Press Release
1. On 27 September, the occupying Turkish army crossed into South Kurdistan and launched an operation against Tepê Xwedê and the surrounding area of Barzan region. The details of the operation where our guerrilla forces are responding and the violent conflicts experienced are as follows;
Tepê Xwedê, where the occupation army bombarded with howitzers and mortars, was where setdowns with Sikorsky-type helicopters were carried out. On the morning of September 27, occupying forces tried to advance to Bayrak Hill, which is in the same area. At 5.00, our guerrillas in the same region intervened in the enemy forces and there were violent conflicts which erupted in the area.
Another unit of the operation attempted to infiltrate onto the Koordine hill. This operation unit has also been hit effectively by our forces.
On the same day, at 18:00, our forces carried out an action targeting an enemy unit near the Bayrak hill. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in the conflict at close range could not be determined.
The enemy forces bombarded the surrounding area of Adil Beg with warplanes, Cobra-type helicopters, howitzers and mortars with the support of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) during the operation.
2. Within the second phase of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaign, our forces carried out actions against the occupying Turkish army in Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) and Şemzînan (Şemdinli) districts.
On September 25, at 01.30, a convoy of the occupying Turkish army heading from Çelê district to Hakkari, was targeted by our forces in Kesrokê area. Two Kirpi-type armoured vehicles in the convoy were targeted and struck effectively. More than 12 enemy soldiers were killed and 6 enemy soldiers were seriously wounded.
After the action, the occupying forces launched an operation in the area with the support of UAVs. The occupying forces that closed the road between Hakkari and Çelê bombed the area with Cobra-type attack helicopters, tanks, mortars and howitzers until September 26. As a result of these bombardments, three of our comrades fell martyrs in the area.
The ID information of our martyr comrades are as following;
Nom de Guerre: Şahan Masiro
Name- Surname: Süphan Bal
Place of Birth: Şırnak
Mother's- Father's Name: Behice - Cemil
Date and Place of Martyrdom: SEptember 26, 2017 / Hakkari
Nom de Guerre: Şiyar Yılmaz
Name- Surname: Rıdvan Balta
Place of Birth: Mersin
Mother's- Father's Name: Şefkinaz – Mehmet Nuri
Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 26, 2017 / Hakkari
Nom de Guerre: Tolhıldan Tekoşin
Name - Surname: Saliha Karahan
Place of Birth: Şırnak
Mother's- Father's Name: Hüsniye – Mehmet Selim
Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 26, 2017 / Hakkari
After the actions, the occupying forces bombed the area with howitzer and mortar shells.
On September 27, at 18.30, our forces carried out an assassination action against the soldiers deployed on Kurê Mızgeftê hill in Şemzînan. One enemy soldier was killed in the action.
3. The operation of the occupying Turkish army launched in Bederê, Bazidê, Xirbê Mişka and the area of Bagok martyrdom cemetery of Mardin's Bagok area on 25 September was withdrawn at 5:00 am on September 26 without any results.
4. On September 26, the occupying Turkish army launched a comprehensive operation in Qelanis area of Baykan province of Siirt, including the Toxe, Xacinan, Silind, Madalan, Xelika, Bılvanıs, Arinc villages, led by village guards Batman and Baykan and two thousand soldiers. The operation retreated on the evening of September 27th without any results.
5. On September 26, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation in the area of Martyr Fırat valley in Erzincan province. Between 15:00 and 17:30 hours, the invading forces with howitzers and mortars bombarded the area along side the support of UAVs, and extended the scope of the operation at 23:00 hours.
At 04:00 am on September 27, our forces organized an action against a unit of the operation on the Kajeri slopes in the Martyr Fırat valley. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in this action, where the soldiers were shot at close range, could not be determined. The invading forces which removed dead and wounded soldiers with sikorsy-type helicopters, bombarded the area with cobra-type attack helicopters in the morning.
The partially withdrawn operation continues in the form of ambush and exploration-type activities by the disguised units.
6. An action was carried out against one of the contra units of the occupying Turkish army leading operations in the Bitlis area on September 27, at 09.00. One contra was killed in the action which was carried out against the unit that carried out ambush activity near Xaçina village of Mutki district of Bitlis.
7. On September 27, warplanes of the occupying Turkish army bombarded the Korka hill from the Metina area of the Medya Defense Zones, and the Heft Tebax hill of the Gare area.
September 28, 2017
HPG Press Centre