Press Release

The fascist AKP government and the dictator Erdogan, who has continued their attacks in the face of the growth of the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle, has bombed with warplanes the Mehmet Karasungur Martyr's Cemetery, the grave of Martyr Ahmet Ince (Ape Hasan) who had made great efforts in the construction of this cemetery and the Martyrs' Museum visited by our people from all four parts of Kurdistan.

The Martyrs' Museum and many graves belonging to our guerrillas have been destructed as a result of these air attacks.

It should be known that there will not be silence in the wake of this attack on our martyr cemeteries, which is the greatest moral value of our people.

Details of the attacks made in this context are as follows;

On February 17, between 20:00 and 20:40, warplanes of the Turkish army from the Medya Defense Zones carried out bombardment against the Qalatuka village in the Qandil region and the surroundings of Martyr Mehmet Karasungur Martyrs' Cemetery.

As a result of this bombardment, the community centre inside the Martyr Mehmet Karasungur Martyrs' Cemetery has been demolished.

Again on February 17, the warplanes bombed the Çemço area of the Zap region at 20.20 hours.

February 18, 2017

HPG Press Centre