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• Policeman caught attempting to vote three times 

  A policeman was caught attempting to vote three times at Sokullu Mehmet Paşa Primary School in Dikmen district of Ankara.
• HDP observers attacked in Edirne 

  More reports are coming through about election frauds committed by the AKP across Turkey and North Kurdistan since the beginning of the voting as of early hours in the morning.
• Turkish state officials in Kurdistan work for AKP 

  State officials pressured HDP voters in Van and organized many election frauds.
• One detained in relation to the bomb attack in Amed 

  Diyarbakır (Amed) Governor's Office has announced that 1 person was detained in relation to the bomb attack conducted at the HDP rally in Amed two days ago.
• Syrian citizen caught voting illegally 

  A Syrian citizen has been caught voting illegally at Muratpaşa Ramazan Savaş Primary School in the southern province of Antalya.
• Police obstruct observers in Batman 

  Police obstruct observers in Batman and claim that their observation permit has been cancelled. HDP Crisis Desk contacted YSK regarding the issue.
• Ballot box irregularities 

  The AKP government has started to resort to election fraud as of the morning hours of the polling day as a follow-up of all its provocation attempts during the election campaign.
• A voter detained in Amed 

  A voter has been taken into custody before casting her vote in the main Kurdish city Amed.
• AKP supporters pressure and attack civilians in Kurdistan 

  With the support of Turkish state forces, AKP supporters pressure and attack civilians in Kurdistan.
• AKP-stamped ballots caught in Karşıyaka 

  Police caught AKP supporters who were carrying AKP-stamped ballots to Cemil Akyüz Primary School in İzmir, Karşıyaka.
• Election frauds in North Kurdistan 

  As voting began at 08:00 this morning, election frauds started in North Kurdistan.
• Demirtaş: I hope the votes will conduce to peace and freedom 

  HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş has cast his vote at Mevlana Secondary School in Sultanbeyli district of Istanbul.
• First election fraud by Turkish Airlines 

  Several Turkish Airlines planes that were scheduled to fly to Kurdistan from airports in Istanbul this morning took off earlier than their announced departure times, which prevented hundreds of citizens from voting.
• Crisis Desk announces the death toll: 3 dead and 402 wounded 

  According to the Crisis Desk report, 3 people died and 402 people got injured in Amed massacre. 16 of the wounded are still in critical condition.
• YPG: 31 gang members killed 

  YPG/YPJ killed 31 ISIS gang members and confiscated numerous military equipments in Rojava.
• Only 6 detained 3 days after the attack in Erzurum 

  Only 6 assailants from the mob that attacked the people joining HDP rally in Erzurum on 4 June and attempted to burn a person alive, have been detained today, 3 days after the attack.
• 12 years of AKP massacres 

  The attacks on HDP once again reveal the AKP plans to massacre civilians in order to stay in power.
• Prosecutor already obfuscates the investigation in Amed 

  Amed Public Prosecutor’s Office began to give signs of how the investigation in Amed will continue in future days. Prosecutors claimed that the death of 15 years-old Ramazan Yıldız is not connected with yesterday’s explosions.
• Aggravated isolation of Öcalan continues 

  HDP’s İmrali delegation last visited Öcalan on 5 April since when he has not been allowed to receive visits.
• Thousands flood to HDP rally field in Van 

  In the province of Van, where People’s Democratic Party, HDP, will hold its last election rally in the coming hours, tens of thousands have already started to flood to the rally field since the morning.
• KNK calls for vote for HDP to subvert the dirty game against the party 

  At least four people have died and hundreds have been injured in a deadly attack against the Kurdish people who gathered yesterday to support the HDP in the city of Amed days before the 7th June General Election.
• U.S: Airstrikes killing more than 1000 ISIS fighters a month 

  8 thousand ISIS members have so far been killed in Iraq and Syria in the airstrike campaign of the coalition forces since the beginning of the campaign in August 2014, according to the body count provided by an U.S General.
• Cluster bomb used in Amed massacre 

  As the Crime Scene investigation on Amed bombings continues, lawyers in the crime scene state that cluster bombs with thousands of small steel marbles were used in the massacre.
• DTK Health Assembly: 4 dead, 416 wounded in Amed 

  DTK (Democratic Society Congress) Health Assembly member Saliha Aydeniz has announced the figures of casualties from yesterday's twin bomb attacks at HDP rally in Amed.
• Khabur border gate closed to voters 

  It has been reported that KDP forces have closed the Khabur border gate between North and South Kurdistan to hundreds of people wanting to cross into Turkey to cast their votes for the general election tomorrow.