Press Release

1. Our guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers stationed on Hill Stuna in Çukurca district of Hakkati at noon on June 2nd. While the positions and shelters of the Turkish forces were struck effectively, the number of soldiers killed or wounded here couldn’t be clarified.

2. On June 2, at 11.45, within the scope of the Martyr Bager and Martyr Ronya Revolutionary Campaign, our YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) forces hit a Turkish armored vehicle at Xevke outpost in Şemdinli district of Hakkari. While the vehicle was destroyed, the number of casualties couldn’t be determined.

Also, at 09.50, our guerrillas targeted the Turkish army units stationed on Hill Xwede in Avashin region of Medya Defense Zones on June 2nd. While the positions and shelters of the Turkish forces were struck effectively, the number of soldiers killed or wounded here couldn’t be clarified.

3. n May 31, 3 of our comrades martyred as a result of the invading Turkish army air raid in the area between Şehîd Mizgîn and Şêx Cuma regions in Bitlis countryside.

ID details of the three fallen guerrillas are as follows:

Nom de Guerre: Kendal Cudi First-Last Name: Veysel Altun Place of Birth: Bitlis Mother's-Father's Name: Memihan - Naif Date and Place of Martyrdom: 31 May 2020 / Bitlis

Kendal – Veysel Altun

Nom de Guerre: Mazlum Garzan First-Last Name: Veysel Kaya Place of Birth: Batman Mother's-Father's Name: Sulhiye – Şükrü Date and Place of Martyrdom: 31 May 2020 / Bitlis

Mazlum – Veysel Kaya

Nom de Guerre: Şoreş Tatvan First-Last Name: Adem Çelebi Place of Birth: Bitlis Mother's-Father's Name: Feride – Muhsin Date and Place of Martyrdom: 31 May 2020 / Bitlis

Şoreş – Adem Çelebi 

Our companions Kendal, Mazlum and Şoreş have joined the liberation movement at different times in order to counteract the massacres committed by the Turkish occupying state against the Kurdish people. They were intimately connected to the values of the Kurdish people and have been fighting tirelessly to protect these values and liberate Kurdistan. With their selfless efforts, they have written their names in the history of our liberation struggle. They were militants of Leader Apo (Abdullah Öcalan) and represented this attitude in the best possible way. In the Garzan region, they actively participated in the struggle and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. They have left their mark on the mountains of Kurdistan.

 As HPG we express our condolences to the relatives of martyrs and the patriotic people of Kurdistan and vowed to continue the struggle of the fallen. 

June 3, 2020

HPG Press Centre