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• 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.
• Civil disobedience action for Maxmur at Iraqi Consulate in Bern 

  Young Kurdish activists are protesting the Iraqi siege of Maxmur in a civil disobedience action at the Iraqi Consulate in Bern.
• Erçe: Our priority is to unseat Erdogan and to end the one-man regime 

  Pir Sultan Abdal Cultural Association Chair Cuma Erçe said that their priority was to unseat Tayyip Erdogan and to put an end to the one-man regime.
• Women in Maltepe call on women to go to the polls to defeat the one-man regime 

  Despite all the police's attempts to prevent it, Maltepe women marched from Marmaray Süreyya Beach Station to Maltepe Beşçeşmeler Square in Istanbul and called on everyone to get rid of the AKP-MHP regime.
• Women in Amed: We will get rid of the AKP-MHP regime on 28 May 

  Diyarbakir Network Against Violence called on all women, women's organizations, young people, democratic public opinion and all components of the social opposition to get rid of the one-man regime and raise the struggle on 28 May.
• HDP and Green Left Party: We will go to the polls and change the one-man regime 

  “The election we are facing is not a choice between Erdoğan and Kılıçdaroğlu. This election is our election. Our vote is once again in favour of democracy, change and transformation,” said the HDP and the Green Left Party.
• Hatimoğulları: Every vote is important. Every single vote counts 

  Green Left Party Adana MP Tülay Hatimoğulları called on the people to vote on 28 May to put an end to the one-man regime.
• Esengül Demir: Let's stop the one-man regime with strong participation 

  HDK co-spokesperson Esengül Demir said that more than 8 million voters did not go to the polls and added they expect them to vote in the second round to get rid of fascism.
• Record turnout in Switzerland for second round in Turkish presidential election 

  Voting in Switzerland for the second round of the presidential election in Turkey ended on Wednesday night. A record turnout was confirmed.
• Demo in solidarity with people of Maxmur in Solothurn 

  In an act of solidarity with the people of Maxmur in Solothurn, UN officials were asked to end the siege attempts of the camp by the Iraqi forces.
• Activists in Düsseldorf protest siege of Maxmur Camp 

  Gathering in Düsseldorf, the people called to increase the international struggle against attempts to besiege Maxmur.
• Peoples' Democratic Party and the Green Left Party to make statement today 

  The Peoples' Democratic Party and the Green Left Party will make a statement ahead of the second ballot in Turkey's presidential elections.
• Activists at Geneva vigil call for UN action against the blockade of Maxmur 

  Activists holding a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 2021 condemned the Iraqi blockade of Maxmur Refugee Camp in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) and called for UN action.
• Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg marks its 570th week 

  Three Kurdish patriots from Paris took over the vigil in Strasbourg, France carried out for the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurdish Freedom and Democracy Alliance calls on people to vote for a change and democracy 

  The Kurdish Freedom and Democracy Alliance said that they would support the main opposition’s presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the May 28 election.
• 12 musicians detained for participation in opening of Green Left Party election office  

  The Turkish government continues its campaign of political genocide in the run-up to the run-off elections. In Izmir, twelve musicians taking part in the opening of the Green Left Party election office have been detained on "terror" charges.
• 33 people in Urfa face an investigation over press statement 

  Urfa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation against 33 people over a press statement made on 25 April.