Press Release
1. Within the scope of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaign, our forces carried out actions against the occupying Turkish army in Hakkari's Şemzinan (Şemdinli) and Çelê (Çukurca) districts.
On July 15, at 10.15, our forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army soldiers positioned on the Geniş hill in Şemzinan. In this action where the positions on the hill were put under fire in two arms, four positions were destroyed while 12 soldiers have been identified killed and three others wounded. After the action the occupying Turkish army bombed the zones of Karker and Berekeskê with howitzer and mortar shells.
On July 14, at 11.40, our forces carried out an action against enemy units positioned on the Martyr Mazlum hill in Çelê district. Our forces have targeted and struck the positions and towers where the soldiers had been located. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in the action could not be clarified. On the same day at 16.00 hours, a dozer carrying out road construction on the Martyr Mazlum hill has been targeted by our forces and been destroyed, while one enemy soldier was killed here.
2. On July 14, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation led by village guards in the area of Serero village in Hakkari's Şemzinan district. The operation which extended to the Koordine hill, Kelatê hill and the ridges of Havuza Tırıkê tepesive Bêtkarok on July 15 around 03.00 hours, was withdrawn inconclusively the same day at 11.00 am.
3. On July 10, at 21.00 hours, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation in the area of Mardin's Kerboran (Dargeçit) district's villages of Dêrkut, Baskın, Gızrê, Roverê and Xelila. On July 11 between 01.00 and 02.30, warplanes have bombed the operation area. The operation was withdrawn inconclusively on July 12.
4. On July 14, at 16.15, the main entrance of the Seter outpost in Bingöl's Yayladere district was targeted by our forces. One soldier has been identified killed in the action where soldiers were effectively hit. After the action, the outpost has indisriminately fired at its surroundings with heavy weapons.
5. The occupying Turkish army had launched an operation in Dersim on July 13. On the same day, our YJA Star forces put under surveillance a Special Operations (JÖH) unit at the ridges of Kurê Sipî hill in central Dersim. Our YJA Star forces carried out an action against the soldiers who were under surveillance for some time at 15.00 hours. While three soldiers which were hit in close range were killed, two others have been wounded. After the action, the soldiers retreated from the hill while sikorsy-type helicopters carried away dead and wounded soldiers from the area. This action has been carried out in memory of our Dersim martyrs. Occupying forces are carrying out ambush activities in the area within the continuing operation.
July 16, 2017
HPG Press Centre