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• Labor and Freedom Alliance carries out election work in Baden-Württemberg and Bayern 

  In the states of Baden-Württemberg and Bayern, the Labor and Freedom Alliance Election Commissions, which included hundreds of people, held a press conference and called on everyone to the polls between 27 April and 9 May.
• HDP and Green Left Party Van candidates meet press representatives  

  The HDP and Green Left Party Van Provincial Executives came together with the press representatives working in Van at an iftar dinner.
• Message from jailed politicians Ayla Akat Ata and Sebahat Tuncel 

  Jailed politicians Ayla Akat Ata and Sebahat Tuncel said from prison that the path to democracy and freedom will be established by the Green Left Party in the 14 May elections.
• Over 64 million people eligible to vote in elections in Turkey and abroad 

  On 14 May 2023, Turkey will elect a new president and parliament. According to the Supreme Election Board, more than 60 million people are eligible to vote in Turkey and over 3 million abroad.
• Iran invites Saudi King to visit Tehran 

  Iran has invited Saudi Arabia's King Salman to visit Tehran. President Ebrahim Raisi said this was in return for an invitation he had received to Riyadh.
• Green Left Party Candidate Saki: Not a single vote should be wasted 

  Özgül Saki, one of the candidates of the Green Left Party for Istanbul, who defines herself as a 'socialist feminist', urged voters to go to the polls, adding: "It is of vital importance to win as many deputies as possible."
• FARC dissidents 'ready' for peace talks 

  The EMC dissident group announced that “our delegates to the dialogue table with the Colombian government are ready for May 16."
• Boz: We will work for the Kurds to have a political status 

  Sümeyye Boz, a female candidate of the Green Left Party for Muş province, said that "We will advocate education in mother language and a political status for the Kurds."
• Emergency Committee for Rojava to hold meeting on Wednesday 

  The Emergency Committee for Rojava will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday.
• Clashes continue in Sudan: Nearly 100 civilians killed 

  Violence between the army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces continued overnight into its third day.
• Gökalp: We will stand against rights violations 

  Green Left Party Bitlis candidate Semra Çağlar Gökalp said that they will stand against violations, and that they will work for the abolition of unequal and unjust execution laws and for the passing of laws that protect human dignity.
• Uçar: We will get rid of the AKP-MHP regime 

  Speaking at the opening of the Green Left Party's women's election office in Van, Co-spokesperson Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar said that the AKP-MHP regime will go and the Green Left will begin a new era.
• ISIS killed 41 people in Syria on Sunday 

  It has been reported that 41 people, 24 of them civilians, were killed in the attacks carried out by ISIS gangs against truffles pickers and shepherds in Syria on Sunday. It was also stated that 250 sheep were killed.
• Meeting in Lorient to talk about upcoming elections in Turkey 

  Politician Agirî held a meeting in Lorient to talk about the upcoming elections in Turkey. "Our people should go to this election supporting the guerrillas and the Leader."
• Çiçek says young people can make a difference on 14 May  

  Cengiz Çiçek is the Green Left Party's (YSP) first candidate in Istanbul's second constituency. He comes from Dersim and describes himself as a socialist from an Alevi-Kurdish working-class family.
• Rally in Marseille demands “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  Kurds and their friends staged a “Great Freedom Rally” promoted by the Democratic Kurdish Community Center (DTKM) in Marseille.
• Green Left Party Candidate: We are working to get 8 deputies elected in Van 

  The former co-chair of the HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party) Edremit district branch, Mahmut Dindar, contests the May 14 parliamentary elections as a candidate of the YPS (Green Left Party).
• Abdullah Öcalan’s book "Sociology of Freedom" presented in Milan 

  The Italian edition of Abdullah Öcalan’s Sociology of Freedom was presented in Milan on 15 April. All profits will be sent to the people of Kurdistan hit by the earthquake.
• Green Left Party Candidate Burcugül Çubuk: We are on the eve of a historic victory 

  Green Left Party candidate Burcugül Çubuk said that they are on the verge of a historic victory against the war waged by the fascist government against the Turkish and Kurdish people.
• CDK-F condemns sentences inflicted on 11 Kurdish activists in Paris 

  On 14 April 2023, the Paris Criminal Court delivered its verdict in the case of 11 Kurdish activists accused of belonging to the PKK, inflicting sentences from 3 to 5 years in prison.
• Activists in London demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan  

  "The freedom of Abdullah Öcalan is the freedom of the peoples of the Middle East" said activists at a march in London.
• Bayik: We demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Thousands of people demonstrated in Düsseldorf on Saturday demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan. At the final rally, after several speeches, a message from Cemil Bayik (KCK) was played to the crowd.
• Green Left Party opens office in Lausanne 

  At the opening of the Green Left Party's office in Lausanne, a call was made to voters in Europe to go to the polls.
• Activists in Vienna protest isolation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  A march was held in Vienna against the isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Thousands rally in Düsseldorf for “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  Thousands of people from all over Germany and nearby countries rally in Düsseldorf for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.