HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

Within the scope of the Martyr Pîroz and Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign, our forces carried out actions against the invading Turkish army. The details of the actions within this scope and its results are as following;

 At 10.00 o'clock, our forces carried out an infiltration action against the occupying Turkish army positioned on the Lêlîkan hill in Sideka region within the territory of Southern Kurdistan from four arms. In the action, six enemy positions and one shelter was destroyed. 19 enemy soldiers were identified killed. In the action, our comrade Şahan Tolhildan reached martyrdom after fighting against the enemy heroically and sacrificially.

The ID information of our martyr comrade is as follows: 

Nom de Guerre: Şahan Tolhiltan

Name - Surname: Ozan Salan

Place of Birth: Van

Mother’s - Father’s Name: Yadigar- Abdulkerim

Date and Place of Martyrdom: May 29, 2018 / Medya Defence Zones

Şahan – Ozan Salan

 

At 14.30, our forces carried out an action targeting the enemy forces on the Lêlîkan hill. One enemy soldier was killed in the action.

At 19.30, our forces carried out another action against the enemy soldiers on the Evliya hill in Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova) district. Four soldiers were killed in this action where enemy positions and shelters were struck effectively.

At 5:30, our forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army soldiers deployed on Kuroşino hill in Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) district. The number of dead and wounded soldiers here could not be determined.

2. Within the scope of the Martyr Delal Amed and Besta Martyrs Revolutionary Campaign, on May 29 at 15:00, our forces carried out a series of assassination actions targeting Osyan outpost in Siirt's Pervari district. Two soldiers were killed in these actions.

3. On May 28, at noon, our forces carried out an action targeting an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the occupying Turkish army in the Garê region of the Medya Defence Zones. The UAVs were damaged and forced to withdraw from the area.

 

May 30, 2018

HPG Press Centre