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
