Making a written statement, the YPS Mehmet Yıldırım Militia said that their members "attacked police vehicles with handmade bombs in Batman (Êlih) on the night between 11 and 12 June, to protest the attacks on the will of our people. One police officer was injured."
The statement added: "We will win by resisting! Bê Serok jiyan nabe! The enemy convoy was prevented from passing through the neighborhood. We showed our will in the elections, clearly stating that we do not accept the fascist AKP-MHP regime in Kurdistan. The evil thief AKP-MHP fascist regime is trying to usurp Kurdistan by imposing government-appointed trustees. They are trying to control us, the Kurdish people, by usurping the municipalities, but freedom cannot be usurped. We said we voted for ourselves, we will defend what is ours."