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• 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.
• KODAR: Roadmap for a solution in Iran 

  Co-chair of the East Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Movement (KODAR) Fûad Berîtan announced a roadmap to resolve the current crisis in Iran.
• Clash in Hani, one village guard killed 

  One village guard has died during a clash in the countryside of Amed (Diyarbakır).
• HPG: 20 Turkish soldiers killed in Lelikan, southern Kurdistan 

  Guerrillas carried out a large scale action against Hill Lelikan where Turkish troops are stationed in southern Kurdistan, northern Kurdistan.
• 13 detained in Amed for campaigning for HDP  

  The number of those detained in Amed today for involvement in campaign for the HDP ahead of June 24 elections, rose to 13.
• Governor of Van demands AKP votes from village headmen 

  The Governor of Van province held an “iftar dinner” for village headmen, which turned out to be a meeting to demand votes for the AKP.
• People campaigning for HDP detained in Amed 

  Six people campaigning for the HDP in Amed (Diyarbakır) have been detained.
• Guerrilla actions in Hakkari and Sidekan 

  Five Turkish soldiers died as a result of actions by Guerrillas.
• Ballot boxes in 68 neighborhoods combined in Amed 

  According to YSK’s decision, ballot boxes in 68 villages that have the “neighborhood” status will be combined. The ballot boxes in Lice will be moved to the police area.
• Armored vehicle kills another civilian in Dersim 

  An armored vehicle has killed 60 years old Hasan Hüseyin Çimen in Dersim.
• 224 ballots to be moved to "secure zones" in Van 

  The YSK has issued a decision to move 224 ballot boxes in Van.
• Deniz: “If Turkey wants to attack Qandil, they can be our guest!” 

  Responding to Turkey’s threats against Qandil, front commander in Xakûrkê Kendal Deniz said: “They can be our guest. We never reproached the Turkish state for attacking us.”
• Protest against Turkish invasion in Kirkuk 

  On occasion of 26 May Day of Action Against Turkish Invasion, people of Kirkuk protested against the Turkish state’s invasion attacks against Rojava (western) and Bashure (southern) Kurdistan.
• Nobody went to trustee’s fast-breaking dinner in Van 

  Not a single person went to the iftar (fast-breaking) dinner set up in the Yenimahalle neighborhood in Van’s İpekyolu district by the trustee-appointed Van Metropolitan Municipality.
• Attempts to move the ballots where HDP gets high votes 

  The governorate in Şırnak has demanded to move ballots from dozens of villages that have high concentrations of HDP voters. A similar appeal has also been made to the YSK in Hakkari.
• Participating in the struggle in the home front 

  The relentless resistance of HPG and YJA-Star guerrillas against the Turkish state invading the Bradost region continues.