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Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Pîroz and Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign, our forces carried out a sabotage action against the invading Turkish army soldiers positioned the Martyr Rozerin hill on September 29.

One soldier was killed and a large number of soldiers were wounded in the action. Following the action, the invading Turkish army bombed the hillsides of the Martyr Rozerin hill with helicopters and carried away dead and wounded soldiers from the area with Sikorsky helicopters.

2. In our statement dated 19 September 2018, we shared the information that on September 16 the invading Turkish army had launched an operation in the area of Martyr Mizgin in Bitlis and our comrade Pir Şahan had been martyred after heroically fighting against the enemy forces until his very last bullet. The ID information our comrade Pir Şahan is as following:

Nom de Guerre: Şahan Serhildan

Name - Surname: Ferhat Çetiner

Place of Birth: Urfa

Mother’s Father’s name: Hatice – Mehmet Fahri

Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 16, 2018 / Bitlis

Pir – Ferhat Çetiner

 

3. In our statement dated September 24, 2018, we shared the information that on September 22 the invading Turkish army had launched an operation in the vicinity of Zengasor Village in the Lice district of Amed and that two of our comrades had reached martyrdom in the conflicts during the operation. The ID information of our comrades who fell as maryrs are as following:

Nom de Guerre: Didar Serhat

Name - Surname: Meryem Doğan

Place of Birth: Kars

Mother’s Father’s name: Bediha – Mehmet

Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 24, 2018 / Amed

Didar – Meryem Doğan

Nom de Guerre: Göksun Fırat

Name - Surname: Hasret Börte

Place of Birth: Amed

Mother’s Father’s name: Kevser – Mehmet Sait

Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 24, 2018 / Amed

Göksun – Hasret Börta

4. The invading Turkish army’s warplanes have bombed the Medya Defence Zones. Within this scope;

On September 28, at 23.40, the Geliyê Avaşin area in Avashin region was bombed, and on September 29, between 21.00 and 21.30, the surroundings of Hefttebax village in Garê region and Çiyayê Reş area in the Zap region were bombed.

 

September 30, 2018

HPG Press Centre