HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

To the Press and Public!
1-    On 27 October, at 13:00 hour, the occupier Turkish state army launched a military operation in the area of Bilika/Mount Cudi/Sirnak. The Turkish state army advanced to the area of Boxaze Helawe with cobra type military helicopters and under the support of drones and used the civilians as a shield. This operation pulled back at 15:00 hour on the same day.
 
2-    On 28 October, the occupier Turkish state army launched a military operation covering the areas of the Gire Colya, Hesana and the Village of Derike, with 40 armoured military vehicles. As the operational forces were advancing towards the guerrilla areas, our guerrillas opened fire at 15:00 hour. The clashes continued until 16:30 hour. In mean time, while the clashes were continuing, the cobta type military helicopters bombarded the area in between 15:00-16:30 hours, and also intense mobility of the war-planes also occurred on the area. The masses of the city of Silopi came to the area of operation and resisted against the operation. The occupier Turkish state army attacked on the resistance of the civilians against the military operation and as a result military killed a civilian patriotic youth name Salih Yigit.
 
 
3-    On 28 October, there has been an intense mobility of the Turkish state military war-planes occurred both on the Medya Defence Areas and North Kurdistan. Therefore;
 
-          In the afternoon hours of 28 October, there have been mobility of the war-planes occurred on the guerrilla regions of Kandil and Xakurke; in between 10:45-11:00 hours on the region of Avasin; in between 11:00-12:00 hours on the region of Zap; in between 10:45-11:15 hours Haftanin; in between 11:00-11:20 on the region of Gare; and in between 10:30-11:20 hours on the region of Metina.
 
4-    On 28 October in between 20:30 – 23:30 hours, and on 29 October in between 02:00 – 04:00 hours, the drones belong to the occupier Turkish state army carried out intense search flights on our guerrilla region of Zap/the Medya Defence Areas.
 
5-    A contra-guerrilla group made of 7 people wearing guerrilla outfits have been going around in the surrounding area of the Village of Fisate, in the district of Farqin/Amed, and threatening the villagers for the last three days.
 
The HPG Liaison Centre
29 October 2014