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• Seven arrested in Bismil 

  Out of 12 people who had been detained in house raids in Bismil district of Amed early Wednesday, 11 were referred to Bismil Courthouse after procedures at prosecutor's office.
• There is no Kurdish problem, just a problem with ‘Q’ 

  A family in the Sason district of Batman province wanted to register the name of its newly-born daughter as “Helqîs”, but the registrar refused to allow the name because it contained the letter ‘Q’, which does not exist in Turkish.
• Demirtaş: We will create our country 

  HDP Co-president Demirtaş spoke at a rally yesterday in Dersim, saying: "7 June will see the end of the AKP and the beginning of our march. Now is the time to create our country.”
• AKP Başkale branch resigns and joins HDP 

  The executive committee of the AKP branch in Başkale district of Van has resigned from the AKP and joined the HDP.
• Election Board rejects HDP application for impartiality of elections 

  HDP has applied to the Supreme Election Board twice to denounce that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan violated the constitution and impartiality of elections in his remarks during the rallies he has recently attended.
• More attacks on HDP in Ankara 

  The HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) is facing further attacks across Turkey as the government continues pointing it as a target in the pre-election process.
• HDP election office attacked in Elazığ 

  As attacks on HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) continue across Turkey, the party's election office in Doğukent neighborhood of Elazığ has also been targeted late last night.
• Aysel Doğan: We will succeed 

  The KJA Coordination has visited Peace Envoy and sick prisoner Aysel Doğan. Doğan called for solidarity with Kobanê and Sinjar and election campaigning to be stepped up.
• Four civilians killed in Hasekê attack 

  The attack ISIS gangs launched against Hasekê city of Cizîrê Canton earlier today has left four civilians dead.
• MEYADER representative wounded in Ağrı provocation arrested 

  MEYADER Ağrı branch representative Cenap İlboğa who was wounded in the operation of Turkish soldiers at Tendürek area of Ağrı on 11 April has been formally arrested.
• Genoa municipality recognises Rojava as sister region 

  The Genoa municipality in Italy has accepted a motion calling for the recognition of the Democratic Autonomous Kurdish Regions in Rojava. According to this decision, the municipality will provide solidarity and humanitarian aid to Rojava.
• PYD officially at UN talks 

  UN special Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura has begun talks with Syrian opposition forces in Geneva as part of efforts to reach a solution to the crisis in the country. The PYD is attending the talks with a three person delegation.
• Forty three years ago, Deniz, Yusuf, Hüseyin 

  Forty three years ago, on 6 May 1972, Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Huseyin Inan were hanged in Ankara.
• Operations against gangs in Kobanê and Cizîre 

  The YPG Press Office has said in a written statement that YPG/YPJ forces launched operations against ISIS gangs in the Kobanê and Cizîre (Jazireh) cantons of Rojava.
• Turkish military increases operations 

  The People’s Defence Forces, HPG Press Office has reported in a written statement that the Turkish army increasingly continues military operations.
• People prevent military operation in Tutak 

  The operation that the Turkish soldiers attempted to launch on Qertavin Mountain in the rural area of Tutak district of Agrı has been prevented by the local people who flocked to the scene.
• Ilboga, wounded in Tendürek, has been detained 

  Cenap Ilboga, the MEYADER Agri branch representative who was wounded in the operation launched by Turkish soldiers in Tendurek, Agri, has been detained after being discharged from hospital.
• Rome recognises Kobanê as a ‘sister city’ 

  The Municipality of Rome has taken the decision to recognise the Kobanê municipality as a ‘sister city’. Councillor Gianluca Peciola said the resistance and the new system they had developed were influential in the taking of this decision.
• 20 people detained on May Day formally arrested 

  20 of the 240 people who were detained during May Day demonstrations in Istanbul have been formally arrested by a court.
• Racist attack on HDP youths in Isparta 

  A nationalist and racist group attacked a group of HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) youths involved in election campaign in the western province of Isparta.
• Another attack on HDP in Osmaniye 

  As attacks on HDP members, supporters and election offices continue going unpunished in line with the ongoing provocative statements of the AKP officials, the party is facing further attacks in almost all cities and districts across Turkey every day.
• 5 Kurdish politicians arrested in Başkale 

  5 DBP and HDP executives were arrested for allegedly “obstructing political party activities”, “driving people to hatred and grudge”.
• Kürkçü: Attack on HDP in Uşak is police-backed 

  HDP İzmir MP candidate Ertuğrul Kürkçü said the attack on HDP in Uşak was carried out by not local people but an outside group backed by police.
• ‘Erdoğan's insistence on dams the same as ISIS massacres’ 

  Environmentalists have reacted to Turkish President Erdoğan's comment in Batman that he was bringing the ‘good news’ that Hasankeyf would be submerged.
• Buldan: 'Process of resolution' has come to a halt 

  HDP MP Pervin Buldan spoke at the congress of the Democratic Kurdish Community Centre in Frankfurt, calling for continuing campaigning for the elections on 7 June.