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) and Çelê districts of Hakkari.
On 13 July, at 01.40, a convoy belonging to the occupying Turkish army, which moved from Hakkari center to Çelê district was targeted by our guerrilla forces near Nivoka village. An ammunition-carrying vehicle and a kirpi-type armoured vehicle were destroyed as a result of the effective hits at the close range. Again, the a kirpi-type armoured vehicle in the convoy was damaged. ın the action, 16 enemy soldiers were killed and 14 soldiers wounded.
After the action, the occupying Turkish army bombed the area with cobra-type attack helicopters, howitzers and mortars. The occupation forces have closed the road to Hakkari-Çel for a long time in order to remove the destroyed vehicles and dead and wounded soldiers from the area.
The occupying forces have closed the road between Hakkari-Çelê for a long time in order to remove the destroyed vehicles and dead and wounded soldiers from the area.
On July 13, at 17.30, our forces organized an action targeting the enemy soldiers deployed on the Martyr Mazlum hill in Çelê. Two enemy soldiers were killed as a result of the effective shots. After the action, the occupation forces bombarded the surrounding areas with howitzers and mortars.
On July 13, at 08.20, our forces carried out an action targeting a military hut belonging to the occupying forces in Tepê Çeta of Şemzinan. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in the action could not be clarified.
2. On July 12, at 12:00, our forces organized an action against Fındıkê battalion in Güçlükonak district of Şırnak. Two enemy soldiers were killed and one soldier was wounded in this action where the positions in the battalion were shot from two different sides. After the action, Fındıkê battalion and Zıvıngê outpost bombed the action area and its surroundings with howitzers and mortars.
On July 13, at 06.00, the occupying Turkish army bombed Fındıkê area with cobra-type attack helicopters.
3. On July 10, at 12:00, our forces organized an action against the occupying Turkish army battalion in Osmaniye. In the action, commando building, the lodgings and the training area were targeted by our forces. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in this action could not be determined. After the action, the occupation Turkish army launched an operation in the area, the operation retreated from the area at the same day without any result.
4. On the night of July 9, the invading Turkish army launched an operation in Amed's Farqin (Silvan) and Pasur (Kulp) districts. In the operation occupying forces have raided the villages and detained some civilian.
At 09.50 on July 12, our forces targeted an armoured vehicle that participated in the operation near the village of Godarnê belonging to the occupation Turkish army and the number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in the action could not be determined.
In the evening on July 12, the occupying Turkish army operation retreat from the area without any result.
On July 13, at the noon hours, warplanes of the occupying Turkish army bombed Sate village and Tabura Êreba area in Avaşin region of the Medya Defense Zones.
On July 10, at 10.10, Turkish warplanes bombed Werxelê area in the Zap region of the Medya Defense Zones.
July 14, 2017
HPG Press Centre