Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Pîroz and Martyr Agirî Revolutionary Campaign, on October 16, at 17.15, our forces carried out an action against the invading Turkish army positioned on Elişêr hill in Hakkari’s Gever (Yüksekova) district.

Three positions were destroyed and six enemy soldiers were killed in this action where all three enemy positions on the hill were targeted.

2. In our statement dated October 11, 2018, we shared the information that our comrades Medya Mawa and Akif Bagok had reached martyrdom as a result of the operation launched in the area of Badibe village in Mardin’s Nusaybin district. In contrary, our comrade Akif Brusk (Mahmut Özdemir) is currently on duty, while our comrade Akif Bagok (Abdurrahman Erçik) has been martyred. We correct this mistake which has occurred as the result of the intense war period and send our apologies to our precious families.

The ID information of our martyr comrade is as following;

Nom de Guerre: Akif Bagok Name-Surname: Abdulrahman Erçik Place of Birth: Mardin Mother’s and Father’s: Rukiye - Mehmet Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 30, 2018 / Mardin

Akif – Abdurrahman Erçik

3. On August 20, 2018, the invading Turkish army had launched an operation in the Piro area of Şırnak’s Besta district. On the same day, around 12.00 hours, warplanes heavily bombed the operation area and following this Sikorsky helicopters carried out setdowns in the area. Heavy conflicts have taken place between invading soldiers and our forces following this. Our comrades Brusk and Eşref, who both inflicted heavy blows on the enemy forces and fought heroically until their very last bullets, fell as martyrs after using their guns on themselves in order to not be captured by the enemy.

The ID information of our martyr comrades is as following;

Nom de Guerre: Brûsk Name-Surname: Yusuf Sungur Place of Birth: - Mother’s and Father’s: Hatice -   Date and Place of Martyrdom: August 20, 2018 / Şırnak

Brusk – Yusuf Sungur

Nom de Guerre: Eşref Batûyî Name-Surname: Serbest Gün Place of Birth: Şırnak Mother’s and Father’s: Zeynep - Abdurrahman Date and Place of Martyrdom: August 20, 2018 / Şırnak

Eşref – Serbest Gün

We express our condolences to the precious Gün, Sungur and Erçik families in the person of our three comrades who have reached the caravan of immortals. We reiterate our promise to bring to life their dream of a “Free Leader - Free Kurdistan” and carry their memories to success.

October 17, 2018

HPG Press Centre