People's Defense Forces Press Office HPG-BIM reported in a written statement that guerrillas continued their actions in North Kurdistan in response to the ongoing attacks by the Turkish army.

As part of the Martyr Reşit Serdar Initiative, guerrillas conducted an action against the police station in Şemdinli district of Hakkari at 13:30 on August 17. While the casualties couldn't be verified, Turkish army intervened the scene and attempted an intervention but the soldiers in armored vehicles were hit and forced to retreat by guerrillas.

Troops in a number of armored vehicles attempted to launch an operation against the guerrillas who took the road between Şemdinli and its Şapatan village under their control at 05:00 on August 18. Clashes broke out at the scene as guerrillas hit the Turkish units with heavy weapons, as a result of which 9 soldiers were killed.

HPG guerrilla Azad Yiğit, nom de guerre Baz Faraşin, from Hakkari fell a martyr in the clashes here.

Turkish military on the other hand bombed the Şapatan village with howitzer, mortar and tank fire, which damaged around 10 houses damaged and four civilians injured.

HPG said clashes erupted as youths responded to the Turkish troops that attempted to enter the Turgut Özal neighborhood in Şırnak's Hezex (İdil) district in 10 armored vehicles at 01:00 on August 17 night. Guerrillas intervened the scene and targeted 3 armored vehicles with rockets at 03:30. While the casualties couldn't be verified, the troops retreated from the area after the intervention by guerrillas.

In another action by Martyr Mehmet Goyi team in the province of Van, guerrillas targeted three policemen standing near an armored vehicle in Yeni neighborhood at 20:00 on August 15. Two policemen were heavily injured in the action after which Turkish army opened random fire on the neighborhood till the morning hours.

The road between Karakoçan and Kewê areas of Elazığ was taken under control of guerrillas between 18:00 and 19:30 on August 18. Guerrillas stopped 100 vehicles here, performed ID checks and informed the people about the current process.

Turkish military forces attempted to enter the Martyr Ronahi and Martyr İsmail Cemetery of guerrillas in Varto district of Muş at 05:00 on August 19. After Cobra type helicopters shelled the surrounding area of the cemetery, a military convoy heading towards the scene was effectively hit by guerrillas with heavy weapons. Turkish troops had to retreat from the area upon the action by guerrillas and the arrival of local people at the scene to act as human shields and protect the cemetery.

Guerrillas blocked a road between Bitlis and its Hizan district and spread propaganda to the people about the process at 19:00 on August 18, and ended the action at 20:30.

An action by guerrillas targeted the Teterozê guard post in Zorava village of Ağrı's Bazid (Doğubayazıt) district on August 17. Casualties of the Turkish army couldn't be verified.

Guerrillas sabotaged and destroyed a base station of two private GSM operators in Xarıkê village of Bazid at 09:00 on August 18.

Guerrillas blocked the road between Dersim and its Ovacık district and performed ID checks from 19:00 on August 18 to 06:00 on August 19.

Guerrillas also blocked the road between Dersim and Erzincan and performed ID checks from 19:30 on August 18 to 06:00 on August 19.

HPG provided the following ID information of three guerrillas who were, as previously announced, martyred in a clash with Turkish troops near the Karakale village located between Digor district of Kars and Kağızman district of Erzurum on August 16.

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Nom de Guerre: Erdal (Çavreş) Agıri

Name-Surname: Harun Yıldırım

Place of Birth: Ağrı

Parents' Names: Suna – Yüksel

Date and Place of Death: 16 August 2015 / Kars

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Nom de Guerre: Hejar Sarkamış

Name-Surname: Mustafa Aydın

Place of Birth: Kars

Date and Place of Death: 16 August 2015 / Kars

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Nom de Guerre: Helê Merivan

Name-Surname: Raim Hacızade

Place of Birth: Merivan

Parents' Names: Feride – Sıdık

Date and Place of Death: 16 August 2015 / Kars