Press Release
1. Within the scope of the Martyr Bedran Gundikrome and Nalin Muş Revolutionary campaign, our forces carried out actions against the occupying Turkish army in Şemzinan ( Şemdinli) and Gever (Yüksekova) districts on August 31.
At 06:30, our guerrillas conducted an action targeting the Derîk outpost in Şemzinan. The number of dead wounded soldiers could not be clarified in the action where enemy positions were struck effectively.
After the action, the occupying Turkish army indiscriminately shelled the area with heavy weapons.
At 08:00, our guerrillas carried out an action targeting enemy positons on the Martyr Rahime and Martry Zerdeşt hills in the Oremar area. The number of dead wounded soldiers could not be clarified ın the action where enemy positions were struck effectively.
After the action, the occupying Turkish army bombed the Martyr Rahime valley and Martyr Tofan slopes with howitzers and mortars.
At 16:20, our forces organized an action against the enemy soldiers deployed on the Astenga Reş hill conducting defense activity for Kokebê outpost of Esendere district of Hakkari. One soldier was identified killed in the action where enemy positions were taken under fire from two arms.
After the action, Cobra-type attack helicopters bombarded the area. The occupying Turkish army which removed dead and wounded soldiers from the area with Sikorsky-type helicopters has launched an operation in the Koornine hill, Nerman and Kavlêgund villages. The operation still continues.
2. On 31 August, at 12:15, a convoy of armored vehicles of the occupying Turkish army heading from the Osyan outpost of Siirt's Pervari district to the center of Pervari district was targeted by our forces in the area of Çemêkarê. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in this action, in which a kirpi-type armored vehicle was struck, has not been clarified.
After the action, the invading forces, which launched an operation in the Çemêkarê area, withdrew inconclusively at about 19:00 on the same day.
3. On 31 August between 12:00-14:00 and between 17:00-18:00, the occupying Turkish army bombarded the Gundikremo area on the Cudi mountain in Şırnak with attack-type helicopters, howitzers and mortars. As a result of the bombings, a fire broke out in the field.
4. At 16:30 on August 30, our forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army between the Palani and the Haydaran villages located on the road to Adıyaman and Malatya. As a result of the sabotage action aimed at a scorpion-type armored vehicle, the armored vehicle which was struck got off the road and overturned here. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in this action has not been clarified.
After the action, invading forces launched an operation in the field.
September 1, 2017
HPG Press Centre