2020 War Balance: 1005 invading Turkish soldiers killed

The People's Defense Center Headquarters Command announced the war balance sheet for 2020. In the actions carried out by the guerrilla forces, 1005 invading Turkish soldiers, 9 of them of high rank, were killed.

The People's Defense Center Headquarters Command shared the war balance sheet for 2020. The statement said: “We left the year 2020 behind. It was a year which has a very important place in the history of the resistance of the people of Kurdistan. It was a year of total resistance for the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle and our people. A year of resistance against the oppression imposed by the colonialist-fascist Turkish state on our people, representatives of our people and friends of our people. The fascist Turkish state suffered heavy blows in 2019 and it claimed to finish off our movement in 2020. In this context, it has mobilized all its power to deepen the dirty war concept it has developed for all parts of Kurdistan and has made an effort to get results against our struggle. However, the colonialist Turkish state, which has not achieved any results against the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla in the past 36 years, has not been able to achieve anything in 2020.”

The People's Defense Center Headquarters Command underlined that in the actions carried out by the guerrilla forces, 1005 invading Turkish soldiers, 9 of them of high rank, were killed.

The statement added: “The restructuration launched by the guerrilla in Kurdistan during the 2020 resistance process has been proven to be correct. Using aircraft for the first time in our history of struggle, the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla has reached the tactical depth and success. The People's Defense Forces, preparing itself for 2021, will surely know how to succeed. All current developments show us that 2021 will not be an ordinary year for the peoples of Kurdistan and the region. The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, which has become the hope of the peoples in the region, will definitely play its role in the upcoming historical process and will know to respond to the expectations of our heroic martyrs and our Leader, [Abdullah Ocalan].”

War Balance Sheet for 2020

Turkish Army Attacks

Land Operations                                                   122

Air Attacks                                                         1589

Mortar, Howitzer and Tank Attacks                    206

Guerrilla Actions Against the Attacks

Guerrilla Actions                                                 397

Guerilla Air Attacks

(Martyr Delal Air Defense Forces Actions)          13

Clashes                                                                   63

Action with Unclear Result                                  120

Enemy Forces Killed                                          1005

Killed Ranks Officers                                                9

(1 Lieutenant Colonel, 1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 4 Specialist Sergeant, 2 Petty Officers)

Injured Enemy Force                                            105

Armored Military Vehicle Destroyed                    18

Normal Military Vehicle Destroyed                         3

Destroyed Work Machines                                     16

Downed Drones                                                        3

Helicopter Destroyed                                                1

Hit Helicopter                                                         12

Our Comrades Captured by the Enemy                  10

Our Comrades fallen as martyrs                            358