Press Release

1. Within the scope of the second phase of the Martyr Bedran Gundikremo and Martyr Nalin Muş revolutionary campaign, our forces organized actions against the occupying Turkish army in Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova), Şemzînan (Şemdinli) districts and the Barzan region of Southern Kurdistan.

On 27 September, the occupying Turkish army launched an operation in the Barzan region located on the territory of Southern Kurdistan. On October 9,  at 10:30, our YJA Star forces carried out an action targeting an operation unit positioned on the Koordine hill, in the Adilbeg area. Two enemy tents were destroyed in this action, in which the enemy unit was put under fire from two arms, and one contra and eight enemy soldiers were identified killed here.

After the action, the occupying forces bombarded the area with howitzers and mortars.

October 9, at 11.40, our YJA Star forces targeted enemy soldiers in the Şikerê Sipi hill of Şemzinan district. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers could not be clarified in the action, where enemy positions were effectively shot.

On October 9, at 09.40, our forces have organized an action against enemy soldiers on the Bayê hill of Gever district. One soldier was identified killed on the hill.

2. Within the scope of the Martyr Serdem and Martyr Nudem revolutionary campaign, on October 9, at 17.45, our forces carried out an action against the Golê outpost in the Ömerli district of Mardin province. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in this action where the enemy's positions were hit effectively could not be determined.

3. On October 9, at 07.40, the warplanes belonging to the occupying Turkish army bombed the Govendê area in Hakkari's Şemzinan (Şemdinli) district.

4. On September 25, as the result of an unfortunate accident in the Küçük Cilo area in the Zap region of the Medya Defense Zones, our comrade Brusk Gever (Sipan Güneş) has reached martyrdom.

Nom de Guerre: Brusk Gever Name- Surname: Sipan Güneş Place of Birth: Hakkari Mother's- Father's Name: Müselma - Ramazan Date and Place of Martyrdom: September 25, 2017 / Medya Defense Zones

Brusk – Sipan Güneş

5. Our guerrillas which encountered with a unit of the occupying Turkish army in the area of Dügernan in Bingöl province on August 31, entered into conflict with enemy forces. The number of dead and wounded enemy soldiers in the conflict which took place could not be determined. Our comrade Şerzan Siverek (Cengiz Geçköy) who fought heroically against enemy forces, has reached martyrdom.

Nom de Guerre: Şerzan Siverek Name- Surname: Cengiz Geçköy Place of Birth: Urfa Mother's- Father's Name: Bediha – Mehmet Date and Place of Martyrdom: August 31, 2017 / Bingöl

Şerzan – Cengiz Geçköy

October 10, 2017

HPG Press Centre