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• From the theater stage to the political arena 

  Actor  Barış Atay has been elected deputy for Antakya
• Remziye Tosun: I'll be the voice of Sur women 

  New HDP candidate is one of the 13 new women elected
• Women of the HDP 

  The party confirmed high number of women deputies
• Different identities enter Parliament with the HDP 

  New candidates from all sections of society made up the HDP group in Parliament
• A doctor in Amed enters Parliament for the HDP 

  Selçuk Mizraklı is one of the first confirmed elected deputies of the HDP
• Elections’ possible scenarios 

  What results could be expected
• 56 million voters called to the polls 

  Station polls open in Turkey for historic elections.
• KCK’s Bayik: Erdoğan’ lies won’t fool anyone 

  KCK Cemil Bayik said the elections are a chance for democracy and freedom.
• KCK's Karasu: AKP is lying to the people about Qandil 

  KCK's Karasu pointed out that the AKP is lying to the people about Qandil and that they are only striking empty lands. Karasu said: “Erdoğan lies as the elections draw near. This is a sign that the AKP will fall on June 24.”
• AKP’s fear of the HDP: Murders, arrests, attacks, torture 

  The AKP-MHP fascism has attempted to hold the HDP in its grip throughout the election process. Party members have been detained, arrested, tortured and killed. Party activity was stonewalled everywhere.
• Parliamentary election factsheet 

  On Sunday democracy is at stake in Turkey.
• The Presidential Elections Factsheet 

  Who are the candidates of this most unfair elections and how the HDP turned adversity into a creative and bold campaign?
• PKK’s Karayılan: An attack on Qandil will bring about a big war 

  Murat Karayilan commented in a television interview with Stêrk TV on Erdoğan's campaign tactics and on the announced military operation by the Turkish army against the Qandil region.
• Autopsy for Suruç: Murdered with 23 bullets and sharp objects 

  The Mesopotamia Agency has obtained the autopsy report for the father and brothers murdered by AKP members in Suruç. Celal and Adil Şenyaşar were killed by gunshot at close range, while the father Esvet Şenyaşar was lynched with sharp objects.
• HPG Commander: “We won’t allow Turkey to advance in the South” 

  HPG Command Council Member Amed Malazgirt stated that they will never allow the Turkish state to advance in Southern Kurdistan. Malazgirt stressed that they have had no casualties in airstrikes.
• Emine Şenyaşar tells how her husband and two sons were killed 

  Mother Emine Şenyaşar whose sons were murdered by AKP members told how her husband was also killed in front of her eyes.
• HDP MP Kürkçü: We want to stop Erdogan 'a la turca' fascism 

  HDP election campaign in spite of daily harassments, persecutions and attacks across the country unfolds like a peoples' festival
• What happened in Suruç? 

  Days before the June 24 elections in Urfa’s Suruç district, HDP voters were attacked by AKP members. 3 people lost their lives while 9 others were wounded. Chanting “PKK attack” in unison, the AKP media unwittingly made an admission.
• A portrait of the Bedouins of Raqqa 

  The Bedouins of Northern Syria resemble the nomadic Koçer Kurds.
• KJK’s Erzincan: HDP will say stop to AKP power and dictatorship 

  English version of the article by KJK (Kurdistan Women's Community) Coordination member Besê Erzincan about the June 24 presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey.
• Irish poet writes poem for the people of Afrin 

  Irish poet Séamas Carraher, who has written a poem for the people of Afrin, stated that Rojava is a huge experiment trying to put people and the planet first.
• A possible operation against Qandil 

  Let’s say military elements under the TAF did carry out an operation against Qandil. What would happen? What would such an operation bring? What would this operation need to achieve to be considered successful?
• KCK’s Mahir: AKP brought only destruction to this country 

  Hebun Mahir said that there is no democracy left in Turkey.
• Qandil and the decline of the Turkish regime 

  In the run-up to the elections in Turkey, there are increasing signs of a decline in the ruling AKP/MHP government. They seek the way out in a military operation in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Turkish intelligence looking to create chaos in Manbij 

  The Turkish state intensifies efforts to create internal chaos through intelligence, espionage and counter activity against Afrin.