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Northern Cyprus Parliament has issued a decision to call on the European Union for Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which is planned to be built in Turkey, to be halted.

54 student organizations from the METU have denounced university presidency’s ban of Pride Parade. LGBTIs from the METU have called on everybody to join the Pride Parade for tomorrow.

President Erdoğan said, “In case our nations say ‘enough’, we will step aside’; 2 million “enough” tweets have been posted; the word has taken the first place worldwide on Twitter.

May 1 meeting is taking place in Maltepe, İstanbul.

Those to attend May 1 Labor Day demonstration in Maltepe has departed. The participants will come to the area from three sides.

The Union of Actors and Actresses has made a call to the May 1 Labor Day with a video, where the members of the union have stated, “On May 1, we will not be at movie sets, theaters stages or studios, but at squares” and read out the poem “We Will See Beautiful Days.”

Barriers have been brought to roads leading to İstiklal Street and Taksim square, which will be closed on May 1. Labor organization will hold the May 1 meeting in Maltepe.

Demonstrations were staged in 30 cities across the world for Sur and Hasankeyf on April 28, Global Hasankeyf Demonstration day. Protesters opened stands and carried banners in cities such as Berlin, London, Stockholm.

After it was closed in 2007, the Ministry of Justice has given the use of Divriği Prison to Divriği Hacı Bektaş Veli Association for 30 years. The association will use the building as a djemevi.

As many as 200 participants from 62 provinces in Turkey and six countries are being hosted at a forum organized by the Sivil Düşün EU Program in Ankara.

The “We Don’t Want Nuclear Power Plant in Sinop” demonstration to be held by Sinop Anti-Nuclear Platform this weekend in Sinop has been banned. HDP’s Çepni has said, “No government can stand with such prohibitive policies”.