Press Release

1. Our guerrillas carried out a series of actions against the Turkish army on May 14 as part of the ‘Martyr Bager and Martyr Ronya Revolutionary Campaign’. Our guerrilla forces hit the military positions and shelters in the premises of the Girê outpost in Çukurca (Çelê) district of Hakkari at 8 am. The number of soldiers killed or wounded here couldn’t be clarified.

At 9 am, guerrillas targeted the Turkish units stationed on the Coordinate Hill in the same area. The hill, which is located on the border of the Medya Defence Zones in Southern Kurdistan, is one of the Turkish army's headquarters in the region and is an important coordination centre of the attacks on the guerrilla areas. The area was targeted massive fire during the action. However, the number of soldiers killed and injured here could not be determined.

Following the action, fighter jets of the Turkish army bombed the Small Cilo area in the Zap region, in which a guerrilla fighter by the name of Bawer Dengda lost his life.

ID details of the fallen guerrilla are as follows:

Nom de Guerre: Bawer Dengda First-Last Name: Fesih Sinbağ Place of Birth: Amed Mother's - Father's Name: Raife – Mehmet Şirin Date and Place of Martyrdom: 14 May 2020 / Zap

Bawer – Fesih Sinbağ

2. On May 12, the Turkish army launched an air-supported military operation in the Dersim region in Northern Kurdistan, which focused on the Akfanus valley. In the course of the operation, the area was repeatedly bombed from the air. The same evening, the military withdrew from the region.

3. As is known, the couple Şimoni and Hurmüz Diril disappeared from their village Mehre on 11 January. In the meantime, our research on the incident has revealed that both civilians were kidnapped and killed by three counter-guerrilla forces on that day. Their bodies were most likely thrown into the Hezil River.

The Turkish occupying state ascribed the massacre perpetrated by the counter-guerrilla to our forces in an attempt to sweep this inhuman crime against the ancestral people of Mehre under the carpet. The innocent civilian population have not become the target of our movement at any time during the war in Kurdistan. We have always targeted enemy forces and those who attack our social values. Attacking the ancient Chaldean people is a testimony of the fascist mentality of the Turkish occupying state. It does not differ in the slightest way from the mentality of the so-called ISIS and is demonstrated with great clarity by vicious attacks on the ancient peoples of the region. Through its special war media, the Turkish state has also reported the massacre of Şimoni and Hurmüz Diril as was carried out by the PKK. The mercenaries of the genocidal occupying state are taking well-organized and fully deliberate action against the people of Kurdistan. We announce at this point that the massacre perpetrated by counter-guerrilla forces of fascist Turkey will be avenged. We express our sincere condolences to the relatives of Şimoni and Hurmüz Diril and the Chaldean people.

4. Warplanes of the invading Turkis army bombed the areas of Şehîd Şahan and Şehîd Botan in the Xakurke were bombed by fighter jets on 11 May. We did not experience any loss in these bombardments.

May 15, 2020

HPG Press Centre