Press Release

1. Between November 19 and December 24, 2017, the occupying Turkish army launched a series of invasion operation with the participation of more than 8 thousand soldiers, as well as 4 Cobra helicopters, 20 Sikorsky helicopters and a large number of armoured vehicles in Amed's Lice, Hazro, Silvan, Kulp, and Kocaköy districts. The details of the invasion operations that were withdrawn from the area without any result are as follows:

 The operation targeted the Akdağ area between November 19-24, between November 26 and December 2 the Ş. Kendal area, Kelkom, Zıngır, Arsek and Xaçek villagers and its surroundings in Şehit Brusk area between November 29 and December 1, the Ape Musa area between 14-17 December and Martyr Serxwebun and Martyr Ferhat areas between 24-27 December.

2. On November 30, about 23:40, an action was carried out by our forces against the police officers in front of the Bağlar Police Station in Amed’s Bağlar district. Three police officers were injured in the action. Our unit, which carried out the action, retreated from the scene to their base safely.

3. On January 1, around 16:30, our forces organized an action against the Girê Sinek outpost in the Qileban (Uludere) district of Sirnak. In the action, where the shelters and positions in the outpost were taken under fire intensively, a position was destroyed and the number of dead and wounded soldiers could not be determined. After the action, the occupying forces indiscriminately bombarded the area with mortars and howitzers.

4. On January 2, at 09.30, our forces organized an action against the occupying Turkish army soldiers deployed on the Xeregol hill of Hakkari's Çelê (Çukurca) district. Four soldiers were identified killed in the action, where enemy positions were hit effectively. After the action, the occupying forces indiscriminately bombarded the area with mortars and howitzers.

5. On October 25, 2017, Iranian army forces carried out a conspiracy against one of our units between Tavşan Hill and Germav area in the Dambat region of Serhat province. Our four female fighters and two militants named Mecit and Sait entered into conflict with the Iranian army and fought heroically against the enemy until the last bullets. As a result of the conflict 6 of our comrades fell as martyr.

The ID information of our martyr comrades is as following;

 Nom de Guerre:

Name - Surname:

Place of Birth:

Mother’s - Father's Name:

Date and Place of Martyrdom: October 25, 2017 / Dambat

Nom de Guerre: Berçem Zilan Name - Surname: Zilan Oktar Place of Birth: Van Mother’s - Father's Name: Ayser - Osman Date and Place of Martyrdom: October 25, 2017 / Dambat

Berçem – Zilan Oktar

Nom de Guerre:: Dilan Serhat Name - Surname: Zilan Esen Place of Birth: Van Mother’s - Father's Name: Çiğdem - Şemsettin Date and Place of Martyrdom: October 25, 2017 / Dambat

Dilan – Zilan Esen

Nom de Guerre: Jiyan Aysel Name - Surname: Xezal Bartu Place of Birth: Van Mother’s - Father's Name: Rabia – Şemsettin Date and Place of Martyrdom: October 25, 2017 / Dambat

Jiyan – Xezal Bartu

Nom de Guerre:: Nalin Aşuğ Name - Surname: Güzel Aşna Xelafiyana Place of Birth: Maku Mother’s - Father's Name: Zeynep – Muhammed Date and Place of Martyrdom: October 25, 2017 / Dambat

Nalin – Güzel Aşna Xelafiyana

January 4, 2017

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