Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Revolutionary Victory Campaign launched in Serhat State, our guerrilla forces carried out a series of assassination actions against the invading Turkish army positioned on a hill providing the security of the Kevirê Şamiyan outpost in Van’s Çaldıran district on September 26.

One soldier was killed and one soldier was wounded as a result of these actions. The invading Turkish army indiscriminately bombed the area with howitzers and mortars following the action.

2. Within the scope of the Martyr Delal Amed and Besta Martyrs Revolutionary Campaign, on September 27 (today) at 07.10, our forces carried out an action against the electric line of the Bêspin Thermal Power Station. The electric line has been destroyed as a result of this action.

3. In the morning of September 25, the invading Turkish army launched an operation covering the Tûyê, Spirêz, Warê Sêva and Ömerli villages in Hakkari’s Şemzînan (Şemdinli) district. The invading Turkish army, carrying out search activities in the field, withdrew from the area without any result on September 26.

4. On September 26 the invading Turkish army’s warplanes bombed the Medya Defence Zones. Within this scope, between 10.30 and 12.00, warplanes bombed the Savaş hill in the Qandil region, the surroundings of Şeraniş village in the Haftanin region, the Beşiri Valley in the Metina area, the Basya area in the Avashin region, and the surroundings of Lolan Water in the Xakurke region. While we have had no losses in these air attacks, the fields in the stated areas have been damaged and there has been damage in the gardens and vineyards of locals.

September 27, 2018

HPG Press Centre