Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Delal Amed and Besta Martyrs Revolutionary campaign, on March 23 at 13.30, our forces carried out an action against the intelligence officers who were positioned between Meina and Mulê villages in Siirt's Mawa area.

A vehicle with high-ranking MIT members were hit at close range. The car was overturned after heavy strikes. Our forces killed 3 intelligence agents in the vehicle and have seized 3 AK-47 weapons and 5 magazines, 150 bullets, 1 camera, ID and many documents.

After the action, the occupying Turkish army carried out airdrops to the area with a large number of Sikorsky helicopters amid intensive technical support. On March 24, there were intense conflicts which erupted between our forces and the enemy. Many of the enemy soldiers were killed in these conflicts, and our comrades Canşêr and Şoreş, who fought heroically against the enemy forces fell martyrs by detonating their own bombs in order to not be captured by the enemy after being wounded. The operation was withdrawn on March 26th. During the operation, invading forces raided the village of Mulê and pressured the villagers.

The ID information of our martyr comrades is as following: 

Nom de Guerre: Canşêr Raman Name - Surname: Haydar Topkan Place of Birth: Batman Mother’s - Father's Name: Fahriye - Halil Date and Place of Martyrdom: March 24, 2018 / Siirt

Canşêr – Haydar Topkan

Nom de Guerre: Şoreş Xeyri Name - Surname: Mahmut Ibiş Place of Birth: Kobani Mother’s - Father’s Name: Feride - Muhammed Date and Place of Martyrdom: March 24, 2018 / Siirt

Şoreş – Mahmut İbiş

 2. On April 14, at 16.50 hours, our forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army soldiers deployed on the Lêlîkan hill in the territory of Southern Kurdistan. Five soldiers were killed in this action where enemy positions and tents were hit effectively.

3. On April 14, at 10:40, our guerrilla forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army deployed on the Elişêr hill in Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova) district. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in the action could not be clarified.

 At the same day, at 12.30, our forces carried out an action targeting the occupying forces positioned in the valley of Deştanê in Hakkâri’s Çelê (Çukruca) district. In the action, the number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarified.

 On March 30, our forces carried out a sabotage action targeting an armoured vehicle of the occupying Turkish army between the Wargenima outpost and the Tempo hill in Gever (Yüksekova) district. Four soldiers were identified killed in the action.

April 15, 2018

HPG Press Centre