Press Release
1. The occupying Turkish army's extensive operation which was launched on September 13th in the areas of Gundê Hesena, Girê Çolya, Bilurvan and Girê Bilurvan in the slopes of the Cudî mountain in the Silopi district of Sirnak had to retreat from the area because of our guerrilla's intensive actions targeting operation forces.
The details of the actions which our forces organized during the operation are as follows;
On September 13, a group of the occupying Turkish army soldiers heading from the Derê Semana area to the Çelê Reş area, were put under surveillance by our guerrilla forces. The enemy soldiers who was put under surveillance for a while was targeted at 18:30 on the same day. As a result of the effective hits, three soldiers were identified killed. The occupying forces bombarded the area with howitzers and mortars.
On September 14, a Cobra-type armoured vehicle heading towards Gundê Hesena was targeted by our forces at about 11.30 am. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in the action, in which armored vehicle was damaged, could not be determined.
At the same day at 13.30, the occupation forces trying to enter the Gundê Hesena area with the support of tanks were targeted by our guerrillas. In the action where the soldiers and tanks were hit effectively, one tank was damaged. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in the action could not be determined.
On the same day, our forces carried out a sabotage action targeting another tank of the occupying forces in the Gundê Hesena area at about 18:30. As a result of the action, one tank was destroyed and the tank personnel fled from the action area. After a while, the occupying forces intervened with armored vehicles and removed the tank wreckage from the area with the tractors.
During the operation, the occupying army bombarded areas ceaselessly from Botaş and Milêgolya outposts with howitzers and mortars and had to withdraw from Bilurvan area on September 15 and from Gırê Bılurvan and Gırê Hesena areas on September 16.
On September 16th at 07.00 our forces carried out an action against the enemy soldiers trying to secure the road work in Tepê Petrut of Çelê. In this action where enemy positions and soldiers were shot in close proximity, 1 enemy position was destroyed and 4 enemy soldiers were killed. Moreover, the enemy has a large number of wounded in this action and the number has not been clarified.
After the action, the occupation forces bombarded the area with warplanes, howitzers and mortars. The enemy forces removed dead and wounded soldiers from the area with Sikorsy-type helicopters and armored vehicles during the same night.
The special war media has publicly lied about the news of the martyrdom of three guerrillas in this action. We have not had any loss in this successful action.
Our forces carried out an action targeting the enemy soldiers on the Tataselê hill of Şemzînan on September 16 at 09:00 hours. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in this action, where enemy positions were shot effectively, has not been determined. After the action, the invading forces bombarded the Koordine hill with howitzers and mortars.
On September 17th, our forces carried out a simultaneous action against the occupying forces positioned at the top of the Siser and Bayê of Gever at 13.30. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers could not be determined in these actions, in which tents, containers and positions on both hills were intensively hit on two arms.
After the actions, the occupying forces bombarded the area with grenade throwers, howitzers and mortars.
3. Within the scope of the Martyr Serdem and Martyr Nudem revolutionary campaign, our forces carried out an action targeting the occupying Turkish army soldiers on the Şerefiye hill on Mount Gabar on September 17, at 13.25. One soldier has been identified killed in this action where enemy soldiers on the hill were hit effectively. After the action, the occupying forces bombarded the area with howitzers and mortars.
September 18, 2017
HPG Press Centre