Informer Cotyar Muhsin Hisên, who was recruited by the Turkish secret service in Southern Kurdistan, tells which information about the guerrilla he passed on and what effects his activity had.
Cotyar Muhsin Hisên is a living example of how the Turkish state in Southern Kurdistan, besides its military presence and political influence, is trying to build up a network of agents in society consisting of collaborators.
The Kurdish man arrested by the HPG guerrilla was reinstated as a worker of a company operating near the Medya Defense Zones only one day after his dismissal and at the same time became a member of an agent network. Now in HPG custody, he told how he was recruited, what information he passed on and the effects of his activities.
Cotyar Muhsin Hisên comes from the village Siyare near Amadiya city in Southern Kurdistan. His family is known as the Mendê branch of the Berwarî tribe. He finished secondary school and is a construction worker.
In June 2019 he starts working for an oil company in the region. After about a month he gets dismissed due to problems with the personnel manager. On the same day he meets a person who has contacts with the company management. He tells him about what happened, and the person asks him to go to work the next day anyway. The next morning he resumes his job as if nothing had happened. Then the person appears at his place, gives him his telephone number and asks for information about the PKK – their vehicles, positions, bases, movement areas. Thus, in July 2019, Cotyar becomes part of the network of agents set up by this person.
What information was passed on?
In a video recording reached by ANF, Cotyar tells what information about guerrilla movements and locations he has passed on and how these places were subsequently bombed from the air:
*One noon - he says he does not remember the exact time - he is sitting near the water factory in the village of Kanimazi and sees a guerrilla vehicle coming from the Chemanke town driving towards the village of Shikeftiya. He immediately picks up the phone and passes the information on to his contact person. He also informs that there is an orange sign on the vehicle, but no company emblem. When he comes to work the next day, he sees the bombed vehicle near the village of Kareba.
*While he works near the village Shilya, he sees a guerrilla base. He checks the camp and sees a few chairs and similar items. Later he photographs the place together with another worker named Sedîq and sends four photos to his contact person. This place is also immediately bombed from the air.
*He discovers a similar camp near the village of Rebetke and forwards photos. Later he deposits a small GPS device in an empty cigarette box that his contact gave him. An air raid is also carried out on this place.
*On his way to work near Shikefte he takes a photo of a guerrilla camp in the presence of Hawar, Merwan and another person and passes the photo on. The place is bombed by jets.
*At a time of his work near the Hesneki village, he discovers a guerrilla location nearby and forwards a photo of it. About twenty days later, the location is targeted by an airstrike.
*When he and a friend discover a guerrilla camp between the villages of Rebetke and Kanika, he forwards a photograph of it. His contact hands him a GPS device again, this time in an empty Coke can. He brings the can into the camp and according to his information this place is also bombed.
*He finds two guerrilla locations above the Kanika village, where logistic material is stored. He photographs one of them and passes the photo on.
*When he works near the village of Milberke, the workers are told by the company that there is a guerrilla camp nearby and that they should not go there under any circumstances. Cotyar does not listen to the warning, takes two photos and passes them on.
*He takes a photo of a guerrilla location between Kehreba and Kanî Mazê and forwards the photo.
*A colleague sees four guerrilla fighters on the way to Shilya and takes photos of them.
*He sees locations used by the guerrillas near Kanika and checks them together with Merwan, Hawar and one other person. They even think about stealing the objects found there. An air raid is launched on the area later.
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