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• Four people detained in Mersin 

  HDP and artists have been targeted in today’s political genocide operations in the province of Mersin in southern Turkey.
• YPS claims responsibility for actions in Istanbul and Rize 

  YPS Martyr Çeko Çatak Revenge Unit carried out actions in Istanbul and Rize.
• Revenge Units carry out actions in Van and Istanbul 

  Revenge Units carried out new actions in Van and Istanbul.
• 156 workers die in May in their workplace 

  Since the beginning of 2020, at least 737 workers lost their lives in work-related incidents.
• Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers apply to visit their client in Imrali 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan have applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to visit their client.
• Protest in Borlänge against Turkey's attacks on the Kurds 

  Kurds are taking to the streets against the genocidal practices of the Turkish regime against the Kurdish people.
• Police detain 6 people in Amed 

  Six people, including TUAY-DER co-chair Mehmet Emin Guzel, were detained in new political genocide operations in Amed.
• Seven people jailed in Adana 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide continues unabated.
• Turkey’s death toll from coronavirus rises to 4,711 

  39,361 people were tested today, 989 being positive, while 3,411 have recovered.
• TSSA trade union in solidarity with HDP 

  Growing international solidarity with the HDP against the political genocide of the Turkish regime targeting elected representatives of the Kurdish people.
• Police take six people into custody in Amed 

  Six of the eight people issued with an arrest warrant in Amed have been taken into custody.
• March against racist attack by German police in Bielefeld 

  A crowded march was held on Sunday evening in Bielefeld to protest the racist police attack and detention of two black young people sitting in a park on Saturday.
• AKP-MHP coup protested in Frankfurt 

  Protests against the Turkish state’s political genocide campaign against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continue across Europe.
• FCK holds second congress in Germany 

  The Bayer and Baden-Württemberg state congress was held on Sunday.
• Turkey’s coronavirus cases exceed 170,000 

  23 people have died of coronavirus in Turkey today, bringing the death toll recorded since March to 4,692.
• Demo against racism and the Turkish regime in Hildesheim 

  Kurds also took part in the protest against racism in Hildesheim, Germany.
• EU to provide Turkey's Erdogan regime with 485 million euros 

  The blackmailing of the EU with the "refugee card" by the Erdogan regime has once again achieved a result. Brussels assures Ankara of an aid package of 485 million euros.
• Switzerland rejects extradition of alleged "PKK cadre” to Germany 

  Switzerland has rejected an extradition request by Germany for an alleged "PKK cadre". According to the judgement, there is a lack of criminal liability, as the PKK appears as a political party or a movement of resistance and independence.
• "No Justice, No Peace!" in Hamburg and Nuremberg 

  After the racist murder of George Floyd in the US, rage sweeps around the globe. Across Germany, tens of thousands of people took to the streets against racism and police violence, including in Nuremberg and Hamburg.
• Five detained in Amed 

  Five people were taken into custody in Amed (Diyarbakır) early in the morning.
• OPEC and its allies agree to reduce oil production till 31 July 

  The OPEC said: "Member Countries reaffirmed their continued focus on fundamentals for a stable and balanced oil market, in the interests of producers, consumers, and the global economy."
• Protests in many Kurdish cities against new political coup 

  New protests have been held in Turkey against the detention on Thursday night of HDP MPs Leyla Güven and Musa Farisoğulları after been stripped of their parliamentary immunity.
• Activists in Europe protest political coup leading to MPs arrest 

  Protests against the political coup in the Turkish parliament were organised in many European cities.
• AvEG-Kon and ATIK call for actions against political coup  

  The European Confederation of Oppressed Immigrants (AvEG-Kon) and the European Confederation of Workers from Turkey (ATIK), issued statements on the political coup witnessed in the Turkish Parliament on Thursday.
• Children of Fire carry out actions in Izmir and Bursa 

  The Children of Fire Initiative carried out two actions in Izmir and Bursa.