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• Turkey among first five countries for users of drugs 

  The Trends and Developments report published the EMCDDA’s latest analysis of the drug situation in Europe.
• AKP members provoke Kurdish families living in Alanya 

  In Alanya, a group of AKP members went in front of the Kurdish families' houses and attempted to provoke them with a fire they lit.
• HDP and Green Left Party: Our people voted against the one-man regime 

  HDP and Greens and Left Future Party said Kurds voted against the one-man regime.
• Kurds once again say 'no' to Erdoğan  

  AKP President Tayyip Erdoğan lost votes in Kurdistan once again in the second round of the Presidential elections.
• Erdogan elected President  

  YSK chair Ahmet Yener announced that Tayyip Erdoğan was elected President with 99.43 percent of the votes counted.
• Erdoğan’s first speech full of threats 

  The presidential candidate of the People's Alliance, Tayyip Erdoğan, said: "We will be together until the grave."
• YSK announces results with 75.42% of ballot boxes opened  

  The YSK announced results with 75.42 percent of ballot boxes opened
• Voting for presidential election ends, counting begins in Turkey 

  Two weeks after the first round, the presidential election in Turkey, around 61 million eligible voters were called to cast their ballots and thus decide who will govern the country for the next five years.
• People attacked by the police and prevented from voting in Cizre 

  The second round of the presidential election is marked by a series of irregularities and attacks.
• Attacks and irregularities at several polling stations 

  Reports are coming through of attacks on election observers protesting against block voting, especially in the Kurdish region.
• Attacks on Maxmur protested in London and The Hague 

  The attacks on Maxmur were protested in London and The Hague.
• Buldan: One vote can change the destiny of the country 

  HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan cast her vote and said, "One vote can change many things. It can change the destiny of the country."
• First irregularities registered in Yalova  

  It was reported from Çınarcık in Yalova district that envelopes with ballot papers that do not belong to the polling station were found in the ballot boxes.
• Emine and Ferit Şenyaşar: Reclaim your will, reclaim our future 

  Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit cast their vote in Urfa.
• Green Left Party co-speakers urge everyone to protect the ballot boxes 

  The co-speakers of the Green Left Party, Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar and Ibrahim Akın, have cast their votes. They called on voters to use their voice and protect the ballot boxes from fraud.
• Activists in Basel protest attacks on Maxmur 

  The Swiss Democratic Kurdish Council (CDK-S) and the Swiss Kurdish Women's Movement (YJK-S) organized an action for Maxmur Camp in Basel.
• Polling stations open in Turkey 

  The second round of the presidential election in Turkey began. The polling stations were open at 8 am local time. AKP-MHP government leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu are running to become the next president.
• Green Left Party Spokesperson: We will vote to defeat fascism and overthrow the one-man regime 

  Green Left Party spokesperson Ibrahim Akin calls for Turkish President Erdoğan to be voted out of office, saying: “First we will stop the fascism of the government and then we will continue our struggle for democracy with a stronger breath."
• Delegation meets UNHCR representative in Geneva, demanding action for Maxmur 

  Swiss politician and doctor Beppe Savary-Borioli, together with representatives of the Kurdish community, called on the UNHCR in Geneva to fulfil its commitment to the Maxmur refugee camp besieged by the Iraqi military.
• Kurdish artists call on people to go to the polls tomorrow to "build a new future" 

  Kurdish artists Hemid Urmiye and Hozan Kawa called on people to go to the polls and vote for the Erdoğan regime to go.
• Activists in Aarau protest siege of Maxmur Camp 

  The siege by the Iraqi army on the Martyr Rûstem Cudi Refugee Camp in Maxmur, was protested in Aarau, in Switzerland.
• Twenty-one HDK members sent to prison 

  Twenty-one of the 24 HDK members taken into custody in Tekirdağ were arrested.
• Activists in Bern demand release of young activists detained  

  Politician Nejdet Atalay spoke in Bern at the action in solidarity with Maxmur camp. He said: "The attacks against Maxmur are against all Kurds." and demanded the release of the young people detained in the Iraqi Consulate.
• Kurdish politicians call on people to go to the polls on Sunday 

  Two days before the run-off vote for the presidency in Turkey, Kurdish politicians called on people to go to the polls, saying: “If the AKP and Erdoğan win again, society in Turkey will continue to be deprived of the air to breathe.”
• Kurdish activists protesting for Maxmur in Bern detained 

  Police detained Kurdish activists who staged a protest at the Iraqi Consulate in Bern in solidarity with the Kurdish refugee camp in Maxmur under Iraqi siege.