDP in Izmir, in which party executive, Deniz Poyraz, lost her life.
• Fehime Poyraz: I will keep my head up 

  Fehime Poyraz is the mother of Deniz Poyraz, the young woman murdered on Thursday in the HDP Izmir Provincial building. As she was receiving guests expressing their condolences, she said, “I won’t cry, I will keep my head up.”
• South Kurdistan artists and organisation call for an end to the Turkish attacks  

  Artists, organizations and political parties in South Kurdistan organized a march to demand the end of the Turkish state's invasion attacks.
• Family and HDP executives take remains of Deniz Poyraz from Forensic Medicine Institute 

  The body of Deniz Poyraz, who was killed in the attack carried out today on the HDP Izmir provincial building, was taken from the ATK.
• KON-MED: Everyone should urgently take to the streets 

  The Confederation of Kurdistan Communities in Germany (KON-MED) called on everyone to take to the streets to protest the fascist assault against the HDP and added that the Turkish state is responsible for the assault.
• Attack on HDP in Izmir: Images from the crime scene emerge 

  HDP member Deniz Poyraz was murdered today by a Turkish fascist at the party headquarters in Izmir. Now images of the crime scene have emerged, showing numerous bullet holes in the premises.
• S&D Group expresses solidarity with HDP against attacks 

  The Socialists and Democrats condemn the attack on the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) offices, and murder of Deniz Poyraz in Turkey.
• Sancar: A massacre was planned in Izmir 

  A board meeting was to be held today at the HDP headquarters in Izmir. HDP Co-Chairman Mithat Sancar believes that a massacre was planned there. HDP member Deniz Poyraz, who was killed in the attack, will be buried on Friday.
• HDP: İzmir attack is a result of the government’s criminalization policy 

  HDP invites the democratic international community to put pressure on the Turkish government to stop the criminalization policy against the HDP and prevent the attacks on its members and party offices.
• International reactions after murder of HDP member in Turkey 

  HDP member Deniz Poyraz has been murdered by a Turkish fascist in the party headquarters in İzmir province. The deadly attack represents a high point in the attacks on the HDP and has been met with strong reactions worldwide.
• Photos of the murderer of HDP member reveal AKP/MHP connection 

  Photographs of Onur Gencer, who murdered HDP member Deniz Poyraz in İzmir, show his relations with the AKP/MHP government.Based on the murderer’s social media accounts, it is understood that he is not an ordinary person and did plan the attack beforehand.
• KCDK-E: Everyone should take to the streets and embrace the HDP 

  KCDK-E condemned the murder of HDP member Deniz Poyraz and said, "The fascist AKP-MHP government and Minister of the Interior Süleyman Soylu that constantly target the HDP are responsible for the attack."
• HDP MP Çepni: Ministry of Interior responsible for the attack 

  HDP deputy Murat Çepni said that the attack on the HDP İzmir headquarters was directly organized by the Ministry of Interior.
• Body of HDP member killed in İzmir taken to Forensic Medicine Institute 

  HDP member Deniz Poyraz was killed during the attack on the İzmir provincial building of the party earlier today.
• Mother of murdered HDP member: One Deniz is gone, a thousand Deniz will come 

  The mother of HDP member Deniz Poyraz who was killed during the attack on the İzmir headquarters of the party earlier today, said, “The Kurdish people are always standing, they will always be standing. One Deniz is gone but a thousand will come.”
• MP Taşçıer: Closure case against the HDP will remain inconclusive 

  “They want to remove a party that received 12 percent of the vote from the parliament. We had managed to enter the parliament independently when we did not stand as a party anyway. We do not have a problem in entering the parliament," said MP Taşçıer.
• Armed attack on HDP Izmir Headquarters kills a party member 

  The building of the Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) İzmir Headquarters was raided and set on fire by ‘unidentified people’.
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign stands in solidarity with "Defend Kurdistan" 

  Peace in Kurdistan stands in solidarity with the people of South Kurdistan and the Kurdish resistance battling against the forces of the Turkish State and expresses support to the International initiative "Defend Kurdistan".
• Commemoration for Berkin Elvan: Child killers are protected 

  Berkin Elvan is the youngest victim of the 2013 Gezi uprising. The boy was 14 when he was seriously injured by a gas cartridge fired by police on the sidelines of the protests. After 269 days in a coma, he passed away.
• IPPNW calls on Germany to work for a peaceful solution to the Kurdish question 

  IPPNW condemns the Turkish military operations in South Kurdistan, which are contrary to international law, and the obstruction of the international peace delegation. Gisela Penteker calls on the Germany to work consistently for a peaceful solution.
• Kobanê Trial: People took to the streets because of ISIS brutality 

  Defendant Bircan Yorulmaz said that the government created a misperception that “people were out on the streets following the HDP's call as if there was no human tragedy in Syria and women were not being gang-raped.”
• Öcalan's lawyers file new application to visit their client 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned in Imrali for 22 years under heavy isolation.
• British union GFTU organises webinar on Kurdish issue today 

  The GFTU is organising a special webinar on the Kurdish issue today at 18:30 BST, featuring HDP co-spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Hişyar Ozsoy and numerous other HDP representatives.