Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Agirî and Martyr Pîroz Revolutionary Campaign, on May 7, at 16.10, our forces carried out a comprehensive action against the occupying Turkish army positioned on the Lêlîkan hill within the territory of Southern Kurdistan.

The enemy positions on the hill came under intense fire from four arms. Four enemy positions were destroyed and 15 enemy soldiers were identified killed in the action. After the action, the occupying forces bombed the area with howitzers, mortars and warplanes.

Again within the scope of the revolutionary campaign, our forces carried out an action against a unit of the occupying Turkish army near Sivri hill of Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova) district at 17.40. Three soldiers were identified killed in this action.

2. Within the scope of the Martyr Ozan and Martyr Roza Revolutionary campaign, on May 7 at 11.45 our forces carried out an action against a disguised unit of the occupying Turkish army positioned near the Amutka outpost in the Hozat district of Dersim province. Three enemy soldiers have been killed in this action where the positions were effectively hit. Following the action, the invading army carried away dead and wounded soldiers from the area with armoured vehicles.

3. In the evening hours of April 30, conflicts broke out between one of our units out on duty near the village of Derahut in the Mışare area of Siirt and the invading Turkish army. The invading Turkish army, unable to go over our forces on the ground, has intensively bombed the area with cobra-type helicopters. Our comrade Adıl has reached martyrdom as a result of the bombardments, while our comrade Malik (Osman Özünal) has been captured by the enemy forces in a state of being wounded.

The ID information of our martyr comrade is as following;

Nom de Guerre: Adıl Siirt Name - Surname: Mühdi Başçı Place of Birth: Siirt Mother’s – Father’s Name: Nacire - Tefik Date and Place of Martyrdom: April 30, 2018 / Siirt

Adıl – Mühdi Başçı

May 8, 2018 

HPG Press Centre