TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC
1-On 22 August in between 20:30-21:30 hours, our guerrillas carried out a road control on the Road in between the cities of Erzurum and Bingol. During the road control, our guerrillas stopped 80 vehicles, checked the I.D.s and the people in collaboration with enemy have been warned.
2-On 22 August, our guerrillas have detained a person name Ahmet Meric, from the Village of Gorde, in the district of Diyadin/Agri, for collabarating with enemy. The questioning of this person still continues.
3-On 22 August at around 10:00 hour, our guerrillas carried a Road Control on the road in between the area of Sengirik and the district of Piran/Amed. During the road control and I.D. check-up, the ex-official of the AKP in the district of Sur and now the administrator in the AKP, Hamit Celikkanat, have been taken under detention by our guerrillas.
4-On 22 August in between 14:00-17:00 hours, our guerrillas effectively hit the Gare Regiment/Semdinli/Hakkari. As a result, while substantial damaged occurred in enemy Regiment, the number of killed and wounded enemy couldn’t be able to clerified.
5-On 22 August in between 17:00-17:30 hours, our guerrillas carried out an action on the Hill of Gare Regiment/Semdinli/Hakkari. As a result, 4 enemy soldiers killed by our guerrillas. Aftermath of the action, the occupier Turkish state army carried out obus and mortar bombardments on the Hillsides of Gare and Karker, and the River of Hacibeg.
6-On 22 August at around 12:45 hour, our guerrillas carried out an action against a unit of active enemy force, consists of 120 soldiers and 30 village-guards, in the rural area of the district of Semdinli/Hakkari. As a result, intensive clashes and bombardments occurred by the cobra type helicopters until 15:00 hour, on the same day. And, while our guerrillas have taken the control of 3 Hills, 5 enemy soldiers killed and 6 others wounded. There were also intensive clashes occurred in between our guerrillas and enemy forces came for intervention and beside that those enemy forces came to carry away the corpses of their killed and wounded soldiers. Also, 6 other enemy soldiers killed here by our guerrillas, as well.
Again, our guerrillas also carried out an action against a Hedgehog and a Scorpian type military armoured vehicles, which came to intervene from the Besosin military station. As a result, the armoured military vehicles have been hit and damaged by our guerrillas, and had to repulsed within flames.
Our guerrillas also carried out another action against a infantryman of a Unit of Special Teams made of 18 members. As a result, 7 enemy members of the Special Teams killed and 6 others wounded by our guerrillas.
As a result of all these clashes, toatal of 18 enemy soldiers killed, 12 others wounded by our guerrillas. Our guerrillas also confiscated 1 HK-33, 2 binoculers, 6 cartridges, 2 military bags, 5 rocets of the bomb-thrower and a telephone belongs to enemy.
Aftermath of the clashes, in the night hours, while enemy forces carried away their corpses of killed and wounded soldiers with sikorsky type helicopters, enemy forces carried out bombardments with cobra type helicopters, obus and mortar on the area of action and its surrounding areas, the Hillsides of Evliya, the Village of Nirkola and its surrounding area, the Village of Salara and the Hillsides of Goste.
7-On 22 August at around 19:00 hour, our guerrillas carried out an action on the enemy soldiers, who launched a military operation in the surrounding area of the Zawiste military station, in the district of Catak/Van. As a result, 1 enemy soldier killed and 2 others wounded by our guerrillas. The operation in the area still continues.
8-On 22 August in between 07:30-10:00 hours, our guerrillas carried out a Road control nearby the Village of Xuvare, in between the district of Catak/Van and Pervari/Siirt. While our guerrillas stop and controlled 20 vehicles and, a person name Seyfettin Saca, who is in collaboration with enemy have been detained and taken in front of a court in front of the people. The detainee has been released after he promised in front of the court that he will not collaborate with enemy again, and also on the people’s request.
HPG Media and Communication Center
23. 08. 2012