HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

Press Release

1. On November 27, at 11.00, our forces carried out an action against the invading Turkish army positioned on the Şundirê Hill in Hakkari’s Çelê (Çukurca) district. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in this action where the enemy’s positions and shelters were effectively hit could not be determined.

Following the action, the invading Turkish army which bombed the area with howitzer and mortar shells, carried away dead and wounded soldiers with Sikorsky helicopters.

 On November 28, around 13.30, our forces once again carried out an action against the enemy soldiers positioned on Martyr Colemerg Hill in Çelê district. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in this action where the enemy positions on the hill were effectively hit could not be determined. The invading forces indiscriminately bombed the area with howitzer and mortar shells following the action.

2. On November 28, between 15.50 and 16.30, the invading Turkish army’s warplanes bombed the slopes of Şekif Hill in the Xakurkê region of the Medya Defence Zones, and the Martyr Kendal area in Şırnak’s Qileban (Uludere) district.

 On November 29 (today) warplanes bombed the surroundings of the Xakurkê Stream at 08.30 hours. We have had no guerrilla losses in these bombardments.

3. On November 27, at 09.30, the invading Turkish army’s warplanes carried out an air attack against the Saca area in the Zap region of the Medya Defence Zones. Our comrades Arin, Avesta and Zilan reached martyrdom in these bombardments.

The ID information of our martyr comrades is as following;

Nom de Guerre: Arin Colemerg

Name-Surname: Hülya Özdemir

Place of Birth: Van

Mother’s and father’s Name: Asya - Dırbaz

Date and Place of Martyrdom: November 27, 2018 / Zap

Arin – Hülya Özdemir

Nom de Guerre: Avesta Kahraman

Name-Surname: Elife Mele Nahsan

Place of Birth: Efrin

Mother’s and father’s Name: Latife - Nuri

Date and Place of Martyrdom: November 27, 2018 / Zap

Avesta – Elife Mele Nahsan

Nom de Guerre: Zilan Devran

Name-Surname: Nurşen Bütüşaba

Place of Birth: Amed

Mother’s and father’s Name: Nesihat - Muharrem

Date and Place of Martyrdom: November 27, 2018 / Zap

Zilan – Nurşen Bütüşaba

 

 

November 29, 2018

HPG Press Centre