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• YPS claims responsibility for actions in 3 cities 

  YPS Martyr Zeryan Marine Revenge Unit members carried out actions in Şırnak, Urfa and Aydın against the collaborators of the AKP-MHP government.
• SOHR: 9,600 Turkish-backed mercenaries fighting in Libya 

  9,600 Turkish-backed mercenaries, including a group of non-Syrian mercenaries, have arrived in Libya while nearly 3,300 others arrived in Turkey to undergo training courses.
• 4.3-magnitude earthquake in Dersim 

  A 4.3-magnitude earthquake occurred in Dersim
• 31 summaries of proceedings issued for 19 HDP MPs 

  The Turkish government continues its political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives.
• Guerrilla corpses kidnapped from Garzan buried under sidewalk 

  At the end of 2017, the Turkish government ordered the devastation of the Garzan Cemetery of Martyrs and deported the remains of hundreds of guerrilla fighters to Istanbul. It came out that they were buried in plastic boxes under a pavement there.
• Turkey’s death toll from coronavirus rises to 4,249 

  Another 27 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey where 961 cases have been registered and 1,003 people have recovered during the past 24 hours.
• Police attack HDP politicians in Ankara again 

  In Ankara, HDP politicians have been attacked by the Turkish police again. Only yesterday, brutal arrests had taken place in front of the party headquarters.
• Activists in Toronto pay tribute to Martyrs of May 

  "We promise to embrace the martyrs' memories," said Youth Commission Spokesperson Özgür Güven.
• HDK issues a statement on the 1864 Circassian Genocide 

  HDK called upon the Russian Federation to ensure the Circassian people of the possibility to return to their historical land.
• Court rules to continue to keep HDP's Yüksekdağ in jail 

  The hearing of Figen Yüksekdağ, former co-chair of the HDP and in prison, was held today. The court decided to continue to keep Yüksekdağ in prison.
• HDP calls on Russia and Turkey to recognize Circassian genocide 

  HDP called on the Turkish and Russian governments to recognize the Circassian genocide and accept the rights of the Circassian people.
• ISIS new leader caught in Iraq? 

  Qardash is said to be one of the founders of ISIS, as well as the person who organized the genocidal attacks against Shengal.
• Young activists in Toulouse protest dismissal of HDP mayors 

  The AKP/MHP regime's seizure of the HDP-run municipalities was protested by Kurdish youth in the French city of Toulouse.
• Activists in Europe protest Turkish attacks on Kurdistan and HDP 

  New demonstrations in Germany against the Turkish state's attacks in South Kurdistan and against the HDP-run municipalities.
• Suruç Families Initiative demands justice 

  "We will not stop seeking justice for Suruç until everyone who had a role in the massacre is judged and light is finally shed on the massacre.”
• HDP's Çelik: Nobody can usurp people's will 

  Çelik said that telephone conversations she made with people who had been acquitted or who were on trial for “membership of the organization” were used as evidence of a crime in the investigation opened against her.
• Istanbul police attack group remembering revolutionaries 

  In Istanbul, police attacked a rally organised to commemorate the fallen revolutionaries of the 68 movement. Three people were arrested.
• Covid-19 cases exceed 150,000 in Turkey 

  Over four thousand people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey where 152,587 cases have been recorded in total.
• EFA calls on Turkey to suspend its anti-Kurdish policies 

  EFA said they support the HDP party and join its call on the international community to raise the voice of Kurdish people and to take action against the ‘trustee-regime’ policies and measures by the Turkish government.
• Nine detained in police attack against HDP in Ankara – NEW 

  Police attacked the HDP group that wanted to make a press statement in protest at the seizure of HDP-run municipalities in the Kurdish region.
• HDP MP: The risk of infection in prisons is extremely high 

  HDP deputy Zülehya Gülum warns against the spread of the coronavirus in Turkish prisons and demands immediate action, saying that the state would be responsible for any deaths in the contrary case.
• HDP Ankara branch co-chair battered and detained 

  The Turkish regime’s repression and attacks against the HDP continue increasingly.
• HDP's Ipekyüz: The AKP turned Covid-19 crisis into an opportunity 

  HDP Batman MP Ipekyüz said that the AKP government has turned the coronavirus pandemic into an opportunity to continue with its policy of seizing the HDP-run municipalities.
• UK unionist Dubbins: Role of Ocalan crucial for peace in Turkey 

  UK director of International and Research of UNITE the UNION, Simon Dubbins said Ocalan crucial for building peace in Turkey and the Middle East.
• Activists in Hamburg protest Turkey's policy against Kurds 

  Activists in Hamburg protested the attacks on Zinî Wertê carried out by the Turkish state as well as the dismissal and arrest of HDP mayors.