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• President of BastA: Öcalan’s isolation must end with his freedom 

  Swiss Party BastA [Enough! Strong Alternative of Basel] President Martin Flückiger stated that the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan must end immediately.
• Kobanê solidarity enforces ‘the corridor’ 

  After the European Parliament conference on the reconstruction of Kobanê, more than 40 local and international civil society organizations and political groups rolled up their sleeves.
• KJK Coordination Member: Let's resist the mentality that burned Madımak 

  KJK Coordination Member stated that ISIS gangs and the perpetrators of the Sivas Massacre share the same mentality, and argued that future attacks on language, culture, ethics and politics could be repelled by a strong and serious resistance.
• Russian researchers: The Middle East’s future depended on Kurds 

  Russian researchers stated that Kurds in Turkey have initiated AKP’s decline and emphasized the importance of an HDP success in the June 7 General Elections.
• KJK Executive Council member: Vote for HDP for a free life and future 

  KJK Executive Council member Leyla Agirî called on the people of Van, first and foremost the women, to take ownership of their honour and future.
• HPG Commander: Those who tried to provoke in Xinêre failed 

  HPG Commander Serhat Erzurum evaluated the details of the conflict that took place on May 24 between Democratic Party of Iran peshmergas and HPG-YJA Star guerrillas in Medya Defense Areas.
• KCK Council member: AKP’s İmralı policy will have the opposite effect 

  KCK General Council member Elif Ronahi said that that the government's approach to the leader reflected its approach to the process of resolution. “If isolating him is an electoral ploy, it will rebound," she added.
• PDKI peshmerga: Guerrillas bandaged our wounds in Xinêre 

  Between May 10 and 24, peshmergas from the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) wanted to enter territories where PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) guerrillas had already been positioned.
• Karayılan: We will not act until after the elections 

  People’s Defence Center (HPG) Commander Murat Karayılan emphasized that they will not use violence especially until after the elections, despite the military’s daily activities in rural parts of northern Kurdistan.
• Bayık: HDP will realise a democratic revolution 

  KCK Executive Council Co-president Cemil Bayık said the HDP and the democratic forces united under its umbrella are the only force that can transcend the current logjam in the Turkish regime.
• YPG's Tel Abyad operation and AKP's fear 

  Those who have seen the film 'Beritan' will recognise Rubar Beyar. Rubar played a guerrilla commander in the film. It's the only film he's appeared in and it was not a difficult role for him as in a way he was playing his own life....
• Önder: AKP isolating Mr Öcalan as a ‘precaution’ 

  HDP Ankara candidate Sırrı Süreyya Önder said the state delegation had met Mr Öcalan, but not disclosed any details about the meeting. He said the AKP was uncomfortable with the HDP’s election campaign and was isolating Mr Öcalan as a ‘precaution.’
• Hozat: Our people in Europe's votes are key 

  KCK Executive Council Co-president Bese Hozat said the votes of Kurds in Europe would ensure the HDP pass the electoral threshold on 7 June.
• Karasu: This will be an election that will create a revolution 

  KCK Executive Council member Mustafa Karasu said: “If the people of Dersim and the Alevi Kurdish population wants to live free and autonomously they should work for the success of the HDP.”
• Turkish family: MIT members took our son to Syria to join ISIS 

  Family Gözlemecioğlu living in Turkish capital Ankara told that their son was deceived and taken to Syria to join ISIS by members of the Turkish intelligence agency (MIT) one year ago.
• Kalkan: Even a single vote matters, everyone should vote - PART III 

  Now, all peoples in Turkey should unite and bring about a democratic revolution on June 7, 2015, says PKK Executive Committee member Duran Kalkan.
• Bayık: A surprise outcome by HDP depends on European votes 

  KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council Co-President Cemil Bayık called on voters in Europe to go to the polls for general elections and work in a spirit of mobilization till 31 May.
• Kalkan: AKP preparing to join the war in Iraq – PART II 

  PKK Executive Committee member Duran Kalkan stated that Tayyip Erdoğan’s position and policies bring Turkey closer to a period of conflict and war.
• Kalkan: AKP began a new series of attacks - PART I 

  PKK Executive Committee member Duran Kalkan stated that the AKP and the Turkish Army, through their military and police attacks, have brought a de-facto end to the ceasefire that had begun following the Newroz of 2013.
• Uca: I will be the voice of the women sold in the slave markets 

  HDP Amed parliamentary candidate Feleknas Uca said she would endeavour to be the voice of women sold by ISIS in slave markets. Uca said: “We will win all the seats in Amed”.
• David Graeber: I appreciate and agree with Öcalan 

  Prof. David Graeber said he had been to Rojava and described what he had seen there as a revolution. He praised Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and said he agreed with his ideas.
• Middle Eastern power plays and the People's Spring 

  One place in the Middle East has managed to hold on to the revolutionary promise of the People's Spring. Rojava succumbed neither to the regime nor to the fundamentalists.
• Gerger: Kurdish question is the binding element between Turkey and Iran 

  Middle East expert Haluk Gerger commented on Turkish President Erdoğan's visit to Iran, emphasising that the fundamental common factor in Iranian-Turkish relations is the Kurdish question.
• The Rojava Resistance: Rebirth of the anti-capitalist struggle 

  The hope and idea in Rojava might be able to lead to something that is bigger than Kurdistan or the Middle East. It can lead to a new beginning in revolutionary undertakings around the globe.
• Mayor of Kobanê: We told about the Rojava model at CLRA meeting 

  The mayor of Kobanê Mustafa Abdi held a speech at the meeting of the Bureau of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the European Council (CLRA) telling the general features of the model of democratic autonomy practiced in Rojava.