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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has announced that it will send 37 observers to Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Turkey, seven observers in the pre-election period and 30 observers to be on duty on election day.

HDP’s imprisoned presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş has addressed President Erdoğan through his tweets posted via his attorneys. Demirtaş has said, “I would also like to hear your opinions as to your favorite opponent forced to run his election campaign in prison.”

The European Parliament has announced that it will not observe the snap Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Turkey on June 24, 2018. The EP will also not comment on the process or results of the elections.

31 journalists have been nominated as MP candidates by seven political parties for the June 24 Parliamentary election.

21 of current 48 MPs have been nominated again. HDP co-Chair Temelli has nominated from Van. HDP’s former co-Chair Serpil Kemalbay has nominated from İzmir.

In a statement issued by the HDP, it has been stated that HDP’s imprisoned presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş’s demand for release has been rejected.

Political parties should present their list of MP candidates to the Supreme Election Board until 5 p.m. today for the elections to be held on June 24.

A group of academics from the Academics for Peace - Germany have written about the procedures preventing their right to vote that they encountered during the voter registration period at various consulates in Germany.