Press Release
1. The invasion operation launched by the occupying Turkish army on the night of June 16 on 21.30 against the Zap region of the Medya Defense Zones and the conflicts followed by it continues with all its intensity. The actions of our forces against the enemy forces joining invasion operations on the lands of South Kurdistan continues. Stimultaneously, our forces leading the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaigns carried out an extensive operation against the enemy soldiers leading the invasion operation.
Our forces joining the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaign on June 19, at 22.30, have targeted a convoy of the soldiers which had joined the invasion operation and was forced to retreat from the area as a result of the blows inflicted by our forces. In the revolutionary operation carried out in the Xezalkê area between central Hakkari and Çelê (Çukurca) district, two kirpi-type armoured vehicles have been destroyed with the soldiers inside the vehicles.
A second convoy returning from the invasion operation was targeted in the area of Qestrik and one kirpi-type armoured vehicle was destroyed as a result of the effective hits of our forces. During this action, a disguised unit has attempted to deploy to the area and has been strongly cleared with the intervention of our forces. 22 enemy soldiers, including one lieutenant, has been killed in these actions of our forces and many enemy soldiers have also been wounded.
After the action, cobra-type attack helicopters of the occupying Turkish army have bombed the slopes of Kato Bayê hill. Enemy forces have closed to traffic the roads where actions were carried out until the morning of June 20, and removed destroyed armoured vehicles from the area. Our forces which joined this operation are securely positioned at their base areas.
Within the scope of the revolutionary campaign, our forces have carried out an action against the positions located at the Gırê outpost in the Çukurca (Çelê) district on June 20, at 09.30 hours. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in the action where enemy positions were effectively hit could not identified.
On the same day, at 22.00, our forces have carried out an action against enemy soldiers positioned on the Martyr Munzur hill. One soldier has been identified killed in this action and another soldier has been wounded.
2. On June 19, our forces have carried out an assassination action against the occupying Turkish army's Xerxol outpost in Siirt's Pervari district. One soldier has been identified killed in the action. After the action, the TRT Eruh outpost has bombed the Biraşkê area with howitzer and mortar shells.
3. On June 12, the occupying Turkish army declaring curfews in the villages of Tanelan, Haret, Akulus, Kekala, Govan and Xalapul in the Hizan district of Bitlis province, has carried out raids on the villages alongside village guards from the Gırana and Torahizan villages and threatened the locals. Our forces closely following the enemy soldiers practising oppression and violence on our people has targeted one of the units near the Akulus village on June 15 at 23.00 hours. In this unit, one specialist sergeant has been killed and two soldiers have been wounded as a result of effective close range hits from our forces. The operation of the occupying Turkish army was withdrawn inconclusively on June 19.
4. On June 20, between 22.15 and 22.40, warplanes of the occupying Turkish army bombed the Kalatuka area in the Qandil Mountain from the Medya Defense Zones. The same day, from 21.30 to 22.15 hours, the warplanes of the occupying Turkish army bombed the zone of Ermuş in the Xakurkê area.
21 June, 2017
HPG Press Centre