HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaign, on August 15, at 07.30, our forces carried out an action targeting occupying Turkish army soldiers deployed on Alişer hill in Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova) district.

One soldier was killed and one soldier was wounded in the action where enemy positions were taken under fire from two arms. After the action, the occupying forces bombarded the area with howitzers and mortars.

2. On July 17, 18.40, our forces organized a series of assassination actions against the soldiers in the Bibanê outpost of Van's Başkale district. Two enemy soldiers were killed in the action. After the action, the Bibanê outpost bombarded the surrounding area with heavy weapons indiscriminately.

3. On August 11, our guerrillas encountered with the occupying Turkish army soldiers near the village of Memira in the Çırav area of Şırnak and entered into conflict with enemy forces. In this conflict, our guerrilla Bawer fell as the martyr by fighting heroically against enemy forces.

The ID information of our martyr comrade is as following;

Nom de Guerre: Bawer Mawa
Name- Surname: Mahsum Polat
Place of Date: Batman
Mother's- Father's Name: Safiye - Hamit
Date and Place of Martyrdom: August 11, 2017 / Şırnak

Bawer- Emin Yakup

4. On August 4, the occupying Turkish army had launched an operation in the area between the Hüsnek village and the Adaklı district of Bingöl. In the operation, one of our guerrilla unit encountering with the occupying Turkish army soldiers entered into conflict with enemy forces. The occupying forces, unable to obtain any success with the land operation, bombarded the area with warplanes and Cobra-type attack helicopters. As a result of the conflict and bombardment, our comrade named Nizar was seriously wounded. Comrade Nizar has reached martyrdom after detonating his bomb on himself in order to not be captured by the enemy.

The ID information of our martyr comrade is as following;

Nom de Guerre: Nızar Şiyar
Name- Surname: Nesim Yerbasan
Place of Birth: Şırnak
Mother's-Father's Name: Kerime – Abdullah
Date and Place of Martyrdom: 4 Ağustos 2017 / Bingöl

Nızar – Nesim Yerbasan

 

August 18, 2017


HPG Press Centre