HPG (PKK) STATEMENT ON RECENT MILITARY ACTIVITIES / KCK INFO

TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC – ARTILLARY ATTACKS ON THE ZAP REGION

The occupier Turkish state army has been continuing its artillery attacks on the areas of Ciyaye Res, Xeregol and, the Village of Betkare/the Zap Region/the Medya Defense Areas, since 20 January. The attacks are continuing.

HPG Media and Communication Center – 22.01.2013

TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC – THE STATEMENT – IN REGARD TO THE MILITARY OPERATION IN MARDIN

While in such a period the colonialist government of AKP claims and carry out propaganda on so called initiative on peace, Erdogan himself directly orders for a continuation of the military operation and bombardments in many of the areas of Kurdistan and, there destructive military operations continuing to be carried out against our guerrillas.

As a result, one of these military operations has been launched in our Mardin province, on 22 January. And, Erdogan given the so called results of the operation during his talk in parliament of Turkey, and he also show how he is keen to continue these attacks and operations. Here, we would like to state that the information which has given both by Erdogan and its media of the special warfare of our losses as 6-7 is wrong.

Yet, since the operation we have lost contact with 2 of our comrades. We also will inform the public in detail about the operation in Mardin.

TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC – TWO OF OUR COMRADES HAVE BEEN MARTRYED IN MARDIN

1-        As we stated on 24 January, our communication have been cut off with 2 of our comrades after a military operation carried out by the occupier Turkish state army. We have had cleared now that 2 of our comrades have been martyred.

On 22 January at 08:00 hour, a clash occurred in between our 2 comrades and enemy operational soldiers in the rural area of the district of Midyat/Mardin. Our comrades have been bravely resisted against heavy bombardments with cobra type helicopters, tanks, panzers and heavy weaponry, together with hundreds of soldier and policeman.

The I.D. Details of our martyred comrades are:

Code Name: Zafer Bilal

Real Name: Abdullah Akbas

Place of Birth: Urfa

Name of Mother/Father: Fatma/Mehmet

Date and Place of Martyr: 22 January 2013/Midyat-Mardin

Code Name: Nosin Bagok

Real Name: Idris Turan

Place of Birth: Midyat-Mardin

Name of Mother/Father: Naciye/Sadik

Date and Place of Martyr: 22 January 2013/Midyat-Mardin

2-        On 24 January at around 17:00 hour, our guerrillas carried out an action in the suburb of Toki/central city of Batman, where there is a heavy presence of Special operational police teams. The action has been carried out against a bus carrying 40 members of special operational police teams. Yet, number of killed and wounded couldn’t clarify.

HPG Media and Communication Center 24.01.2013

TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC 4 ENEMY SOLDIERS KILLED IN GABAR

On 26 January at 16:00 hour, our guerrillas carried out an action against the security Hill of the Gundike Sex Military station, within the borders of Mnt. Gabar/Sirnak. Our guerrillas targeted two sentry boxes and as a result 4 enemy soldiers killed. Aftermath of the action, the occupier Turkish state army carried out intensive bombardments on the area of the action and nearby areas with cobra type helicopters, obus and mortars.

HPG Media and Communication Center 24.01.2013