Press Release

1. On April 22, at 16.10, our guerrilla forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish soldiers deployed on the Xeregol hill of Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) district. Two enemy soldiers were killed and two positions were destroyed in the action.

2.  Within the scope of the Martyr Delal Amed and Besta Martyrs Revolutionary Campaign, on April 21 at 13:00, our guerrilla forces carried out an action against a group of soldiers in the Fındıkê battalion in the Basa (Güçlükonak) district of Şırnak. One enemy soldier was killed in the action.

3. On the morning of April 22, our guerrillas put under surveillance a disguised unit of the occupying Turkish army near the village of Sapê in Bitlis’ Martyr Cuma area. This enemy unit, which was kept under control for a long time, was targeted by our forces at 17:00 on the same day. Two soldiers were killed and one soldier was wounded as a result of the action.

4. On April 17, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation in the areas of Şapırnaz, Kuyê, Diyarê Mergê, Şinaz, Melul and Dorşin hills and Pasur dam areas of Amed's Pasur (Kulp) district. Led by intensive technical support, the occupying Turkish army carried out bombardment on the operational area with the support of a large number of unmanned aerial vehicles. During the intensive bombardment, three of our comrades were martyred. This operation was withdrawn from the area on April 19. The ID information of our comrades will be shared with the public later.

5. On April 19, our forces had burnt four trucks belonging to a company working with the occupying Turkish army for construction of the outposts in the area of Martyr Dıjwar in Dersim. Despite all warnings, they continued to work with the enemy forces. Our guerrillas targeted two scoops of the company, where the contras were working individually. In the action, two contras were killed and the vehicles were heavily damaged.

April 23, 2018

HPG Press Centre