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• TAF admits the helicopter was downed after the footage came to light 

  Although the HPG footage had already come to light, the TAF took a week to admit that a helicopter was downed by HPG members in Hakkari’s Çukurca district on May 13.
• The explosion in Diyarbakır and some questions awaiting answers... 

  The succession of events and the villagers’ statements to the press show that the state’s game is to have the villagers catch the guerillas in the truck dead or alive, and conducting a PR and perception operation over it.
• 1st round of voting on the constitutional amendment proposal completed 

  The parliament has finished voting on the first and second articles of the constitutional amendment proposal.
• HPG claims responsibility for the sabotage action in Istanbul 

  HPG claimed responsibility for the action that hit a military target in Istanbul on May 12.
• PYD Representative meets Russian FM Lavrov in Vienna 

  Rojava's PYD (Democratic Union Party) Representative in France Xalid Îsa and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Austria's capital Vienna yesterday.
• MEPs call on TBMM members to not support the lifting of immunities 

  Members of the European Parliament have signed a joint declaration calling upon members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey not to support the recent amendment on the lifting of the legislative immunity of 129 members of parliament out of 550.
• Kurds in Europe say “Hands off our will” 

  Kurds holding demonstrations in Berlin, Brussels, Den Haag and Helsinki protested AKP’s attacks on HDP with the slogan, “Hands off our will”.
• 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.