Press Release
1. Within the scope of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaign, our forces carried out actions against the occupying Turkish army in Hakkari's Şemzinan (Şemdinli) and Çelê (Çukurca) districts.
On August 9, a disguised unit of the occupying Turkish army was put under surveillance in the Rizdê Rubarok region of Govendê in Şemzinnan. Enemy soldiers were put under surveillance for days and targeted by our forces on the evening of August 12. Five soldiers were identified killed in the action, where enemy positions were fired on from three sides. At 17.45 o'clock after the action, the occupation Turkish army bombarded the area with howitzers, mortars and warplanes.
On August 13, at 10:00, our forces organized an action against a vehicle belonging to the occupying Turkish army, heading from the Serêsêvê outpost towards the Êriş outpost in Çelê. The vehicle was damaged and the number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarified.
2. Within the scope of the Martyr Azad Farqin and Martyr Jinda Özgür revolutionary campaign, our forces put under surveillance a disguised unit of the occupying Turkish army, which has carried out ambush activities for a long time in the Gomika area between Batman's Sason and Kozluk districts. On 12 August, at 06.00, a sabotage action was organized by our forces near the Talina ridges. Four enemy soldiers were killed in the action. After the action, the enemy unit withdrew from the area.
3. On 11 August, a disguised unit of the occupying Turkish army was put under surveillance by our forces in the vicinity of the village of Ok in Dersim. The same day, at 22:40 hours, the targeted enemy unit was hit effectively. More than three soldiers were killed and one soldier injured in the action. After the action, the occupying Turkish army, which removed the dead and wounded soldiers from the area, bombed the area with howitzers and mortars and launched an operation in the area on the morning of August 12th. The operation was withdrawn from the area on August 13th without any results.
4. On August 10, between 7:00 and 11:00, the occupying Turkish army bombed the Avkasor and the Martyr Şakir areas in Dersim with howitzers and mortars. After this attack, Cobra-type attack helicopters bombarded the area. As a result of the bombardment, there was a fire broke out in the area.
August 14, 2017
HPG Press Centre