Press Release

1. On June 23, at 16.00 hours, our forces carried out an action against the positions of the occupying Turkish army on the Martyr Berxwedan hill in Siirt's Herekol area. Three soldiers have been killed in the action where enemy positions were effectively hit. The occupying Turkish army has carried away its dead and wounded from the area with sikorsy-type helicopters during the night hours.

2. On June 21, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation on the Oranıs area of Tatvan's Bitlis district. Our forces have targeted a unit of the operation at 11.30 hours on the same day. Four soldiers have been identified killed in the action where three other soldiers were wounded. The occupying Turkish army has removed its dead and wounded soldiers from the area after the action, bombing the area with howitzer and mortar shells. The operation was forced to retreat inconclusively on June 23.

3. In our statement made on June 23, we shared the information that our one comrade had been martyred in the conflicts that took place after the action carried out by our forces against a disguised unit of the occupying Turkish army in Siirt's Garısa area on June 21, where 7 soldiers including 3 contras were killed.

The ID information of our guerrilla that fell as martyr is as following;

Nom de Guerre: Herekol Agır

Name Surname: Cemal Yalçın

Place of Birth: Ağrı

Mother's - Father's Name: Makbule - Ibrahim

Date and Place of Martyrdom: 21 June 2017 / Siirt

June 24, 2017

HPG Press Centre