YPS claims responsibility for action in Izmir

“Our YPS and YPS / Jin self-defense members are everywhere, and every individual who performs self-defense against genocide attacks is a member of YPS and YPS / Jin."

YPS Martyr Mordem Andok Revenge Unit said that they organized a comprehensive sabotage against the wind power generator in Izmir.

In a written statement, YPS Martyr Mordem Andok Revenge Unit said that they organized the sabotage action "in memory of martyr Mazlum Jiyanda" who fell on 1 October 2019.

The statement said: “Members of our unit carried out a comprehensive sabotage action against the wind electricity generation and storage area in Çeşme, Izmir on 3 July at 5 pm. As a result of the sabotage action, 20 electricity production and storage areas were completely destroyed. The occupying Turkish state and its front companies were damaged with this action targeting the region's largest wind power generation area.”

The statement added: “All the attacks against the Kurdish people can only be answered with total resistance. As the self-defense forces of the people of Kurdistan, we will respond with our actions anytime, anywhere. Today is the day of self-defense. All our people must defend their existence, street and city by carrying out self-defense against the AKP-MHP fascist regime, which aims at eliminating the Kurdish people.”

The statement ended with the following remarks: “Our YPS and YPS / Jin self-defense members are everywhere, and every individual who performs self-defense against genocide attacks is a member of YPS and YPS / Jin. We will continue to take revenge in name of Comrade Martyr Mazlum Jiyanda within the scope of the “revenge against colonialists and agent collaborators” operation launched on 5 May 2020.”