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 Şemzinan (Şemdinli) district of Hakkari.
On July 10, at 16.00, our forces carried out an action against Derik outpost of the occupying Turkish army in Şemzinan. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in the action could not be determined.
On July 10, at 10:00, our forces carried out an action targeting the guardhouse of the Çemen outpost in Şemzinan. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers could not be determined.
After the action, the occupying Turkish army bombed the action areas and its surroundings with howitzers and mortars.
2. On July 11, at 3.30, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation around Şapatan, Bêto and Êlde neighborhoods of Hakkari's Şemzinan district. Occupying forces withdrew from the area without any result, at noon on the same day.
3. On July 10, at 12:00, our forces organized an action against the occupying Turkish army soldiers on the highlands of the Zavite village of Hakkari's Çelê district. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in the action could not be determined. After the action, the occupying forces bombarded the area with howitzers and mortars.
On the same day, between 21.30 and 22.30, the warplanes of the occupying Turkish army bombed Zavite and Situnê areas.
4. On July 11, at 16.00, aour forces carried out a series of assassination actions against the occupying Turkish army soldiers, who were at the Zoma Kaso hill in Siirt's Herekol region. Two enemy soldiers were killed in the action.
5. On July 11, at 14.30, our guerrilla forces carried out an sabotage action targeting an kirpi-type armoured vehicle in the vicinity of the Bızınga outpost near the road between Siirt's Güçlükonak district and Sirnak province. In the action, the armored vehicle was damaged and the number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers could not be determined. After the action, the enemy forces bombarded the area with the howitzers and mortars.
6. In our statement dated April 13, we shared the information that, on April 13, at 19.40, our forces carried out an action from two different sides against the occupying Turkish army soldiers deployed on the Ronahi hill in Hakkari's Şemdinli district, and one of our guerrilla fell as martyr after fighting heroically in the conflict against enemy.
The ID information of our martyr comrade is as following;
Nom de Guerre: Reşit Dostum
Name Surname: Reşit Xıdır
Place of Birth: Derik
Mother's - Father's Name: Rabia- Nezir
Date and Place of Martyrdom: April 13 7, 2017 / Hakkari
July 12, 2017
HPG Press Centre