TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC
1-The clashes and guerrilla actions began on 17 August within the scope of our guerrilla operation in the Semdinli/Yuksekova line, still continues.
On 18 August at around 11:30 hour, our guerrillas carried out an action against the a military enemy reinceforcement conwoye made of 54 different type of military vehicles heading from Yuksekova to Sitazin and Oramar enemy military stations. The guerrilla action carried out from seven diffent wings and clashes continued until 15:30 hour. As a result of these action and clashes; while 1 Panzer, 1 Scorpian and 2 Reo type vehicles hit and destroyed, 2 other vehicles damaged by our guerrillas. Also, 14 enemy soldiers killed in these area.
Again, as a result of 2 hour clashes occurred with enemy forces nearby the Hill of Glord/Geliye Doski, which began at 12:00 hour, 4 enemy soldiers killed. Our guerrillas also carried out another action against enemy forces who left the Hill of Glord and positioned themselves on the Hill of Memiska, where 8 enemy soldiers killed and aftermath the guerrillas taken the control of the Hill. The number of killed and wounded enemy soldiers couldn’t be able to clerified in both the clashes occurred at Mergezere and Suware. Here, at 21:00 hour, while enemy forces carried away their corpses of killed and wounded soldiers with 7 sikorsky helicopters, time to time the clashes still continues in these areas.
During the 4 hour clashes occurred in between cobra type helicopters and our guerrillas, 1 cobra type helicopter hit by our guerrillas and repulsed within flames. We couldn’t be able to clerified what happened to this damaged helicopter.
After heawy blows against the occupier Turkish state army, its war-planes carried out air-bombardments on the Mnt. Carcele and the areas where clashes occurred, in between 17:30-18:30 and 22:00-23:00 hours. Also, the occupier Turkish state army also carrying out obus and mortar bombardments continuesly on the Mnt. Carcela and all the areas where clashes occurs, since morning hours of 17 August. As a result of these bombardments bush-fires began in these areas, which are still continues.
On 19 Agust in between 04:00-06:30 hours, the occupier Turkish state army carried out obus and mortar bombardments on the areas of Gire Ronahi, Merge and Hope/Semdinli.
Within the scope of our guerrillas’ Semdinli Operation, on 18 August at around 17:00 hour, our guerrillas carried out an action against an one of the enemy military unit keeping the security of Semdinli Brigade. As a result, 1 enemy soldier killed. Again, our guerrillas also carried out another action against the security Hill of the Gare Regiment. As a result of this action, all enemy targets have been hit effectively by our guerrillas, where many positions of enemy destroyed and damaged. Yet, the number of killed and wounded enemy couldn’t be able to clerified.
HPG Media and Communication Center
19. 08. 2012