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• Kürkçü: Tayyip Erdoğan is afraid because he knows his sultanate will fall 

  “Tayyip Erdoğan is scared; he's afraid of the people, he's afraid that his sultanate will fall," said HDP honorary chair, Ertuğrul Kürkçü, at an election event of the Green Left Party in Berlin.
• Three people injured in attack on passenger bus from Batman in Alanya 

  Three people were injured as a result of the attack of a group on the passenger bus of Batman company in Alanya.
• Labor and Freedom Alliance held a rally in Paris 

  The Labor and Freedom Alliance held a rally in Paris.
• Istanbul governor bans Armenian Genocide commemoration event on April 24 

  “The Governor's Office has clearly shown that it is against the dynamics of democratization by banning our commemoration event,” said the April 24 Commemoration Platform, calling on the Governor's Office to abandon this decision.
• Türkdogan: Green Left Party is the guarantee for a democratic society 

  The renowned human rights lawyer Öztürk Türkdogan is running for a seat in Turkey's parliament for the Green Left Party in Istanbul. His greatest personal wish is to witness and participate in the building of a new peace process.
• People of Hakkari prepare to send 3 Green Left Party deputies to Parliament 

  Support for the Green Left Party is increasing in Hakkari, while the AKP can only count on its members.
• "Jin Jiyan Azadî" panel in Lausanne 

  A panel titled “Jin Jiyan Azadî” took place in the Palais de Rumine as part of the series of events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne.
• Green Left Party opens election office in Karlsruhe 

  The Green Left Party has opened an election office in Karlsruhe.
• Memorial for Armenian Genocide victims in Wuppertal 

  24 April is International Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide. The Wuppertal alliance "Gathe for everyone" is organizing a memorial in Gezi-Gathe-Park.
• Green Left Party urges people abroad to vote for them and get rid of the one-man regime 

  The European election coordination of the Green Left Party is urging the more than three million eligible voters abroad to vote against the one-man regime in Turkey.
• Labor and Freedom alliance opens election office in Stuttgart 

  The Labor and Freedom alliance opened an election office in Stuttgart, just days before the 14 May elections.
• Green Left Party Co-Spokespersons: Voters abroad should take responsibility 

  Green Left Party Co-Spokespersons urged voters living abroad to go to the polls to “change together.”
• Protest in Cyprus against threatened extradition of Kurdish politician to Germany 

  Activists protested in front of the Supreme Court of Cyprus against the decision to extradite Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz to Germany.
• Green Left Party seeks record high votes in Switzerland 

  The Green Left Party aims to get record high votes in Switzerland in the 14 May elections. The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) received the most votes in the 2018 elections.
• ‘Green Left Party represents hope not only for Alevis but for all minorities’ 

  Turgut Öker spoke to ANF about the election campaign in Turkey, the expectations of Alevis for the Green Left Party and the ruling party AKP's view of the Alevi community.
• HDP: The Kobani trial is a pretext to close the HDP and carry out systematic criminalisation 

  HDP stated that the Kobani case is closely linked with the closure case filed against the HDP, for which it serves as a pretext.
• Gülderen Varlı: We are working to get rid of the oppression imposed in Van 

  The Green Left Party candidate for Van, Gülderen Varlı, said they are working to get rid of the oppression of the state.
• Green Left Party Amed candidates say the one-man regime will fall 

  Green Left Party Amed candidates Sevilay Çelenk and Halide Türkoğlu said they would win against the AKP-MHP government.
• Green Left Party in Hakkari wants to send 3 deputies to Ankara 

  HDP Hakkari Provincial co-chair Hümeyra Armut said that with the Green Left Party, they aim to get 100 percent of the votes in the city and send 3 deputies to the parliament.
• Protests after raids of Kawa Federation and Democratic Society Center in Darmstadt 

  After the raids on the Kawa Federation and the Democratic Society Center in Darmstadt, as well as on several houses, protests were organized against the criminalization policy.
• Nicolas Walder: Only hope for regime change is the Kurdish movement 

  Swiss Greens Deputy Chair Nicolas Walder said that “the only hope for changing the current regime in Turkey is the attitude of the Kurdish movement. The votes of the Kurdish people will be decisive in these elections.”
• Fırtına: "I promise to work for a democratic republic  

  Green Left Party candidate Kerem Fırtına said: "I promise to work for the democratic republic without giving up and without taking a step back."
• Şenyaşar Family: We are waiting for the May 14 elections 

  "The government that has long persecuted us is about to go. We are waiting for the May 14 elections," said the Şenyaşar family holding a vigil in Urfa.
• HDP and Green Left Party: We can recreate our lives equally and freely 

  The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the Green Left Party released a message marking the Ramadan Feast, saying that "We are certain that we will turn this holiday into a double holiday on May 14."
• Swedish Left Party supports Green Left Party in Turkey’s elections 

  The Swedish Left Party (Vänster) announced its full support for the Green Left Party in the upcoming elections. The party will also send an observer delegation to monitor the elections on May 14.