Press Release

1. Within the scope of the Martyr Agirî and Martyr Pîroz Revolutionary Campaign, our forces carried out a series of actions against the occupying Turkish army. In this scope;

On May 4 at 10.30, our forces carried out an action against the invaders positioned on the Lêlîkan Hill in Southern Kurdistan. Enemy positions were hit effectively in this action where two soldiers were killed and one was wounded.

 On the same day at 11.40, our forces carried out an assassination action against the invading Turkish army deployed on the Deştanê valley in Hakkari’s Çelê (Çukurca) district. One enemy soldier was killed in the action, after which the invading Turkish army bombed the area with howitzers and mortars.

 On the same day at 14.50, our forces carried out an action against enemy soldiers positioned on the Elişer hill in Hakkari’s Gever (Yüksekova) district. The enemy unit on the hill was taken under intense fire and two soldiers were killed in the action.

2. The occupying Turkish army on April 26 carried out a comprehensive operation in the countryside of Hizan district of Bitlis. Heavy clashes have taken place between our forces and the invaders in this operation which were joined by many armoured vehicles and cobra-type helicopters.

 Our comrade Toprak, who fought heroically against the enemy units in these conflicts where many enemy soldiers were killed and wounded, detonated his bomb on himself in order to not be captured by the enemy and reached martyrdom. The operation was withdrawn from the area on April 27.

The ID information of our martyr comrade is as following; 

Nom de Guerre: Toprak Harun Name - Surname: Sevda Arvas Place of Birth: Van Mother’s - Father’s Name: Nafiye – Mehmet Şakir Date and Place of Martyrdom: April 26, 2018 / Bitlis

Toprak – Sevda Arvas 

May 5, 2018

HPG Press Centre