Press Release
1. Our forces have put under surveillance from June 4 a contra unit of the occupying Turkish army which had hid in the field in the Xapuşke area of Hakkari's Şemzinan district.
After all the facilities of the secret unit were followed by our forces all day, the unit has been targeted on 05.40 at June 5. Three soldiers have been indentified killed in the action where two positions of the contra unit was destroyed.
2. On June 4, at 15.30, our forces have carried out an action against soldiers of the occupying Turkish army positioned in the Deriyê Sêvo area of Şırnak. After the action where the number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarifed, the occupying Turkish army has bombed with howitzer and mortar shells the surroundings of the area it was positioned and the Kaniya Kaymakam area.
3. On May 28, in many districts of Amed, more than 15 soldiers, with the participation of contras and guards, hoped to achieve results by expanding the operations area of the occupying Turkish army with targeting civilian people, evacuating villages but was subjected to great military frustration.
Within this scope, the occupying Turkish army has bombed the Martyr Remzi area of Amed with the support of cobra-type attack helicopters on June 4 at 21.00 hours, launching a wide-scale invasion operation. The operation of the occupying Turkish army which has been launched with the participation of thousands of soldiers, contras, village guards and Special Operations in the zones of Geliyê Kovi, Geliyê Wehşa, Karat, Usli, Şeyan hill, Keltepe, Mezra Mıho, Norşin, Wengasor, Rız, Kosan, Kaçuwara, ARGK, Bloka and Hesen Değer in the area of Martyr Remzi continues.
- As already explained, in this comprehensive operation which started on 28 May only 2 guerrillas of ours have reached martyrdom so far. Due to the war conditions, the clarification of the ID information of these comrades have been delayed. The identity information of our comrades who have reached martyrdom by fighting heroically in this operation is as follows;
Nom de Guerre: Azad Roni
Name Surname: Barış Kaya
Place of Birth: Siirt
Mother's - Father's Name: Hediye - Ahmet
Date and Place of Martyrdom: 31 May 2017 / Amed
Nom de Guerre: Zerdeşt Tolhıldan
Name Surname: Vahit Kerimi
Place of Birth: Banê
Mother's - Father's Name: Hismet - Mahmut
Date and Place of Martyrdom: 31 May 2017 / Amed
4. On June 5, the occupying Turkish army has bombed with howitzer and mortar shells, and warplanes the Şêx Cuma area of Bitlis.
June 6, 2017
HPG Press Centre