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• “Turkey must lift state of emergency for credible elections" 

  “It is difficult to imagine how credible elections can be held in an environment where dissenting views and challenges to the ruling party are penalized so severely.”
• Millions say “Tamam" (Enough) to Turkey’s Erdoğan 

  After Turkish President Erdoğan said “If the nation says "tamam" ("enough") we will go”, millions of tweets were posted with the word “tamam”, which received great attention from global media.
• USD at record high, TL crashes 

  The dollar has broken another record this morning, rising to 4.3744 against the Turkish Lira.
• OSCE delegation visits HDP ahead of elections 

  An OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) delegation visited the HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party) yesterday. The agenda of the meeting was election security for June 24.
• Ararat centre in Rome risks eviction 

  The ‘house’ of Kurds in the Italian capital targeted by the former government of the city of Rome.
• Veli Saçılık applies for HDP candidacy 

  Sociologist and activist Veli Saçılık applied for candidature at the HDP in Ankara for the upcoming elections.
• Mass graves left behind by ISIS opened in Raqqa 

  A special unit under Raqqa Reconstruction Committee continues its efforts to establish mass graves and exhume dead bodies in Raqqa. 750 bodies have been exhumed so far.
• HDP’s Buldan: The people will pull the AKP plug off 

  HDP Co-Chair reiterated that the 24 June elections are a great chance to make a new start in Turkey.
• CHP’s presidential candidate to visit Demirtaş in prison 

  CHP presidential candidate Muharrem İnce will visit HDP presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş who is jailed in Edirne on Wednesday.
• Mural in solidarity with YPJ in Hamburg: Solidarity is a weapon 

  A new mural was unveiled in Hamburg’s Hafenstraße. A huge symbol of the YPJ, the Women's Defense Units of Rojava, was emblazoned on one of the houses.
• AKP’s children-in-uniform scandal seen again in Switzerland 

  Another one of the AKP’s so called “plays” where children are used for nationalist and religious propaganda has been staged in Switzerland with direct support from the Embassy.
• HDP’s Beştaş: AKP-MHP panicked 

  HDP Parliamentary Group Chair said AKP ‘Elections Manifesto’ is nothing but empty promises.
• SDF making advances in Deir ez-Zor 

  After relaunching operation Cizre Storm, SDF is taking control of wide areas.
• Iraqi MP candidate killed in his home in Mosul 

  Faruk Zırzur Cuburi, a candidate on Iyad Alavi’s list, has been killed in Mosul.
• European Alevi Unions Confederation: Alevis will support HDP 

  European Alevi Unions Confederation (AABK) issued a call for a joint struggle for the June 24 elecions and announced that they will be supporting the HDP.
• Kurdish MPs submit proposal to Iranian Parliament for Kolbars 

  Rojhilati MPs showed support for the boycott launched against Iran banning border trade and kolbars. The MPs submitted a proposal and said, “If the demands are not met, we will resign.”
• Deniz, Yusuf and Hüseyin honoured in Istanbul 

  Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin Inan were hanged 46 years ago.
• Final rush for Iraqi election campaign 

  Parties are organising last rallies before 12 May.
• 46 years ago, Deniz, Yusuf, Hüseyin 

  46 years ago, on 6 May 1972, Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Huseyin Inan were hanged in Ankara.
• Iraqi jets bomb ISIS positions in Syria 

  Iraqi warplanes shelled ISIS positions in Syria.
• People protest against violation of graveyards 

  Turkish forces and their mercenary allies are responsible for all sorts of crimes against humanity
• Rojava Youth Coordination to meet in South Kurdistan 

  Youth to discuss Middle East future
• “Boycott Tourism in Turkey” campaign launched in Munich 

  A stand was opened in the German city to explain why Turkey is not the best ethical destinations.
• 21.022 people killed on the job during AKP government 

  At least 575 workers have died on the job since the beginning of this year, while over 21.000 people have lost their lives in accidents dubbed “workplace murders”.
• Gang members attacked health workers in Aleppo 

  Turkey-linked gangs responsible for violence