HPG denied reports that several of their leading members were killed during Turkish operations in Southern Kurdistan, saying that these are false reports are spread within the framework of "special war propaganda".
Failing to achieve the desired results in the fight against the Kurdish guerrillas, the Turkish General Staff and the Ministry of Defence have been stirring up talk of supposedly "successful neutralisations" of members of the leadership of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) and its guerrilla armies HPG (People’s Defense Forces) and YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) with a lot of sabre-rattling and further showmanship in the run-up to the parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey. Most recently, according to Ankara, among others, a "training leader" of the HPG is said to have been killed in a "selective operation" by the Turkish intelligence service MIT in Gare.
In a statement on Thursday, HPG denied Turkey's reports that several leading members of the guerrilla forces were killed during operations by Turkish troops in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq). The Press Office of the HPG stated on Thursday that reports to this effect contradict the actual events of the war in the region and are a product of the special war machinery of the Turkish state and its media.
“The public should not believe these reports,” said the HPG and continued: "The fascist AKP/MHP regime, which insists on war, has failed because of the resilient stand of the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas. For this reason, it lies to the public about invented victories. All the comrades who are said to have been killed according to the fascist regime’s warmongering media are in the line of duty. Our people should pay no attention to these reports which are spread within the framework of special war propaganda."
HPG also reported ongoing attacks by the Turkish occupation forces in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan. Accordingly, the Girê Cûdî, Girê FM and Girê Amêdî resistance massifs as well as the guerrilla positions in the Çemço and Sîda areas were targeted by 13 attacks with howitzers, tanks and heavy weapons on May 3. On the other hand, Turkish military forces try to demolish the guerrilla positions in Girê FM Resistance Area with construction machinery.
