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• Turkish army forced to retreat from Bermize 

  The Turkish invasion plan was disrupted by people and guerrillas
• The development of health care in Makhmur 

  The refugee camp Makhmur in Southern Kurdistan has been working under difficult conditions since the 1990s to provide the population with optimum health care despite the lack of conditions.
• Southern Kurdistan youth calls for uprising against occupation 

  Patriotic Youth’s Movement has mobilized and called for uprising against the Turkish state’s occupation attacks against Southern Kurdistan.
• Congratulatory address to the guerrillas in Hakurk 

  People’s Defense Central Headquarters Command issued a congratulatory address to the guerrillas in Xakurkê (Hakurk) over their actions against the Turkish army.
• Turkish air raid on a village in southern Kurdistan 

  The Turkish Air Force has bombed the village of Bêdehê in southern Kurdistan. Among other things, a historic mill was destroyed. The inhabitants of the village are angry.
• Journey from captivity to the mountains of freedom 

  Guerrilla Dilêr Amed tells ANF about his way out of prison to the Kurdistan mountains.
• Attack on kolbars and kesibkars 

  Iranian regime forces continue their attacks on kolbars (load carriers for daily wage) and kesibkars (border traders) at the border between eastern and southern Kurdistan.
• “Turkish incursion into Kurdistan violates international laws" 

  Referring to the Turkish army’s incursion into the Kurdistan region’s territory, the Coalition of Democracy and Justice remarked that the sovereignty of Iraq and the region should be respected.
• 8 artists detained in Amed and Van 

  8 people including musicians and theater players have been detained by the police in Amed and Van.
• Gerîla TV releases footage from 5 assassination actions 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from 5 separate assassination actions carried out by guerrillas against the Turkish troops in southern Kurdistan between 11 and 19 May.
• HPG actions in Amed and Hakkari 

  Seven Turkish soldiers died in Amed and a Turkish agent in Hakkari.
• Members of KRG Parliament against Turkish occupation 

  Members of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Parliament urged the Government of the Iraqi National Assembly and the KRG to take on the responsibility to force Turkey to withdraw its forces from Iraq.
• AKP’s fear of Hakkari: Month-long ban 

  All demonstrations and public events have been banned in Hakkari for 30 days.
• People refuse to take the coal AKP distributed in Van 

  The Van Governorate and the AKP Province Branch are conducting the election efforts together.
• Ballot boxes to be moved in Mardin too 

  In Mardin, 143 ballot boxes where the HDP had won 73% of the vote are being moved.
• 21 HDP-DBP members detained in Erzurum 

  21 HDP-DBP members have been taken into custody in Karayazı district of Erzurum.
• Heavy blow inflicted on invaders in Bradost, southern Kurdistan 

  Guerrillas of the HPG (People’s Defense Forces) and YJA-Star (Free Women’s Troops) continue their actions against the invading Turkish army in southern and northern Kurdistan.
• 13 more HDP members detained in Mardin 

  13 people including polling clerks for HDP have been taken into custody following house raids in Mardin’s Artuklu district since yesterday.
• AKP police raid a home, torture people in Cizre 

  Turkish police raided the home of two young men murdered in 2015, torturing and detaining the brothers of slain civilians.
• Turkish soldiers torture shepherds in Şemdinli 

  Two shepherds in Şemdinli have been tortured by Turkish soldiers. The shepherds were discovered unconscious and left to die.
• HSM: “Kurdish people will achieve the goal of free Kurdistan” 

  HSM Headquarters Command issued a message for the 14th anniversary of the June 1, 2014 lunge and said, “The Kurdish people will manage to achieve the goal of a free Kurdistan and a democratic Middle East.”
• HPG reports continued actions against the Turkish army 

  Within the scope of the Martyr Pîroz and Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign, guerrilla forces carried out actions against the invading Turkish army.
• Gerîla TV releases new footage from an action 

  Gerîla TV published new footage from the action HPG guerrillas carried out against Turkish soldiers in the Barzan region on May 13.
• 26 years old kolbar killed in Rojhilat 

  Iranian pasdarans attacked kolbars with firearms near the Meshero village in Penciwen’s Germik town. A kolbar named Kamil Muradi was killed in the attack.
• At least 10 Turkish soldiers killed in Bradost 

  Guerrillas hit the Turkish troops in Bradost area in northern Iraq, southern Kurdistan.