Press Release

 1. On November 23, at 11.30, an armoured vehicle of the occupying Turkish army which was heading towards the Gite outpost from the Giryareş outpost in Şırnak's Silopi district was targeted by our forces.

 The armoured vehicle which was hit effectively has been destroyed and the number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers here could not be clarified. The occupying forces indiscriminately bombed the area with mortar shells and tanks after the action. Our unit which carried out the action has securely reached their base areas. 

2. The individual named Ramazan Çorum (with the code name Melê) who had been carrying out contra activity in Kurdistan for a long period of time was captured by our forces while carrying out exploration activity in the Neco area in Ağrı's Bazid (Doğubeyazit) district and punished.

3. On November 16, 17.10, our forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army positioned on the Gırdara hill on the Gabar mountain of Şırnak. Two soldiers have been identified killed in the enemy positions which were struck. Intensive clashes have taken place between our forces and the enemy's soldiers shortly after. Three of our comrades who fought heroically have reached martyrdom in these conflicts.

 The ID information of our martyr comrades is as following;

Nom de Guerre: Deniz Bawer Tolhıldan Name- Surname: İslam Örnek Place of Birth: Siirt Mother's- Father's Name: Çiçek - Ali Date and Place of Martyrdom: November 16, 2017 / Şırnak

Deniz – İslam Örnek

Nom de Guerre: Kendal Bekiri Name- Surname: Celal Yavuz Place of Birth: Batman Mother's- Father's Name: Saadet - Sezgin Date and Place of Martyrdom: November 16, 2017 / Şırnak

Kendal – Celal Yavuz

Nom de Guerre: Şerjin Herekol Name- Surname: Berivan Elçi Place of Birth: Mersin Mother's- Father's Name: Emine - Sadrettin Date and Place of Martyrdom: November 16, 2017 / Şırnak

Şerjin – Berivan Elçi

November 25, 2017

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