Press Release
1. Within the scope of the Martyr Pîroz and Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign, our forces carried out actions against the invading Turkish army. Within the scope of the campaign, the details of the actions carried out are as following;
On September 22, at 02.00, our forces carried out a sabotage action against a Cobra-type armoured vehicle patrolling in the Cumhuriyet neighbourhood in Hakkari’s Gever (Yüksekova) district. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in this action, where the armoured vehicle was heavily damaged, could not be clarified. Following the action, the invading Turkish army opened indiscriminate fire at their surroundings with heavy weapons and banned entrance to the Cumhuriyet neighbourhood and Gever Hospital.
On September 25, at 08.00, our forces carried out an action against the invading Turkish army positioned on Xeregol hill in Hakkari’s Çelê (Çukurca) district. In the action, where the enemy positions and shelters were hit effectively, two positions were destroyed and the number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be identified. Following the action, the invading Turkish army indiscriminately bombed the area with howitzers and mortars.
On September 26, 02.00, our forces carried out a series of assassination actions against the invading Turkish army soldiers positioned on Bayrak hill of the Barzan region in Southern Kurdistan. In these actions, two enemy soldiers were killed and the invading Turkish army bombed the area with howitzer and mortar following the action.
2. On September 24, at 02.30, and on September 25, at 02.30, the invading Turkish army intensively bombed the Oremar, Matê and Cilo areas of Gever district of Hakkari with warplanes, attack helicopters, howitzers and mortars amid the support of unmanned aerial vehicles. After the bombardments, the invading forces carried out setdowns to Matê hill with Sikorsky helicopters and launched an operation in the area.
3. In the morning of September 23, the invading army launched an operation with the support of unmanned aerial vehicles in the Qela Yunus area of Siirt province. On the same day, at 14.00 and 21.00, the invading forces bombed the area of operation using intensive techniques. In the bombardment, three of our comrades were martyred. The operation was withdrawn from the area at 17.00 on September 24. The ID information of our martyr comrades will be shared with the public later on.
4. On September 17, the invading Turkish army launched an operation in the Rojdere area of central Dersim. Unable to enter into conflict with our forces on the ground, the invading forces heavily bombed the operation area with warplanes and Cobra-type helicopters. Four of our comrades were martyred. The ID information of our martyr comrades will be shared with the public later on.
September 26, 2018
HPG Press Centre