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• YSK announces official results of elections 

  AKP has gained 258 seats in the parliament, followed by CHP with 132, and with HDP and MHP with 80 both. The elections witnessed participation by 83,92 percent.
• Demirtaş: Delegations must go to İmralı at once 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş said that they were open to coalition offers if their principles were accepted, and that they viewed KCK statements as contributions to the search for solution, democracy and peace in Turkey.
• IHD report: ISIS gangs crossed over into Turkey 

  Human Rights Association (İHD), stated that at least 50 ISIS gang members crossed over from Girê Spî to Turkey, and that the Turkish state did not follow upon the arrival of any of these gangs.
• 3 journalists asking Urfa governor to provide evidence detained 

  Three journalists were taken under custody after they asked Urfa Governor İzettin Küçük to provide evidence on his claims that PYD had caused civilians to escape from Girê Spî.
• Intense aerial activity by Turkish forces 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office issued a statement reporting that Turkish air forces carried out intense drone activities over guerrilla-controlled zones.
• Demirtaş: Hundreds of ISIS gangs await orders across Turkey 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş attended the commemoration event organized for civilians killed during the HDP rally in Amed, and stated that hundreds of ISIS gangs await orders across Turkey.
• Önder: Peace process must continue 

  İmralı Committee Spokesperson Sırrı Süreyya Önder spoke to journalists after the application the committee made to the Ministry of Justice for a meeting with Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Trial on Özgecan Aslan’s murder begins 

  First court hearing on the murder of Özgecan Aslan, the 20-year-old woman who was brutally killed by a minibus driver in Mersin on 11 February, started this morning in Tarsus 1st High Criminal Court.
• A child allegedly abducted by special operation teams in Amed 

  It has been reported that special operation teams have abducted a child of 16-17 years old in Amed where attacks of counter forces have increased in the last days.
• HDP forms a committee to avert provocations 

  HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) has taken urgent action to eliminate the chaos plan intended to be put into action over Kurds in the main Kurdish city Amed before and after the elections.
• Öcalan to be honoured with Scottish university accolade 

  The University of Strathclyde Students’ Association (USSA) in Scotland is to grant Honorary Life-Membership to Abdullah Öcalan, the founding member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
• EP Conference on transitional autonomous governance in Shengal 

  The ‘transitional autonomous governance in Shengal (Sinjar) against ISIS’ conference organized by the official European Parliament (EP) delegation on relations with Iraq received strong participation.
• European Parliament fully supports negotiations with PKK 

  European Parliament (EP) voted on its annual Turkey report, which was accepted by 432 votes to 93.
• Amed Police Commissioner claims there are no security weaknesses 

  Amed Provincial Police Commissioner Halis Böğürcü spoke for the first time on counter attacks in Amed, and claimed that there were no security weaknesses in the city.
• Simultaneous police raids on Equal Free Citizen Association offices 

  Instead of arresting counter forces who are roaming the streets of Amed city center and murdering civilians, Turkish police raids Equal Free Citizen Association offices.
• 7 detained in Amed 

  7 people have been detained in Amed, including 5 members of the 'Equal and Free Citizens' Association'.
• Demirtaş: Some are trying to incite a civil war 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş condemned the provocations in Amed and described the attempts to hold HDP responsible for the attacks as “flagrant and low.”
• 1 arrested in relation to double blast at HDP rally in Amed 

  A suspect who was detained in relation to the twin bomb attack at the HDP rally in Amed on 4 June has been remanded in custody.
• 1 more death after counter attacks in Amed 

  Fesih Çınar, who was shot on the back of his neck by counter-guerilla groups in Amed last night around 01:00, lost his life in the hospital where his treatment did not suffice to keep him alive.
• Amed Governor's Office says 6 detained 

  Diyarbakır Governor's Office announced that 6 people have been taken into custody in connection with the contra attacks going on since today afternoon.
• Demirtaş calls on Amed people to leave streets 

  HDP Co-president Selahattin Demirtaş said in a written statement about the armed provocations in Amed that; “A dirty plot is being staged in Diyarbakır with an aim to trigger an internal fighting. Our parties must act with patience and common sense.”
• Amed Governor's Office: 3 dead, 3 injured 

  Amed Governor's Office stated that 3 people died in the events that took place in the Şehitlik neighborhood of Amed’s Yenişehir district.
• 3 dead in provocation in Amed 

  Following the armed attack that targeted the president of the İHYA-DER Aytaç Baran, supporters of the Hüda-Par party killed 2 people and heavily wounded 2 others.
• YSK releases temporary results of elections 

  Turkish Supreme Election Board (YSK) stated that 45,119,570 voters cast their votes inside Turkey, 918,311 citizens went to the booths overseas, and 123,168 people voted at custom gates.
• Casualties reported in provocation in Amed 

  Following an armed attack that targeted the president of the İHYA-DER, known with close ties with the radical Islamist Hüda-Par (Free Cause Party), supporters of the party opened fire on workplaces in Şehitlik town where the incident took place.