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• Armed action against a Gendarme outpost in Giresun 

  An armed action was carried out against a Gendarme outpost in Giresun’s Güce district.
• AKP looking for mercenaries in coffee houses 

  The AKP can’t find soldiers to be used in the dirty war in Kurdistan waged via the Turkish state in line with the denial and annihilation policies even for money.
• DBP co-chair Yüksek transferred to Adana F Type Prison 

  Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Co-President Kamuran Yüksek who was jailed this morning in Amed has been transferred to Adana F Type Closed Prison.
• HDP: We will pay the price but not surrender 

  HDP described the arrest of DBP Co-President Kamuran Yüksek as ‘a result of intimidation policies’ and emphasized that they would pay the price for democratization but not surrender.
• Blast near military facility in Istanbul 

  A car bomb exploded near a military facility in Sancektepe district of Istanbul Thursday afternoon.
• Erdoğan finally confesses: Dictators spill blood 

  Erdoğan, the perpetrator of massacres in Kurdistan, stated that ‘dictators and tyrants spill blood.’
• Lawyers: The UN’s Cizre investigation may extend to the Hague 

  Lawyers pointed out that with the UN statement on Cizre, it is apparent that the Turkish state can not evade prosecution and said that the issue could extend to the Hague.
• EP opens discussion on Turkey’s visa issue 

  The EP will discuss the visa liberation for citizens of Turkey tonight in the general assembly. Disregarding Turkey’s stake, the EP wants AKP to fulfill their duties. EP group chairs are also reactive against the attempts at eliminating HDP.
• Bianet launches Kurdish service 

  The Independent Communication Network (Bianet) has started publishing in Kurdish.
• 'Prison-break' service for ISIS members jailed in Kocaeli 

  Five ISIS members imprisoned in Kocaeli have escaped from jail.
• HDK Europe calls for strong participation in demos on May 16 

  HDK (Peoples' Democratic Congress) Europe Initiative issued a call for strong participation in demonstrations to be held with the slogan “Don’t touch the will of the people and our voice in the Parliament” on May 16.
• German artists protest Erdoğan 

  A group of artists in the German capital Berlin protested Turkish President Erdoğan with photographs depicting a red and white arm band and a Hitler moustache projected onto the walls of the Turkish embassy building.
• HDK Europe Initiative gathers in Brussels 

  HDK (Peoples' Democratic Congress) Europe Initiative held its second meeting in Brussels. Several campaigns were decided on in the meeting.
• Kurdish Week activities in Basque Country 

  Kobanê’s sister city Basque Country’s Gernika-Lumo town is holding Kurdish Week activities.
• Anti-fascist march in Düsseldorf 

  The Turkish fascist group holding a march in support of the state’s attacks on the Kurdish people and the policies of massacre was protested by Kurdistani people and their friends.
• PACE committee to visit Kurdistan and Turkey for observations 

  A committee from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will come to Turkey in order to observe the running of democratic institutions. The committee will begin its visits today, and stay in Turkey until May 12.
• Swedish Left Party to work to remove PKK from the terror list 

  The Left Party congress held in Sweden’s Örebro city decided to work to have the PKK removed from the list of terrorist organisations.
• HBDH claims responsibility for the action in Giresun 

  HBDH announced that its members carried out the action against the Gendarme Base in Giresun’s Çaldağ region. HBDH stated that 3 gendarmes died during the action and the Base Commander got critically injured and later died at a hospital.
• Kurdish boxer Özen wins Intercontinental Middleweight Championship 

  Kurdish boxer İsmail Özen defeated his opponent and won the Intercontinental Middleweight Championship in Hamburg.
• Rojava Representation Office opens in Berlin 

  Rojava Democratic Autonomous Administration has opened a representation office in German capital Berlin.
• Isolation of Öcalan protested on the historic Le Mont-Saint-Michel Island 

  Kurdish youth protested the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan on the historic Le Mont-Saint-Michel Island located in Normandy, France.
• Anti-fascism march in Düsseldorf against Turkish state's war crimes 

  NAV-DEM called upon everyone to participate in the march against fascism that will be held in Düsseldorf on May 8 to stop Turkish state's war crimes.
• Turkish intelligence MIT sets up centers on İlmintar and Kilis border 

  Turkish national intelligence service MIT has set up centers in Hewar Kilis village-Ilmintar and Kilis-Azaz El Rai lines.
• PKK: Let's enhance the struggle for ending AKP fascism 

  PKK Executive Committee marked the execution of Turkish revolutionaries and called upon everyone that wanted to live freely to unite their forces and expand the struggle for ending AKP fascism during the new period of resistance.
• Rojava Representation Office to open in Berlin today 

  A Representation Office of Rojava Autonomous Administration will be opened in Germany’s capital Berlin today.