Press Release
1. Within the scope of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaigns, our forces carried out actions against the occupying Turkish army in Şemzinan (Şemdinli), Gever (Yüksekova) and Çelê (Çukurca) districts of Hakkari.
on July 9, at 21. 30, our guerrilla forces carried out an action targeting a dragon-type military vehicle patrolling between the Şemzinan district and Şapatan outpost near the Meydan neighborhood. As a result of the effective hits the dragon-type vehicle was destroyed. 11 soldiers have been identified killed in the action. After the action, the occupying Turkish army removed bodies of dead and wounded soldiers from the area with ambulances and civilian vehicles.
On July 8, at 00:00, our forces organized an action against the police check point at the entrance of the Gever district. In this action, where enemy positions were fired on from three sides at the close range -, two positions were destroyed, 12 police officers killed and four police officers wounded. Our forces hit and destroyed a TOMA-type vehicle, and the number of dead and wounded police officers there could not be clarified.
On July 8, at 13.00, our forces carried out an action targeting soldiers deployed on Gırê outpost and Martyr Mazlum hill in Şelê district. In the action, enemy positions and towers of outpost hit effectively. The number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarified.
On July 11, between 07.30 and 09.30, our forces carried out an action targeting enemy positions on the Mêrganis hill. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in action could not be determined.
2. On July 8, at 19:15, our forces organized a sabotage action against a cornet-type police vehicle belonging to Dersim's Pülümür district police headquarters on the way of Erzincan. In the action, the vehicle was destroyed and four civil police were killed. After the action, the occupying forces indiscriminately fired the area with armored vehicles.
On July 9, at 01.00, the occupying Turkish carried out army setdowns Sikorsky type helicopters to the Mozik, Şêxan villagers and the Obüs hill in Dersim's Pülümür district. The occupying forces launched an operation and bombarded the Uzuntarla stream with howitzers and mortars in the morning on July 10. In the an operation enemy soldiers are compromising on the field. In the ongoing operation enemy soldiers conduct ambush activities on the area.
3. On July 10, at 10:50, warplanes of the occupying Turkish army bombarded Martyr Dıjwar hill in the Avaşin region of the Medya Defense Zones.
July 11, 2017
HPG Press Centre