Press Release

Despite the decision taken by our Movement for the legitimate defense forces to heal the wounds of the peoples living in Kurdistan and Turkey during the devastating disaster process, the invading Turkish army continues to attack our resistance positions with banned bombs, tanks and heavy weapons.

Our comrade Mazlum was martyred as a result of the heavy weapon attacks carried out by the invading Turkish army near the village of Sîda in the Şêladize sub-district of Amediyê on 9 February. The identity information of our comrade Mazlum will be shared with our people and the public later. Our forces had to defend themselves against the ongoing attacks of the invading Turkish army. While 1 invader was punished, 1 attack helicopter was also hit.

The details of the attacks carried out by the invading Turkish army are as follows;

1. Within the scope of the Bazên Zagrosê Revolutionary Campaign in the Zap region;

– Our forces responded to the shelling on the basis of legitimate self-defence against the invaders in the Çemço region of the Şêladize sub-district of Amediye at 08:00 on February 10, and as a result, one invader was punished.

– On February 10, at 20:00, our forces defended themselves against the attack helicopters that bombed our resistance positions around the Çemço region of the Şêladize sub-district of Amediye, and 1 attack helicopter was damaged.

2. The attacks carried out by the invading Turkish army with banned bombs and chemical weapons;

– On February 9, our resistance positions around the village of Sîda in the Şêladizê sub-district of Amediye were bombed once with banned bombs.

3. The attacks carried out by the invading Turkish army;

– On February 10, the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area was bombed 3 times by warplanes.

– On February 9 and 10, the guerrilla resistance positions near the village of Sîda in the Şêladize district of Amediyê and the Çemço region were bombed dozens of times with tanks and heavy weapons.

February 11, 2023

HPG Press Centre