Press Release

1. On September 6, at 12.00, our forces conducted an action targeting the occupying Turkish army soldiers deployed on the top of Martyr Lezgîn hill in Uludere district of Şirnak. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in the action, where two containers and guard house were struck effectively, could not be determined.

After the action, the enemy forces bombarded the area with howitzers and mortars.

2. On September 7, at 7.30, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation with the support of the UAV's and Cobra-type attack helicopters in Siirts' Garisa area and surroundings of Old Eruh hill.

Cobra-type helicopters of enemy forces bombed Garisa and Old Eruh hill and 6 Sikorsky-type helicopters carried out setdowns in the area. The operation had to withdraw without any result on the same day.

3. On September 7, between 18.30 and 19.00, warplanes of the occupying Turkish army bombed Tabura Êreba area in Avaşîn region of the Medya Defense Zones.

4. On August 21, Occupying Turkish army launched an operation near the Aras village of Van's Payîzava (Gürpınar) district.

There were conflicts that erupted between our guerrillas and the occupying forces which used modern technique intensively in the operation. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers could not be determined in the conflicts. Four of our comrades who have fought heroically against the occupying forces martyred in conflict and bombardments.

The ID information of our martyr comrades are as following;

Nom de Guerre: Berxwedan Şax Name-Surname: Ümit Karabulak Place of Birth: Van Mother's-Father's Name: Latife - Hivil Date and Place of Martyrdom: August 21, 2017 / Van

Berxwedan – Ümit Karabulak

Nom de Guerre: Ekin Devrim Name-Surname: Nevin Özalp Place of Birth: Siirt Mother's-Father's Name: Nafida - Ömer Date and Place of Martyrdom: August 21, 2017 / Van

Ekin – Nevin Özalp

Nom de Guerre: Gelhat Geliye Zilan Name-Surname: Abdullah Demir Place of Birth: Van Mother's-Father's Name: Neriman - Yusuf Date and Place of Martyrdom: August 21, 2017 / Van

Gelhat – Abdullah Demir

Nom de Guerre: Givara Name-Surname: Xalit Nasi Place of Birth: Qamışlo Mother's-Father's Name: Anude -Cengidar Date and Place of Martyrdom: August 21, 2017 / Van

Givara – Xalit Nasi

September 8, 2017

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