To The Press And Public!
1.On 15th of June, 2010, at around 11:00am, our guerrillas have carried out an action against the soldiers belongs to the Turkish state army, who wanted cross the border through the area of Kura Cala/Uludere/Sirnak to carry an attack towards the Medya Defence Areas. As a result of this action, 1 (one) enemy soldier have been killed and 4 (four) wounded. After the action of our guerrillas, on the night 16th of June, at around 12.00pm, a second action taken towards enemy in the same area. During this second action taken by our guerrillas, 3 (three) enemy soldiers killed and 7 (seven) others wounded, and 2 (two) of our guerrillas have been martered as a result of intensive clashes. Afterwards of this action of the guerrillas, the Turkish state army bombarded the areas of Deriye Dawetiye, Kesan, the Hill of Betalma, the villages of Haftanin and the area of Kuranis until 10:00 am in the morning with obus, mortars and Cobra type attack-helicopters. And, in between 11:00-12:00am, the Turkish state army continue its bombardments with war-planes towards the areas of Betalma and the villages of Haftanin. After the intensive bombardment, the Turkish state army started a military operation in the area of Kura Cala and the operation pulled back the same day.
The I.D. Details of Martered Guerrillas are as Follow:
Code Name: Renas Zerdesti Real Name: Enis Kalkan Date of Birth/place: 1978/Van Date of Participation/Place: 2004/Van Name of Mother: Melike Name of Father: Sulhattin Date and Place of Martry: 16th of June, 2010 – Uludere/Sirnak |
Code Name: Kendal Sirnak Real Name: Lokman Ustek Date of Birth/place: 1986/Sirnak Date of Participation/Place: 2004/Sirnak Name of Mother: Hanim Name of Father: Hasan Date and Place of Martry: 16th of June, 2010 – Uludere/Sirnak |
2.On 16th of June, 2010, at around 15:00 hours, the YJA-STAR Guerrillas carried out two different actions against enemy soldiers placed on the Hill of Helicopter/Zagros. As a result of the first action, which was a assassination action, 1 (one) soldier have been killed. In the second action, which has been carried out with heavy weapons, we couldn’t be able to clarify the numbers of dead and wounded enemy soldiers.
3.On 16th of June, 2010, the Turkish state army bombarded the area of Tepe Xwede, with obus and mortars.
4.On 15th of June, 2010, in between the hours of 12:00-17:00 hours, the Turkish state army bombarded the area of Mila Baye/Haftanin/Medya Defence Areas, with obus and mortars.
5. On 11th of June, 2010, our guerrillas carried a action against enemy forces, which has been placed on the Hill of Desta Lala/Sirnak. As a result of this action, 2 (two) enemy positions destroyed and 4 (four) enemy soldiers killed. After this action, on 12th of June, the Turkish state army launched a military operation in the area. And, the operation ended the same night with no result.
The Press Liasion Centre – HPG
17/05/2010