Press Release
1. On June 6, at 15.00, our forces targeted a convoy of the occupying Turkish army on the move from Hakkari's Çele (Çukurca) district towards central Hakkari between the territories of Dereva Talê and Xezalkê.
The convoy consisting of armoured vehicles was hit effectively at close range, the Kirpi-type armored vehicle got out off the road and was completely destroyed. The lorry carrying a cobra-type vehicle and another Kirpi-type vehicle in the convoy was also hit and was forced to leave the area. 13 enemy soldiers were killed and seven soldiers were wounded in the action. Our forces have securely moved away from the area.
2. On June 5, at 15.00, our forces carried out an action targeting soldiers deployed on the Şkêr outpost in Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) district. two enemy soldiers were killed in the action.
On June 6, at 10.30 hours, our forces carried out an action against soldiers gathered in the garden of the Deştanê outpost in Hakkari's Çelê district. In the action where a digger vehicle and a vehicle belonging to contras were hit, the number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be clarified.
3. On June 3, our forces put under surveillance a secret unit of the occupying Turkish army positioned in the Martyr Şiyar area of Muş province which was carrying out ambush activity. After following the activity of the unit for some time, our forces carried out an action targeting this unit at the Dazıkomê village road on the same day at 16.00 hours. Seven soldiers have been identified killed in the action, while many soldiers were wounded. At 17.00 hours, the occupying Turkish army carried away its dead and wounded soldiers in sikorsy-type helicopters with the support of unmanned aerial vehicles and cobra-type attack vehicles, and launched an operation in the area.
4. On June 5, at 17.15 forces, our forces carried out an assassination action targeting the occupying Turkish army soldiers positioned on the Seter outpost in Bingöl's Yayladere district and two enemy soldiers were killed in the action. After the action, enemy forces positioned in the Seter outpost indisriminately bombarded the area around with howitzer and mortar shells.
5. On May 27, at 22.00 hours, the warplanes of the occupying Turkish army carried out bombardment in the Geliyê Tızizê area of Van's Çatak district. After this attack, the special war pens of the fascist regime has propagandized the lies of the army and claimed that our 10 guerrillas have reached martyrdom in this attack.
Our four comrades have fell as martyrs in this attack. Due to war conditions, it has taken time to clarify the identitiy information of our comrades. The ID information of our martyr comrades is as following;
Nom de Guerre: Bedran Yoldaş
Name Surname: Metin Özdemir
Date of Birth: Erzurum
Mother's - Father's Name: Halise - Hayrettin
Date and Place of Martyrdom: 27 May 2017 / Van
Nom de Guerre: Demhat Faraşin
Name Surname: Abdurrahim Aslan
Place of Birth: Şırnak
Mother's - Father's Name: Perihan - Fetah
Date and Place of Matyrdom: 27 May 2017 / Van
Nom de Guerre: Rubar Welat
Name Surname: Sinan Altunköprü
Place of Birth: Van
Mother's - Father's Name: Fazilet - Burhan
Date and Place of Martyrdom: 27 May 2017 / Van
Nom de Guerre: Sımko Koçer
Name Surname: Mustafa Uras
Place of Birth: Bitlis
Mother's - Father's Name: Fatma - Muhsin
Date and Place of Martyrdom: 27 May 2017 / Van
7 June, 2017
HPG Press Centre