Press Release

1.  Within the scope of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaigns, our forces carried out actions against the occupying Turkish army in Hakkari and Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) district.

On June 29, at 14.30, our forces targeted a convoy of armored vehicles of the occupying Turkish army near the Biyadır area at the entrance of Çelê district moving from Hakkari center to the Çelê district. A Kirpi-type armoured vehicle was targeted and as a result of the effective hits, the military vehicle was damaged. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in the action could not be determined.

After the action, the invading Turkish army closed the road of Çelê - Hakkari to traffic for a long time.

On June 29, at 10:00, our forces targeted enemy soldiers on the Martyr Xeyri hill of the Çelê district. As a result of the hits, one soldier has been identified killed. After the action, a drone-type unmanned aerial vehicle, which performed reconnaissance flight over the area, has also been hit by our forces. As a result of the hits the drone was downed.

At the same day, at 17.30, our forces organized an action against the enemy soldiers deployed on the Martyr Mazlum hill in Çelê district. One enemy soldier has been identified killed in the action and one soldier was wounded.

2. On June 29, between 16.30 and 17.00 hours, the warplanes belonging to the occupying Turkish army bombed the Mamreşo hill in Avasin region of the Medya Defense Zones. The same day, the warplanes bombed the area of Karker at the same region at 17.30 hours.

June 30, 2017

HPG Press Centre