HPG

Kurdistan People's Defence Forces

TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC
1-On 22 November at 15:00 hour, our guerrillas carried out an action against an enemy sikorsky type helicopter, while flying from the area of Osyan to Sirnak. As a result of action, the helicopter has been hit and damaged, and flew away from the area.
2-As we have announced to the press and public that there has been military operations launched by the occupier Turkish state army and 3 days long clashes occurred in the rural areas of the district of Semdinli/Hakkari, on 16 November. As a result, 38 enemy soldiers killed and 1 sikorsky type helicopter hit and destroyed by our guerrillas. Again we also stated that 2 of our comrades have martyred and 3 of our comrades’ whereabouts is unknown.
After the searches, while 2 of our comrades, who have been cut off from their units, have been clarified they have been martyred. The third comrade has been reached to his unit alive.
The I.D. Details of our martyred comrades as a result of clashes on 16-19 November are;
Code Name: Behcet Urfa
Real Name: Mehmet Can Gulbeden
Place of Birth: Siverek, Urfa
Name of Mother/Father: Semsa/Davut
Date and Place of Martry: 16-19 November 2012/ Semdinli, Hakkari
Code Name: Rozerin Serdem
Real Name: Meryem Brukimilan
Place of Birth: Maku
Name of Mother/Father: Cemile/Hamit
Date and Place of Martry: 16-19 November 2012/ Semdinli, Hakkari
Code Name: Berxwedan Zagros
Real Name: Mehmet Amac
Place of Birth: Suruc,Urfa
Name of Mother/Father: Naile/Dervis
Date and Place of Martry: 16-19 November 2012/ Semdinli, Hakkari
Code Name: Tofan Firat
Real Name: Xwededa Ahmedi
Place of Birth: Maku
Name of Mother/Father: Zerif/Ahmet
Date and Place of Martry: 16-19 November 2012/ Semdinli, Hakkari
HPG Media and Communication Center
23. 11. 2012