Press Release

1. In the evening of September 5, the invading Turkish army launched a large-scale operation in Mardin’s Bagok area with the participation of village guards and contras.

The invading soldiers, encountering with our forces in the operation, was unable to enter into conflict and instead has heavily bombed the area with warplanes. Our comrade Şoreşger Mardin has reached martyrdom in the bombardment which took place.

The ID information of our martyr comrade is as following;

Nom de Guerre: Şoreşger Mardin Name - Surname: Mahmut Ağırman Place of Birth: Mardin Mother’s - Father’s Name: Latife - Sabri Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 6, 2018 / Mardin

Şoreşger – Mahmut Ağırman

2. On October 2, the invading Turkish army launched an operation in the area between Hatay and Iskenderun with the participation of many contra units. On October 4, at 12.00, our guerrillas carried out an action against an operation unit under surveillance near Şahin hill. One soldier has been identified killed in the enemy unit hit in close range. The operation in the area still continues.

3. In our statement dated October 4, 2018, we shared the information that the invading Turkish army had launched an operation in the Pirduda area of the Farashin region in Şırnak’s Beytüşşebap district on September 28. We also announced that our comrade Çekdar Azad (Ferdi Muslu) had reached martyrdom in the conflicts which took place. In contrary, our comrade Çekdar has not fallen as martyr but has fallen captive to the enemy forces in a state of being wounded.

4. On October 6, between 21.00 and 21.30, the warplanes of the invading army bombed the Adılbeg area in the Avashin region. Again, on October 7, at 05.30 am warplanes bombed the Werxele area in the Zap region of the Medya Defence Zones. We have had no guerrilla losses in these bombardments.

October 7, 2018

HPG Press Centre