Press Release

1. On October 4, the occupying Turkish army launched a comprehensive air-supported operation with the participation of Dêman, Tisê, Helankê and Meleyan village guards of Hakkari's Şemzînan (Şemdinli) district and Kampa Dê guards in Xumarok area. At 17.00 hours on the same day, our forces conducted actions against the operation units.

In these actions, two enemy soldiers, one of which was a Gendarmerie Special Operations (JÖH) member were killed and two soldiers were wounded.

After the action, the occupying forces removed dead and wounded soldiers from the area with armoured vehicles. The operation was partially withdrawn on October 5 and disguised units have been positioned in the area.

2. Within the scope of the second phase of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Muş revolutionary campaign, our forces organized an action against the invading Turkish army in the Petrut valley of Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) district on October 6. In the action, a scoop belonging to the enemy was destroyed, and the number of dead and wounded soldiers here could not be determined.

After the action, the invading forces bombed the area with howitzers and mortars, and launched an operation towards the evening hours. The operation was withdrawn inconclusively on the same day.

3. On October 5, around 23.30 hours, cobra-type attack helicopters belonging to the occupying Turkish army bombed the Babakan and Zel zones in Dersim. As a result of the bombardment, the fire which broke out in the field continues. The special war media has publicly reported false news that two guerrillas were martyred during the bombardment. We have not had any losses during any of these enemy bombings.

4. On October 2, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation in the Çardak area of ​​Hassa district of Hatay. The operation initiated in the area continues.

5. On the October 4, our guerrillas encountered with the occupying Turkish army near Eynık village in Kızılağaç area of ​​Karlıova district of Bingöl and entered into conflict with enemy forces. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in the conflict has not been determined. Our comrade Rizgar Amed, who fought heroically against enemy forces, has reached martyrdom in this conflict.

The ID information of our martyr comrade is as following;

Nom de Guerre: Rızgar Amed Name- Surname: Ümit Musaoğlu Place of Birth: Amed Mother's- Father's Name: Duriye - Önder Date and Place of Martyrdom: October 4,  / Bingöl

Rızgar – Ümit Musaoğlu

6. In our statement dated October 4, we shared the information that on September 28, at 18.00, our forces had carried out an action targeting an enemy unit in Deriyê Zerbil in the Kato Jirka area of Şırnak's Beytüssebap district and that four soldiers were killed here.

After the action, the occupying Turkish army had launched an operation in the area and one soldier had been killed in the conflict. In these conflicts, our two comrades fell as martyrs by fighting heroically against enemy forces.

The ID information of our martyr comrades are as following;

Nom de Guerre: Sidem Sivan Name- Surname: Sidem Reşo Place of Birth: Efrin Mother's- Father's Name: Neriman - Abidin Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 28, 2017 / Şırnak

Sidem – Sidem Reşo

Nom de Guerre: Tolhıldan Ağır Name- Surname: Sinan Bazar Place of Birth: Van Mother's- Father's Name: Şayeste – Mehmet Salih Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 28, 2017 / Şırnak

Tolhıldan – Sinan Bazar

October 7, 2017

HPG Press Centre