Press Release

1. In Heftanin, a region within the Medya Defense Zones in Southern Kurdistan, guerrillas targeted a Turkish army military unit stationed on Hill Partîzan on 5 May. According to HPG, positions and shelters on the hill were placed under effective fire, while the number of dead and injured could not be determined.

2. On May 6, the guerrillas targeted a Turkish military unit stationed on Hill Merganiş in Çukurca district of Hakkari. Two soldiers were killed and one position of the Turkish army was destroyed.

3. On May 2, the Turkish army launched a military operation on Mount Cudi in Şırnak countryside which covered the areas of Deriyê Xendekê, Deriyê Hirçê and Kasaphane. The operation was ended without any results on May 5.

4. On May 5, guerrillas targeted a military post located between the areas of Dader and Siwaro in the region of Mount Cudi. While the number of dead and injured could not be determined, the Turkish army shelled the area at random with mortar and howitzer fire.

On the same day, the HPG carried out a sabotage operation near the village of Osyan in Besta region. The action, which was directed against infantry soldiers and an Amarok-type vehicle on its way to a military camp on a hill, left five soldiers dead. In another sabotage action, guerrillas targeted a military unit that came to the scene for intervention. One soldier was killed as a result.

The guerrilla unit involved was able to withdraw without losses.

5. The Turkish army has been setting ambushes along the international road between Bazid (Doğubeyazıt) district of Ağrı and Gürbulak district of Van province. After a surveillance, guerrillas targeted this unit and targeted them in their armored vehicles on 5 May. An armored vehicle was destroyed and 15 soldiers were killed during the action, after which the Turkish army transported away the casualties in ambulances.

The Turkish army also launched a military operation in the area where fierce fighting broke out between the Turkish army and the guerrillas. Three guerrillas fell fighting on 6 May, and their ID details are as follows:

Nom de Guerre: Azad Tatvan First-Last Name: Nevzat Pirbudak Place of Birth: Bitlis Mother's-Father's Name: Dılşah – Necmettin Date and Place of Martyrdom: 6 May 2020 / Ağrı

Azad – Nevzat Pirbudak

Nom de Guerre: Birindar Maku First-Last Name: Hüseyin Abberim Place of Birth: Maku Mother's-Father's Name: Mohabat – Ali Date and Place of Martyrdom: 6 May 2020 / Ağrı

Birindar – Hüseyin Abberim

Nom de Guerre: Piro Serhat First-Last Name: Özer İnce Place of Birth: Kars Mother's-Father's Name: Hanım – Halis Date and Place of Martyrdom: 6 May 2020 / Ağrı

Piro – Özer İnce

6. On the same day the Turkish Air Force bombed the area of Şehîd Kendal, one day later the Hill Qesrokê in Heftanin. The guerrillas did not suffer any casualties.

May 7, 2020

HPG Press Centre