Press Release

1. On September 28, the invading Turkish army launched an operation in the Kela Memê area of Şırnak’s Qileban (Uludere) district with the participation of approximately ten thousand soldiers and village guards from Kitêr, Dêra, Hênê and Sêgirke.

On September 29, the invading forces carried out setdowns with Sikorsy helicopters to Dıryan village, Çemê Dıryan, Avyan village, Axiyan village, Rıjdê village, Rojnê hill, Mêhrinê village, Bayrak hill, Kaplan hill, Hêzıl valley, Kani Torşikê and the surroundings of Hozê village. After setting on fire the fields of Mêhrinê, Dıryan and Rıjdê villages on October 3, the invading forces withdrew from the area without any results.

2. In the morning of September 28, the invading forces launched an operation in the Pirduda area of the Faraşin region in Şırnak’s Beytüşşebap district. Heavy conflicts have taken place between our forces and the enemy forces out on the operation. The number of dead and wounded enemies in these conflicts where many soldiers were killed and wounded could not be determined. Our comrade Çekdar Azad, who fought heroically against the enemy forces in these conflicts, has reached martyrdom while our comrade Serxwebun (Sadık Hasan Reşidi) has been captured by the enemy forces in a state of being wounded. The operation was withdrawn from the area on the same day. The ID information of our martyr comrade is as following;

Nom de Guerre: Çekdar Azad Name - Surname: Ferdi Muslu Place of Birth: Van Mother’s - Father’s Name: Semiha - Şevket Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 28, 2018 / Şırnak

Çekdar – Ferdi Muslu

 3. On September 24, at 22.30, the invading Turkish army bombed the Nebırnavê area in Van’s Gürpınar district with warplanes. Following the bombardments, the invading Turkish army launched an operation in the area on September 15. Agit Goyi (Rojhat Babat) has surrendered to enemy forces in the operation.

4. On October 3, at 09.00, our forces carried out an action against a work machine carrying out the security road construction on Şundire Hill in the Deştanê area of Hakkari’s Çelê (Çukurca) district. The work machine was destroyed in the action, and the road work was consequently forced to stop.

5. In our statement dated September 26, 2018, we shared the information that the invading Turkish army had launched an operation in the Rojdere area of Dersim on September 17, and that four of our comrades had reached martyrdom as a result of bombardments. The ID information of our martyr comrades is as following;

Nom de Guerre: Arjin Malazgirt Name - Surname: Aslı Akın Place of Birth: Muş Mother’s - Father’s Name: Miyaser - Kerem Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 17, 2018 / Dersim

Arjin – Aslı Akın

Nom de Guerre: Azime Çınar Name - Surname: Fatime Saltan Place of Birth: Amed Mother’s - Father's Name: Türki - Şehmus Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 17, 2018 / Dersim

Azime – Fatime Saltan

Nom de Guerre: Dicle Glidağ Name - Surname: Kesire Bilici Place of Birth: Van Mother’s - Father’s Name: Nahime - Selahattin Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 17, 2018 / Dersim

Dicle – Kesire Bilici

Nom de Guerre: Sefkan Ardahan Name - Surname: Muhammed Aşçı Place of Birth: Istanbul Mother’s - Father’s Name: Gündüz – Nimet Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 17, 2018 / Dersim

Sefkan – Muhammed Aşçı

 6. The warplanes of the invading Turkish army has carried out air attacks against the Medya Defence Zones. The details of the attacks carried out within this scope are as following;

7. On October 3, at 15.30, warplanes bombed the Çemço, Martyr Şahin and Werxelê areas in the Zap region of the Medya Defence Zones.

On the same day, at 19.50, warplanes bombed the surroundings of Stunê village in Hakkari’s Gever (Yüksekova) district. A fire has broken out in the vineyards and gardens belonging to locals as a result of the bombardments.

October 4, 2018

HPG Press Centre