Press Release
1. Within the scope of the Martyr Pîroz and Agirî Revolutionary Campaign, our guerrilla forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army on the Martyr Gafur hill in Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova) district on July 13, at 13.15.
The number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarified in this action where enemy positions and shelters were effectively struck.
2. Within the scope of the Martyr Delal Amed and Besta Martyrs Revolutionary Campaign, our guerrilla forces carried out actions against the invading Turkish army. The details of the actions carried out are as following;
On July 13, at 14.00, our forces stopped a truck carrying materials to the outposts in the area of Gelîyê Masiro of Van's Başkale district. Our forces confiscated some military documents and a gun in the truck and set the materials with the truck on fire. The truck driver was released after being warned.
On July 14, at 04.30, our forces carried out an action against the TRT Gabar outpost in Şırnak. Two enemy soldiers were killed in the action where the positions and shelters in the outpost were intensely struck from two arms. Following the action, the occupying Turkish army indiscriminately bombarded the area with howitzers and mortars.
On July 14, at 11:15, a sabotage action targeting an armoured vehicle of the occupying Turkish army was carried out by our guerrilla forces in Çemê Karê area of Siirt's Pervari district. In the action, a Cobra-type armoured vehicle was destroyed and eight enemy soldiers were killed. At around 21:00 hours, the occupying Turkish army removed vehicle wreckage and dead soldiers from the area with the support of armoured vehicles.
3. For some time, the invading Turkish army is attempting to place its disguised units in the Madur area of the Kağızman district of Kars. Within the scope of the Revolutionary Victory Campaign launched in the province, on July 13, at 21.30, our forces carried out a sabotage action against the enemy unit trying to position in the area. Two enemy soldiers were killed in this action.
4. On July 12, the invading Turkish army launched an operation in the Sheikh Cuma area of Bitlis. In the morning hours of the same day, our forces put under surveillance a unit of the operation and carried out an action against this unit. Four enemy soldiers were killed in this enemy unit which was effectively hit on two arms. The operation was withdrawn in the afternoon hours of the same day.
5. On July 10, the invading Turkish army launched an operation in the Martyr Kawa area of Amed’s Kulp district. On July 11, around 01.30, an area positioned by our forces out on duty was heavily bombed by warplanes and Attack-type helicopters. Three of our comrades were martyred in these bombardments. The operation was withdrawn from the area around 12.00 hours on July 13.
6. On July 8, gendarmerie intelligence members dressed in the military clothing of our guerrillas carried out an attack against a village guard cabin near the Şuxa village in Siirt’s Pervari district. Two village guards and two gendarmerie intelligence members were wounded in the heavy clashes which took place between the two sides. The village guards have found out that this is a conspiracy upon the capture of intelligence members. Many village guards in the region have laid down their arms due to this incident.
The occupying Turkish state is attacking the village guards with dirty games and trying to make them fight against our guerrillas. As it is already known, anyone who does not go out on an operation and who does not have a role in the martyrdom of our guerrillas is not our target. The occupying Turkish state tries to make the guards fight against the freedom guerrillas by performing such provocations. Village guards in Kurdistan should be sensitive to such provocations, and the dirty policies of the occupying state which disregards their own lives and should take sides with the freedom struggle of their own people, not be a tool for the enemy's policies.
July 15, 2018
HPG Press Centre