Press Release
1. Within the scope of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaigns, our forces carried out actions against the occupying Turkish army in Çelê (Çukurca), Şemzinan (Şemdinli) and Gever (Yükksekova) districts of Hakkari.
On July 6, at 02.30, our forces organized an action targeting a convoy belonging to the occupying Turkish army near the Pira Nerguşa between Şemzinan and Gever districts. As a result of the action, a Kirpi-type vehicle was destroyed and another one was damaged. 15 enemy soldiers were identified killed in the action.
After the action, three armored vehicles from the Durê outpost came to scene and removed dead and wounded soldiers from the area.
On 6th July at 11:00 am, the invaders on the top of Elişêr, a district of our forces Gever, targeted the forces of the TC army. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in action has not been determined.
On 6th July at 11:00 am, the invaders on the top of Elişêr, a district of our forces Gever, targeted the forces of the TC army. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in action has not been determined.
On July 6, at 11:00, our forces carried out an action targeting the occupying Turkish army soldiers deployed on the Elişêr hill of Gever district. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in action could not be determined.
On July 6, at 13.40, our forces carried out an action targeting two armoured vehicles belonging to the occupying Turkish army between Serêsevê outpost and Êriş outpost. A cobra-type armored vehicle was hit effectively at the close range. One soldier has been identified killed in the action. After the action, the occupying Turkish army bombed the area of action with howitzers and mortars for an hour.
2. On July 6, our forces conducted an action targeting a disguised unit of the occupying Turkish army at the Şehit Aras hill in Siirt's Herekol region was under our control. The enemy unit, which was putting under surveillance for a long time, was hit at the close range at 19.00 on the same day. Eight enemy soldiers have been identified killed in the action and four enemy soldiers wounded. After the action, at 23.00, the occupying Turkish army removed the dead and wounded soldiers from the scene with skorsky helicopters.
On April 4, at 02.30, our forces organized an assassination action against the invader forces positioned on the Martyr Berxwedan hill on Herekol region . One enemy soldier was killed in the action.
On July 3, at 10.00, the occupying forces were targeted by our guerrilla forces in Herekol's Deriyê Keper area. One enemy soldier killed in the action and one enemy soldier wounded.
In addition, the occupying Turkish army bombarded the Herekol region with warplanes, howitzers and mortars, on 3 July.
3. On July 5, at 10.20, our forces organized an action against enemy soldiers in Nazimiye battalion of Dersim. One soldier was killed and one soldier wounded in the action.
4. On July 6, at 11:30, warplanes of the occupying Turkish army carried out bombardment on the Bektorya area of the Heftanin region in the Medya Defense Zones.
5. In our statement dated July 4, we shared the information that on July 2, at 2:00, our forces carried out an action against the hills where the occupying Turkish army were deployed and provided security for workers constructing the security road between Van and Şırnak.
This work, called Sirnak-Van security road work, is a work carried out as part of a special war project which has been carried out for many years against guerrilla areas in its essence. For this reason we declared our attitude toward this project and demanded that they should stop the work. Despite all warnings, the road work continued under the control of the military forces. For this reason, our guerrilla unit targeted the occupying Turkish army, which ensures the safety of road work.
However, during the action, a patriotic person named Hasan İke, who was in the construction site, lost his life and another was wounded. This incident has developed in the form of an accident.
We shares the sadness of the our patriotic family and express our condolences; We will pay more attention to avoid such incidents.
6. In our statement dated July 5, we shared the information that on June 26, at 02.00, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation around the Özlüce dam in Karakoçan district of Elazığ with the support of cobra-type helicopters, warplanes and UAVs and two of our comrades who fought bravely against the enemy reached martyrdom after heroic fighting.
The ID information of our martyr comradesis as following;
Nom de Guerre: Fırat Dicle
Name Surname: Cihan Bülbül
Place of Birth: Amed
Mother's - Father's Name: Dilber-Mehmet Şirin
Date and Place of Martyrdom: June 26, 2017 / Elazığ
Nom de Guerre: Rüsten Cudi
Name Surname: Faruk Kere
Place of Birth: Bitlis
Mother's - Father's Name: Vahide- Mehmet
Date and Place of Martyrdom: June 26, 2017 / Elazığ
7. In our statement dated July 5, we shared the information that warplanes and cobra-type attack helicopters belonging to the occupying Turkish army bombed for 5 hours on June 29, 19.00, the area of Kızılağaç village in Bingöl's Karlıova district. As a result of the bombardment which took place, our comrade Rodi has reached martyrdom while our comrade Serhildan has been heavily wounded. Comrade Serhildan has reached martyrdom after detonating his bomb on himself in order to not be captured by the enemy.
The ID information of our martyr comradesis as following;
Nom de Guerre: Rodi Haki
Name Surname: Yakup Beydüz
Place of Birth: Erzurum
Mother's - Father's Name: Türkan- Ferit
Date and Place of Martyrdom: June 29, 2017 / Bingöl
Nom de Guerre: Serhildan Andok
Name Surname: Ozan Tatlı
Place of Birth: Amed
Mother's - Father's Name: Remziye- Mehmet
Date and Place of Martyrdom: June 29, 2017 / Bingöl
8. In our statement dated July 5, we shared the information that o 3 July, at 10.00, 3 armored vehicles belonging to the occupying Turkish army patrolling on the road of Van-Başkale were targeted by our forces in Güzeldere area. A Kirpi-type armored vehicle that was hit at close range was completely destroyed, and 2 Kobra-type armored vehicles were damaged. n this action seven enemy soldiers were killed and three enemy soldiers were wounded.
After the action, the occupying forces bombed the area with cobra-type attack helicopters and launched an operation in the area. During the conflict and bombardment in operation, two of our guerrillas martyred after fighting heroically.
The ID information of our martyr comradesis as following;
Nom de Guerre: Rojan Başkale
Name Surname: Revşan Utaş
Place of Birth: Van
Mother's - Father's Name: Müzeyyen- Şefik
Date and Place of Martyrdom: July 3, 2017/ Van
Nom de Guerre: Zınar Berxwedan
Name Surname: Erol Yetiş
Place of Birth: Hakkari
Mother's - Father's Name: Kevser- Mecit
Date and Place of Martyrdom: July 3, 2017/ Van
July 7 2017
HPG Press Release