Press Release
1. The occupying Turkish army's operation launched in Tepê Xwedê in the Barzan region of the territory of Southern Kurdistan on September 27, continues on the fourth day.
Due to the resistance and actions of our guerrillas, the occupation forces, which are having difficulties proceeding from the land, are carrying out intense air attacks against Tepê Xwedê. The occupying Turkish army bombed the village of Pendro between 20.00 and 21.00 on September 28 and the Aris Faris village on September 29 at 11.00 hours.
In the operation where there are conflicts in part, the actions of our forces against the operation units continue.
In this context, our forces carried out an action against the enemy soldiers who attempted to advance towards Koordine hill on September 29, at 12:00. Three enemy soldiers were identified killed in the action.
2. Within the second phase of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaign, our forces carried out an action against the occupying Turkish army in Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) and Gever (Yüksekova) districts.
On September 28, our forces targeted occupying forces which continued road construction work in the region in order to occupy the countryside of Gever. Our forces hit the soldiers who worked on the road in Şükê region of Gever and the soldiers located on Martyr Derman hill in order to ensure the protection of this work which was carried out by the enemy. The number of dead and wounded soldiers here could not be determined.
After the action, the occupying forces bombarded the area with howitzers and mortars.
On the same day, at 16.00, our forces organized an action against the enemy soldiers deployed on Elşer hill of Gever. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in the action, in which positions and containers on the hill were targeted, could not be clarified. Following the action, the occupying Turkish army bombed the area with howitzers and mortars and was forced to withdraw its vehicles after halting the road work.
On the same day, our YJA Star forces carried out an action against a vehicle and enemy soldiers positioned on Şikerê Sipi hill of Şemzînan. At 13:20 hours, the vehicle and the positions on the hill were hit. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in the action could not be determined.
A unit of the occupying Turkish army deployed on the Zivaasêvê hill of Gever, was also targeted by our guerrilla forces at 17.00 on the same day. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in the action, in which positions and armoured vehicles on enemy tops were taken under fire from two sides, could not be clarified. After the action, the invading forces opened fire indiscriminately on the area with heavy weapons.
On September 30, at 08.30, our forces carried out an action against the enemy soldiers on Elişêr hill. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in enemy positions could not be determined.
3. Within the scope of the Martyr Serdem and Martyr Nudem revolutionary campaign, on September 28, our guerrilla forces carried out an action in Şırnak's Silopi district.
On September 28, our forces carried out an action targeting an enemy unit between Sılıb and Gitê villages in Silopi district. The number of dead and wounded soldiers here could not be determined.
After the action, the occupying forces bombarded the area with howitzers and mortars, and launched an operation in the area. The operation was withdrawn on the same day without any results.
4. On September 28, at 19.30, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation in the Şapatan, Serero, Betkarok villages and the ridges of Soranser hill in Colemêrg's Şemzînan district.
On the same day, at 21:45, our forces carried out a series of actions targeting an enemy unit trying to position on the Martyr Axin hill. The number of dead and wounded soldiers in the actions could not be determined.
After the action, occupying forces opened fire indiscriminately at the area with individual weapons consciously and a fire broke out. The occupying army re
moved dead and wounded soldiers from the area with Sikorsky helicopters on September 29, at 03.30. The operation continues in the form of exploration and ambush activities of the disguised units.
5. On September 29, between 14.30 and 15.10, the warplanes of the occupying Turkish army bombarded Bêpalan village in the Kalatuka area of Qandil region from the Medya Defense Zones.
September 30, 2017
HPG Press Centre