HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

1. On the morning hours of June 12, our forces carried out an action against Deştan outpost in Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) district. Two soldiers have been identified killed in the action where three others were wounded.

- On June 12, at 09.00 hours, Our YJA Star forces carried out a series of assassination actions against the occupying Turkish army soldiers positioned on the Zavite highland. Two soldiers have been identified killed in the action. Simultaneously, our forces hit a bulldozer vehicle carrying out road work for security reasons.

2. On June 11, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation in the Gundıkremo arra in the Cudi mountain of Şırnak. The same day on 21.30, our forces carried out an action against the operation forces at the Kursêkeça zone. Five soldiers have been identified killed in the action. After the action, the occuping Turkish army which carried away its dead and wounded from the area with sikorsy-type helicopters, had to retreat inconclusively in the night.

3. On June 12, at 10.30, our forces have set up a road checkpoint between Amed's Piran (Dicle) district and the Şıngırık military station, putting passing vehicles under surveillance. Seven vehicles which were indentified to be working with the enemy has been burnt down by our forces. The drivers of the vehicles who were warned not to work with the enemy were released afterwards.

- On June 5, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation in the Martyr Serxwebun area of Amed's Lice district.

Our forces which followed the operation forces on June 6 carried out two different actions targeting enemy soldiers. In the first action carried out against soldiers attempting to position on the Kozetepe area, two soldiers, one of which was a mine detector, was killed.

The same day, at 17.30, our forces carried out an action targeting the soldiers attempting to position on Martyr Kalender hill. Two soldiers have been killed, another soldier has been wounded in this action. After the action, cobra-type attack helicopters belonging to the occupying Turkish army carried out bombardment on the Şelgemin, Şakur and Bulgur zones.

Within the scope of the operation, the enemy forces setting down on the ridges of Hêgaderê hill with sikorsy-type helicopters has also been targeted by our forces. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in the action carried out against the enemy soldiers positioned on the Martyr Kemal hill on June 8 has not been clarified.

4. On June 9, our comrade Çekjin Êlih carried out a sacrificial action against the control point of the occupying Turkish army's Kaniyahênê station in Batman's Kozluk district. Four soldiers have been killed in this action carried out devotedly by comrade Çekjin. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in the armoured vehicle and police vehicle destroyed in the action could not be clarified.

The ID information of our martyr comrade who carried out this successful devoted action is as following;

Nom de Guerre: Çekjin Êlih

Name Surname: Ahmet Seçkin

Place of Birth: Batman

Mother's - Father's Name: Nuran - Tahir

Date and Place of Martyrdom: 9 June 2017 / Batman

5. On June 12, at 18.20 hours, our forces carried out an action against the Haftarış outpost in the Yayladere district of Bingöl. Two soldiers have been identified killed in the action.

6. On June 13, at 00:00, the warplanes belonging to the occupying Turkish army bombarded around the village of Sitê in Zap region of Medya Defense Zones. The bombardment damaged the vineyards and gardens belonging to the civilians.

June 13, 2017

HPG Press Centre