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• Police takes three people into custody in Nusaybin 

  At least 3 people were detained during house raids in Nusaybin, in the province of Mardin.
• HDP in Kars, Ağrı and Patnos condemns trustees appointment 

  In Kars, Ağrı and Patnos, people protested the appointment of trustees to 5 HDP-run municipalities.
• PKK calls for 'stronger struggle for freedom and democracy' 

  The PKK Central Committee issued a call to mark the occasion of the 44th anniversary of Martyrs Day and Month. The PKK called on people to develop a stronger struggle for freedom and democracy against isolation and fascism.
• KOMAW in Dortmund protest Turkish attacks on funerals and graves 

  KOMAW called on the European states to not be part of Turkish attacks on martyrs and invasion attacks.
• Revenge Units attack base station in Istanbul 

  Revenge Units set fire to a base station in Istanbul. "We will reply to every brutality in Kurdistan. We will break your dirty hands," said the units to the AKP-MHP government.
• Prosecutor imposes confidentiality on co-mayors investigation  

  The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office of Siirt which is carrying out the investigation on the co-mayors detained on Friday, imposed confidentiality on the file.
• PES condemns seizure of HDP-run municipalities 

  Sergei Stanishev, President of the European Socialists Party (PES), the roof organisation of all social democratic and socialist parties in Europe, condemned the seizure of HDP-run municipalities.
• Young people in Stuttgart protest isolation of Öcalan 

  Young people in Stuttgart protested the isolation against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Actions target AKP collaborators in three cities 

  YPS / YPS-JIN Coordination announced that the Martyr Zeryan Marine Revenge Unit has carried out actions targeting collaborators in Adana, Istanbul and Bursa. 
• People in Siirt protest seizure of HDP municipality 

  People in Siirt protested the dismissal and arrest of the freely and democratically elected HDP co-mayors.
• Pervin Buldan calls to protest seizure of HDP-run municipalities 

  HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan addressed the government and said: "You won't  win those municipalities through elections in a thousand years. We will never say 'thank you'. We will never obey you. We will not kneel before you."
• HBDH: Martyrs are the polar star showing the way 

  The People's Joint Revolutionary Movement (HBDH) Steering Committee made a written statement celebrating the martyrs of the month of May.
• Two plainclothes police harass a person in the street 

  Ttwo plainclothes police wanted to fine a person for not wearing a sanitary mask on Turgut Özal Boulevard (Amed Street) in Batman, but ended up heavily harassing him.
• 22 bar associations condemn seizure of HDP-run municipalities 

  The seizure of the HDP-run municipalities of Siirt, Iğdır, Kurtalan, Baykan and Altinova was condemned by 22 bar associations.
• Children of Fire Initiative claims responsibility for new actions 

  The Children of Fire Initiative issued a written statement about the actions carried out in Adana, Düzce and Bursa.
• Activists in Europe protest seizure of HDP-run municipalities 

  The seizure of 5 HDP-run municipalities by the AKP-MHP alliance was protested in Hildesheim and Hamburg in Germany and in Den Haag (Netherlands).
• Young activists protest the embargo on Maxmur in front of the UN 

  The TCŞ and JCA activists organised a protest in front of the UN in Geneva to demand the lifting of the embargo imposed on Maxmur Camp.  
• 48 more people die of coronavirus in Turkey 

  Another 48 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey where 1,708 more cases have been detected and 2,103 people have recovered during the past 24 hours.
• HDP statement on the seizure of five more municipalities 

  We are fighting against two viruses simultaneously – COVID 19 and racist authoritarianism against the Kurds and their democratic will – both being severe public health issues, said the HDP.
• Families and lawyers apply to visit Imralı 

  The lawyers and families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners in Imralı filed a new application to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to be granted a visit to the island prison.
• People protesting the seizure of municipality attacked in Iğdır 

  The Turkish police used tear gas against demonstrators protesting against the deposition of the elected mayors in Iğdır. In the shadow of the Coronavirus crisis, the government has occupied five more Kurdish municipalities today.
• DBP: AKP occupies the municipalities it could not win 

  The HDP member party DBP said that the seizure of five municipalities today is a result of the AKP/MHP government's attempt to occupy by force those municipalities which it was unable to win through democratic elections.
• OPEC lowers its oil consume forecast for the next 7 months 

  The OPEC substantially lowers its forecast for oil consumption for the remaining months of 2020.
• HDP Iğdir MP Eksik: We will never accept the policy of trustees 

  Five more municipalities won by the HDP in the local elections on 31 March 2019 have been usurped by the Turkish government today.
• Altınova is the 5th municipality to be seized today - NEW 

  HDP won 65 municipalities, 3 of which metropolitan cities in the local elections of 31 March 2019. 45 municipalities have been seized and taken over by state-appointed trustees so far.