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• Voting for the second round of presidential election continues in Berlin 

  Voters in Berlin are flocking to polling stations on the third day of the voting in the second round of Turkey’s presidential election.
• Greek ruling right-wing party wins elections, falling short of outright majority  

  The ruling right-wing New Democracy party won the general election held in Greece on Sunday, surpassing all expectations. However, since an outright majority could not be achieved, the country will go to a second vote.
• Voting process in Switzerland registers high turnout 

  Voting for the second round of the presidential election in Turkey continues in Switzerland. A high turnout was registered.
• Free Women’s Movement: We won't surrender our hope, future and freedom to tyranny and fascism 

  The Free Women’s Movement called on women to go to the polls on 28 May.
• Police take 19 people into custody in 5 cities 

  19 people were detained in a police political operation launched in 5 cities on the grounds of the Newroz celebration.
• People go to cast their vote in high numbers in Berlin 

  People go to cast their vote for the presidential run-off elections in high numbers in Berlin.
• Campus Witches make "purple chain for life" in Izmir against misogynistic AKP-MHP politics  

  Campus Witches formed a "purple chain for life" in Izmir against misogynistic politics and called on people to vote and make Erdogan lose in the second round of the presidential elections.
• KCDK-E: We call on everyone to support the resistance of the people of Maxmur  

  Saluting the resistance of the people of Maxmur against the siege, the KCDK-E said: "We call on our people living abroad to be sensitive and to support the people of Maxmur."
• Sinn Féin is biggest party in local government 

  The final seats have been declared in the council election, with Sinn Fein emerging as the biggest party for the first time in local government.
• Baydemir calls on voters abroad to go to the polls  

  Kurdish politician Osman Baydemir called on voters abroad to go to the polls and vote against those who want to institutionalize absolute fascism.
• Higher number of voters in Switzerland on first day 

  On the first day, 18,894 people cast their votes in 31 polling stations set up for the presidential election in Switzerland.
• Migrant Workers Union established in Britain  

  The Migrant Workers Union was established in Britain to defend the rights of Turkish and Kurdish workers.
• Voting continues in Melbourne 

  Long queues were formed on Saturday morning in Melbourne, when people went to vote for the second turn of the presidential elections.
• Voting begins in Italy  

  In Italy, where Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu received 73.85 percent of the votes in the first round of the presidential elections, the people went to vote for the second round hoping to increase the rate to 80 percent.
• ‘We will respond to the fascist government stronger on May 28’ 

  "In the second round, we can do better and defeat the existing oppressive government. We will continue to develop the struggle further,” said the Green Left Party Amed (Diyarbakır) Provincial Co-Spokesperson Abbas Şahin.
• Counting resumes with Sinn Fein on course to become largest party in local elections 

  Counting is resuming in the local government election, as the new shape of the North of Ireland’s council chambers begins to emerge.
• Piroğlu: We will win on 28 May 

  HDP Istanbul MP Musa Piroğlu said: "We have faced this government and similar ones many times. Erdoğan will eventually lose".
• Young activists hold rally in Hannover demanding freedom for Öcalan 

  Young activists held a rally in Hannover under the leadership of TCŞ, to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Work for second turn of elections continues in Duisburg  

  The Alliance for Labor and Freedom Duisburg Election Platform is working to ensure maximum participation in the second round of the presidential election.
• Four Syrian soldiers killed in Manbij following Turkish attack 

  As a result of the Turkish state bombing a military base belonging to the Damascus government in Manbij, 4 Damascus government soldiers lost their lives.
• Green Left Party in Switzerland starts campaign for runoff election 

  The Green Left Party and Labour and Freedom alliance in Switzerland have stepped up preparations for the second round of the presidential election in Turkey scheduled for May 28.
• HDP and Green Left Party: We are determined to make the regime lose in the runoff 

  Announcing their objectives for the coming days, the HDP and Green Left Party said: “We are here, and we are strong! We will continue our struggle to build the broadest democracy alliance in Turkey and push back fascism.”
• Memorial event in London pays tribute to May Martyrs 

  An event was held in London to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs who fell in May.
• Assad arrives in Saudi Arabia to attend Arab League summit 

  After about a decade of isolation, Syria’s Bashar al-Assad is attending a major international meeting for the first time at the Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia.
• ‘We will make Erdoğan and fascism lose in the second round of election’ 

  The European Election Coordination of the Green Left Party called on voters to go to the polls in the second round of the presidential election.