Press Release
1. Within the scope of the Martyr Bager and Martyr Ronya Revolutionary Campaign, our forces inflicted a heavy blow on the invading Turkish army in Hakkari’s Cele (Cukurca) and Gever (Yuksekova) districts. Details of the actions are as follows;
On July 27, our forces put under surveillance a secret unit of the invading Turkish army positioned in the Deriya Cafer area in Hakkari’s Gever district. The same unit was targeted by our forces at 10:30 on the same day. The enemy unit was effectively hit at close range in the action and 8 enemy soldiers, including 1 commander, were killed. The guerrilla unit who carried out the action has reached their base area safely.
On July 26, at 05.30, our forces carried out an ambush action targeting an enemy unit positioned on the Xeregol Hill in the Cele district to secure the road. The enemy unit was effectively hit from two sides at close range. 11 soldiers were killed and 2 were wounded. Our forces simultaneously opened fire on the enemy positions and shelters on the Xeregol Hill. The number of casualties could not be clarified in the action. Following the action, the invading Turkish army removed their casualties with Skorsky helicopters and bombed the action area with warplanes, howitzers, and mortars. In the bombardment, our comrades Ciya and Xwinrej martyred. The invading Turkish army has launched an operation and conducting ambushes activities in the area.
The ID information of our comrades are as follows:
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Nom de Guerre: Çiya Amed First-Last Name: Ramazan Bozkurt Place of Birth: Amed Mother's-Father's Name: Adalet - Mehmet Date and Place of Martyrdom: 26 July 2019 / Çelê |
Çiya – Ramazan Bozkurt
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Nom de Guerre: Xwinrej Çarçella First-Last Name: Bilal Kaplan Place of Birth: Hakkari Mother's-Father's Name: Sarya - Şaban Date and Place of Martyrdom: 26 July 2019 / Çelê |
Xwinrej – Bilal Kaplan
2. On July 27 at 11:30, the invading Turkish army’s jets bombed the Xantur area in the Haftanin region of Medya Defense Zones. Following the bombardment, a fire broke out in the forest area. We did not suffer any losses in the bombardment.
On the same day from 14:00 to 15:00, the invading Turkish army outposts along the border in Haftanin bombed the Bektorya area with howitzers and mortars, sparking fires in the land.
July 28, 2019
HPG Press Centre