Press Release

1. On September 20, at 5:00, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation led by contras between the village of Derahine (Uzungeçit) of the Qileban (Uludere) district of Şırnak and the Gite village of the Beytussebap district. Subsequently, the occupying forces raided houses in the Goma Çemê Xeçkê area and tortured villagers.

Within the scope of the Martyr Serdem and Martyr Nedem revolutionary campaign, on the same day, at 13:15, our forces carried out an action targeting a unit of operation. As a result of the effective hits, three soldiers were identified killed.

After the action, the occupying forces bombarded the area with howitzers and mortars. The operation in which the occupying forces were deployed on Gırê Dem and Boğaza Gosinê is still underway.

2. Within the scope of the Martyr Azad Farqin and Martyr Jînda Özgür revolutionary campaign, on September 20, at 09.30, our forces carried out an action in the Colemerg's (Hakkari) Çelê (Çukurca) district. Our forces targeted Girê outpost with heavy weapons from three arms. The number of dead amd wounded soldiers in the action could not be determined. Our action units withdrew securely from the area to their base.

3. On September 19, warplanes belonging to occupying forces had bombed the local people which came to the area for their garden and vineyard works and 10 civilians had lost their lives. On September 20, the occupying Turkish army directly targeted civilians by carring out air attacks on civilian settlements.

Within this scope;

Warplanes bombed at 22.45 hours the Şamkê village in the Zap region and its surroundings, at 22.30 the Mervanos area in the Avashin region, the Martyr Diren hill and Kiyê village. From 22.00 to 23.00 hours warplanes bombed the Hakkari hill in the Metina area. As a result of the bombardments, vineyards and gardens in the villages have been damaged.

4. The occupying Turkish army launched an invasion operation on the territory of Derik village of Muş province on the 5th of September. Our guerrillas encountering with a unit of the operation near Derik village have entered into conflict with enemy forces. Our guerrillas, which clashes with enemy forces for a day, have inflicted heavy blows on the enemy troops here.

In the conflict, our four comrades have been martyred by fighting heroically against enemy forces and one comrade has been captured in a severely wounded state.

The ID information of our martyr comrades are as following;

Nom de Guerre: Çiyager Ergani Name- Surname: Mehmet Sait Akın Place of Birth: Amed Mother's- Father's Name: Zehra - Ömer Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 6, 2017 /Muş

Çiyager – Mehmet Sait Akın

Nom de Guerre: Deniz Derelok Name- Surname: Rejin Sıtkı Place of Birth: Amediye Mother's- Father's Name: Marya - Sıtkı Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 6, 2017 /Muş

Deniz – Rejin Sıtkı

Nom de Guerre: Jiyan Andok Name- Surname: Bahar Menteş Place of Birth: Amed Mother's- Father's Name: Şükran - Fereş Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 6, 2017 /Muş

Jiyan – Bahar Menteş

Nom de Guerre: Koçer Cudi Name- Surname: Mehmet Elçik Place of Birth: Şırnak Mother's- Father's Name: Hazmi - Tahir Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 6, 2017 /Muş

Koçer – Mehmet Elçik

September 21, 2017

HPG Press Centre