Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaign, our forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army’s soldiers trying to secure the road safety of the Elişêr hill in Hakkari’s Yuksekova district on August 10, at 11.00.

Four soldiers were identified killed from the enemy soldiers which were effectively hit, and a scoop truck was struck. After the action, the occupying Turkish army bombarded the area with howitzer and mortar shells.

2. On August 9, at 08.20, our forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army soldiers on the Gundıkê Melê hill of Şırnak province. One soldier has been identified killed from the enemy positions that were shot in an effective manner.

3. At 10:00 on August 8, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation in the Şenyayla area in the triangle of Amed, Muş and Bingöl. Enemy forces, who downgraded in the area during the operation, bombarded the area with cobra-type helicopters. After the downgrades, there were conflicts between the occupying Turkish army soldiers and our forces. In these conflicts, the number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers could not be determined. Two comrades of ours who have fought heroically against enemy forces have reached martyrdom. The operation withdrew from the area on August 9th.

The ID information of our martyr comrades are as following;

Nom de Guerre : Azad Siser Name- Surname : Mehmet Akdin Place of Birth : Siirt Mother's -Father's: Mesiye - Necat Date and Place of Martyrdom: August 8, 2017 / Muş

Azad – Mehmet Akdin

Nom de Guerre : Rojhat Andok Name- Surname : Yüksel Çiçek Place of Birth : Amed Mother's- Father's Name: Bahriye – Mehmet Ali Date and Place of Martyrdom: August 8, 2017 / Muş

Rojhat – Yüksel Çiçek

4. On July 27, the occupying Turkish army had launched an operation in Stlilê area of Mardin's Omerya (Ömerli) district. Conflicts broke out between our forces and the occupying Turkish army in the operation. In these conflicts, our comrade Pale Kawa reached martyrdom by fighting heroically against enemy forces.

The ID information of our comrade who fell as martyr is as following;

Nom de Guerre : Pale Kawa Mother's- Father's Name : Mahsum Polat Place of Birth : Mardin Mother's- Father's Name : Halime - Mahmut Date and Place of Martyrdom : July 27, 2017 / Mardin

Pale – Mahsum Polat

5. we shared the ID information of our 5 comrades who were martyred in Kars' Çemçe area on 6th of July. Only the ID information of our comrade with the nom de guerre Mordem which we had stated before has been clarified by us.

Nom de Guerre: Armanc Karayazı Name- Surname : Aykut Özmen Place of Birth : Erzurum Mother's- Father's Name : Perihan - Süleyman Date ans Place of Martyrdom : July 29, 2017 / Kars

Armanc – Aykut Özmen

August 11, 2017

HPG Press Centre