TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

1. On 6^th of July, 2010, at around 07:00 hours, our Guerrilla Forces carried an action against a panzer in a row of an armoured military vehicles as a part of a military operation launcehed by the Turkish state army Lice-Kulp/Amed.

The action carried out against the military panzer at 2^nd km of the Lice-Kulp highways/Amed. The military panzer have been completely destroyed together with the enemy soldiers in it. Two ambulances carried dead and wounded soldiers three times from the place of incident. Afterwards of the action, the Turkish state army closed the area for the entry, and launcehed a military operation until night.

2. On 6^th of July, 2010, our YJA-STAR Guerrillas carried an action against enemy soldiers securing Lekic army station in Palu/Elazig. The action carried out in commemoration of our martered comrades in Silvan, Gumushane and Pervari. As a result of this action two (2) enemy soldiers killed and two (2) other wounded.

3. The afternoon of 6^th of July, 2010, the Turkish state army launched a military operation in and surrounding  area of Sineva/Yuksekova/Hakkari, after intensive bombardment of the Cobra type attack helicopters.

4. In between 21:00 hours of 6^th and 03:00 hours of 7^th of July, 2010, the Turkish state army bombarded the area of Sesdara/Haftanin/the Medya Defence Areas, with obus and mortars.

5. On 5^th of July, 2010, afternoon, the Turkish state army bombarded the area of Xapuske/Zagros/the Medya Defence Areas, with obus and mortars. As a result of the bombardment fire has been started. The fire is still continuing.

6. On 5^th of July, 2010, at around 14:30 hours, our Guerrillas carried an action against a lorry in between the area of Erbis and the Guvenlik army station, which was carrying military materials to the Guvenlik army station. As a result of this action, the lorry mostly  destroyed and the driver heavily wounded. Afterwards of the action, the Turkish state army launched a military operation with armoured military vehicles in the area, and the surrounding area of the place of action has been bombarded with obus and mortars.

7. On 5^th of July, 2010, at around 23:00 hours, our Guerrillas carried an action against a carpet factory, belongs to the state authorities in Lice, in the village of Yaprakli (Tute)/Lice/Amed. The action carried out against the carpet factory for the reason of there was a cover JITEM activities carried out as a part of special warfare. The factory has been burnt by our guerrillas for warning for those carrying out such activities.

8. On 5^th of July, 2010, our Guerrilla Forces carried an action against enemy positions on the Hill of Bedeve/Semdinli/Hakkari. As a result of this action, most of the positions of the enmy on the Hill taken by our guerrillas and 18 enemy soldiers killed. Our guerrillas confiscated 1 BKC type weapon, 5 G3, and 1 Termal Camera during this action. Afterwards of the action, the area have been bombarded by the enemy using intensive military technic. As a result of clashes and bombardments four of our Guerrillas name Artim, Esra, Tekoser and Avasin reached to testimony after bravely resist. We will be sharing in more detail once we receive clarified information.

9. On 21^st of July, 2010, as we have had shared, as a result of a clash occurred in between our Guerrilla Forces and the operational forces of the Turkish state army in the rural areas of Kelkit/Gumushane, total of four (4) of our Guerrillas reached to testimony. We have already announced the names of our marteres as Amed (Hamit Ulas), Rezan (Salih Ozcan) and Sipan (Ozgur Daghan). According to the new detail which we have just received that also another guerrilla named Zerdest (Serdar Tekin) reached to testimony after brave resistance. We would like to apologize from the public for any inconviences due to difficulties to get information in a war situation.

The I.D. Details of our Martered Guerrillas:

Code Name: Zerdest Real Name: Serdar Tekin Year of Birth/Place: 1985/Batman Year of Participation/Place: 2005/Istanbul Name of Mother: Behiye Name of Father: Alaaddin Date of Martery/Place: 21st of June, 2010/Kelkit-Gumushane

Code Name: Esra Urmiye Real Name: Meysa Ayse Year of Birth/Place: 1984/Urmiye Year of Participation/Place: 2003/Urmiye Name of Mother: Sara Name of Father: Kerim Date of Martery/Place: 5th of July, 2010/Semdinli-Hakkari

Code Name: Avasin Irmak Real Name: Meral Bingul Year of Birth/Place: 1980/Norsin-Bitlis Year of Participation/Place: 2002/Istanbul Name of Mother: Nazerin Name of Father: Abdullah Date of Martery/Place: 5th of July, 2010/Semdinli-Hakkari

Code Name: Artim Sengal Real Name: Serhat Aslan Year of Birth/Place: 1981/Sanli Urfa Year of Participation/Place: 2004/Moscov Name of Mother: Mahide Name of Father: Nafi Date of Martery/Place: 5th of July, 2010/Semdinli-Hakkari

Code Name: Tekoser Munzur Real Name: Sitki Tanriverdi Year of Birth/Place: 1962/Avsin-Maras Year of Participation/Place: 1997/Fransa Name of Mother: Zeynep Name of Father: Huseyin Date of Martery/Place: 5th of July, 2010/Semdinli-Hakkari

The Press Liasion Center – HPG

07/07/2010