HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, which the invading Turkish army wants to destroy by committing war crimes and using all kinds of techniques, continues to respond to the invaders from Botan to Medya Defence Zones with their actions. In the actions carried out by our mobile guerrilla units, 6 invaders were punished, 4 invaders were injured, 3 military tents, 1 surveillance system were destroyed and 1 attack helicopter was damaged.

The invading Turkish army bombed the battle positions in the Resistance Zones 4 times with tactical nuclear bombs and chemical weapons, 4 times with warplanes, 23 times with attack helicopters, and dozens of times with howitzers and heavy weapons.

The details of the actions are as follows;

1. Within the scope of the Egîdên Botanê Şehîd Diljîn–Şehîd Şervan Êrkendî Campaign;

– On July 23, the invaders in the Besta region were put under control by our mobile guerrilla units and targeted. Three tents of the invaders were effectively hit at close range. In this action, 1 invader was punished, 2 invaders were injured and 3 military tents were destroyed.

The invaders, who launched an invasion operation in the Besta Hince area after the action, withdrew in the evening without any results.

2. Within the scope of the Cenga Xabûrê Şehîd Savaş Maraş Revolutionary Campaign;

– On 26, 27 and 30 July, the invaders in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area were hit three times with assassination tactics and 3 invaders were punished.

– On August 1, at 18:00 and 18:30 the invaders who wanted to advance towards the war tunnels in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area were hit and hit by our forces with individual weapons and sabotage tactics.

– On August 1, at 19:30, the invaders in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area were hit with heavy weapons.

– On August 1, at 20:00, the invaders in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area were hit by our YJA Star moving teams with an assassination tactic and 1 invader was punished.

– On August 1, at 21:30, 1 mobesse camera system that the invaders placed in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area was destroyed by our forces.

– On August 1, at 22:20, the invaders in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area were shot with an assassination tactic and 1 invader was punished.

3. Within the scope of the Bazên Zagrosê Revolutionary Campaign in the Zap region;

– At 23:10 on August 1, attack helicopters that wanted to bomb the Şikefta Birîndara Resistance Area came under intense fire from two sides by our YJA Star forces. As a result of the effective hits of our forces, 1 helicopter, which was hit, had to leave the area.

– At 11:30 and 11:40 on August 1, the invaders who wanted to advance towards the Şehîd Umîd war tunnels were hit with heavy weapons and sabotage tactics.

– On August 2, at 06:40 and 07:00, the invaders who wanted to advance towards the Şehîd Umîd war tunnels were hit with sabotage tactics and 2 invaders were injured.

4. The attacks carried out by the invading Turkish army with tactical nuclear bombs and chemical weapons;

– On 1 August, Girê FM and Şikefta Birîndara Resistance Areas were bombed 5 times with tactical nuclear bombs and chemical weapons.

5. Attacks by the invading Turkish army with heavy weapons, howitzers, helicopters and warplanes;

– On August 1, the Şehîd Adil and Çemço Resistance Area were bombed 4 times with warplanes.

– On 1 August, Girê Amediye, Werxelê, Çemço and Kokerê Resistance Areas were bombed 23 times with attack helicopters.

– On 1 August, Girê Amediye, Girê FM and Çemço Resistance Areas were bombed dozens of times with heavy weapons and howitzers fired from the outposts on the border.

6. A person named Halit Gezici has served the enemy with various activities and for this reason has been warned several times by our forces in the region. He ignored these warnings and continued his activities. Halit Gezici was punished by one of our units near the village of Verîsa in the Hizan district of Bitlis at 7.40 pm on 14 June.

7. The Turkish state's special war media is reporting that a person named Nüsret Tebiş, who was allegedly connected to our movement and is said to be the person responsible for the sinister Güngören massacre of 27 July 2008, was killed. This report is pure fiction. It is a lie and does not correspond to reality. Our forces had no connection with Nüsret Tebiş. The Turkish state has come under public criticism, especially because of the massacre with nine deaths in Zaxo, and is trying to distract from this and improve the reputation of MIT with this staging. The people of Kurdistan and the democratic public in Turkey should not pay attention to these reports.

August 2, 2022

HPG Press Centre