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 Şemzînan (Şemdinli) and Gever (Yüksekova) districts.
On August 22, 17.00, our forces carried out an action targeting a unit of the invasion operation located on the Kurê Mizgeftê hill in Şemzînan's Gostê area. In this action where the enemy positions on the hill were intensively put under fire on two arms the number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers could not be clarified.
On August 22, 07.30, our forces carried out an action against a reo-type vehicle carrying soldiers from the occupying Turkish army's Wargenima outpost in Gever to the outpost's defense hill. Seven enemy soldiers have been identified killed in the vehicle which was completely destroyed in this action and six others have been wounded.
The occupying Turkish army which removed its dead and wounded soldiers from the area with sikorsy-type helicopters then launched an operation in the area of the Kendalokê village. The operation which lasted for about two hours was withdrawn without results.
2. On August 22, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation in the Kırê Halac area of Ağrı's Bazid (Doğubeyazit) district. On the same day, our forces which put under surveillance a unit of the enemy carried out an action against this unit at 19.00 hours. Three soldiers were identified killed in the enemy positions which were hit in close range, and the number of wounded soldiers here could not be clarified. The invasion operation of the enemy forces in the area continues.
3. On August 22, around 23.30, the occupying Turkish army's Serbend outpost positioned on the border line of Şırnak's Uludere district and Haftanin bombed the Haftanin area with howitzer and mortar shells. The fire which broke out in the field as a result of the bombardments still continues.
August 23, 2017
HPG Press Centre