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Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

1. Within the scope of the second phase of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaign, our forces organized actions against the occupying Turkish army in Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova) and Şemzînan (Şemdinli) districts.

The ongoing operation of the occupying Turkish army on the zone of Tepe Xwedê of the Barzan region located on the territory of Southern Kurdistan, launched on September 27, is continuing. Our forces carried out an action against the occupying forces on Tepe Xwedê on October 8, at around 05:30. 11 enemy soldiers were killed in this action, in which the enemy troops and their positions were put under intense fire.

The operation launched by the occupying Turkish army in the Oremar and Cilo regions of Gever district continues. Our forces carried out an action against the occupying forces located in the Qela Perixane area of ​​the Oremar region at 17.50 hours the same day. Six positions were destroyed from the enemy positions put under fire in the action carried out on two arms, and 10 soldiers were killed. After the action, the occupying Turkish army which bombed the area with howitzer and mortar shells, removed dead and dead and wounded soldiers from the area with sikorsy-type helicopters.

On the same day at 11.00, our YJA Star forces carried out an action against the Girê outpost located in Şemzînan district. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers could not be determined in this action where the outpost and its posts were targeted.

2. On October 8, at 13:00, our forces targeted an enemy unit on a hill between the Sinek and the Maymun hills in the Qileban (Uludere) district of Şırnak. The number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be determined in this action in which the enemy unit was intensely put under fire and was shot in an effective manner.

3. On October 4, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation in the vicinity of the village of Şelema in Amed's Farqin (Silvan) district, the village of Zilek in Hazro district and the village of Reşanê in Lice district.

On October 8, at 23.15, within the scope of the Martyr Azad Farqin and Martyr Jinda Özgür revolutionary campaign, our forces carried out a sabotage action against the enemy unit in the Tepe Klon territory in Farqin. According to local sources, two soldiers were killed and two soldiers were wounded in this action.

After the action, the occupying forces removed dead and wounded soldiers from the area with sikorsy helicopters. The operation is partially withdrawn, and the mobility of the disguised units in the area continues.

4. On October 9, between 00.10 and 00.30, warplanes belonging to the occupying Turkish army bombed the Xeregol slopes in the Xakurkê region from the Medya Defense Zones.

5. On September 23, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation against the Çalyan territory of Faraşin area of Şırnak's Beytüssebap district. There were conflicts between the occupying forces and our guerrillas in the operation. In these conflicts, the number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers could not be determined. Three of our comrades who fought heroically against enemy forces reached martyrdom here.

The ID information of our martyr comrades are as following;

Nom de Guerre: Zilan Adar

Name- Surname: Emine Yorulmaz

Place of Birth: Adıyaman

Mother's- Father's Name: Aynî - Bêkar

Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 23, 2017 / Şırnak

Zilan – Emime Yorulmaz

Nom de Guerre: Canfeda Legerin

Name- Surname: Ferhat Aydemir

Place of Birth: Amed

Mother's- Father's Name: Neslihan - Bedri

Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 23, 2017 / Şırnak

Canfeda – Ferhat Aydemir

Nom de Guerre: Xebat Mamxori

Name- Surname: Sinan Kahraman

Place of Birth: Hakkari

Mother's- Father's Name: Şadiye - Hamit

Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 23, 2017 / Şırnak

Xebat – Sinan Kahraman

 

October 9, 2017


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