Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Pîroz and Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign, on May 22 our forces carried out actions against the invading Turkish army. Within this scope;

 At 09.00 hours, our YJA Star forces carried out a series of assassination actions against the invading forces on the Lêlîkan hill in the Bradost region within the territory of Southern Kurdistan. Two enemy soldiers were killed in these actions.

 Around 09.30 hours, our forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army positioned on the Evdilkofi hill in the Bradost region. One enemy soldier has been identified killed in this action where the enemy’s positions were effectively hit. During the afternoon hours, the enemy soldiers on Evdilkofi hill were targeted for the second time. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in the enemy positions put under intense fire could not be determined. Following the actions, the warplanes belonging to the invading Turkish army bombed the surroundings of Evdilkofi hill with warplanes.

 At 12.30 hours, our forces carried out two assassination actions against enemy soldiers positioned in the Deştanê area in Hakkari’s Çelê (Çukurca) district. Two enemy soldiers were killed here.

 Again, at 18.30, our forces once again carried out a sabotage action against soldiers by the Elî Direj valley near the Lêlîkan hill in the Bradost region. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in this action could not be determined.

2. Within the scope of the Martyr Ozan and Martyr Roza Dersim Revolutionary Campaign, on May 22 at 07.00, our forces carried out an action against the Amutka outpost in the Hozat district of Dersim province. Two enemy soldiers were identified killed in the action where the positions and shelters in the enemy outpost were effectively hit, and one soldier was wounded.

3. On May 3, our forces carried out an action against the soldiers out on the field from the Derik outpost in the Arıcak district of Elazığ province. Two enemy soldiers have been identified killed in this enemy unit which was put under intense fire by our forces.

4. On May 20, a conflict broke out between a group of our comrades and the occupying Turkish soldiers between the Sisê and Dêman villages in Hakkari’s Şemzînan (Şemdinli) district. Two specialist sergeants were killed in this conflict. Our two comrades who fought heroically against enemy forces have reached martyrdom, while our comrade Firat (Ramazan Yıkar) was captured by the enemy in a state of being wounded.

The ID information of our martyr comrades is as following;

Nom de Guerre: Bawer Ebeğe Name - Surname: Osman Salazer Place of Birth: Van Mother’s - Father’s Name: Hanife – Mehmet Nuri Date and Place of Martyrdom: May 20, 2018 / Hakkari

Bawer – Osman Salazer

Nom de Guerre: Çiya Çiyager Name - Surname: Bilal Keskin Place of Birth: Hakkari Mother’s - Father’s Name: Aliya - Ismail Date and Place of Martyrdom: May 20, 2018 / Hakkari

Çiya – Bilal Keskin 

May 23, 2018

HPG Press Centre