BEHDİNAN, SOUTHERN KURDISTAN
HPG (Peoples’ Protection Forces) shared in a written statement, the identities of two YJA-Star guerrillas who were martyred in Avashin.
Expressing that the press centre of the HPG had informed the public of the martyrdoms in a statement made on 3 January, the Forces shared that the two guerrillas were martyred in an air attack by the occupying Turkish state in the Avashin region of the Media Defence Areas on 2 January. The identities of the martyrs, as shared by HPG, are as follows:
Amara – Emine İsmail
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Code Name: Amara Haydar Name Surname: Emine İsmail Place of Birth: Kobani Mother – Father Names: Sena – Bekir Date – Place of Martyrdom: 2 January 2020 / Avaşin |
Ararat – Leyla Yiğit
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Code Name: Ararat Kato Name Surname: Leyla Yiğit Place of Birth: Şırnak Mother – Father Names: Fatma – Halil Date – Place of Martyrdom: 2 January 2020 / Avaşin |
In the statement, the HPG shared: “Comrades Amara and Ararat, who came from the Rojava and Bakur parts of Kurdistan to ensure the freedom of our people against the invasion of the colonial Turkish state in Kurdistan, have sacrificed themselves in the way of the victory of Leader Apo.
We commemorate our comrades who are carrying out a relentless struggle against the enemy with the fire of freedom in their hearts with the deepest love and gratitude they have gained.
We would like to express our condolences to the matriotic people of Kurdistan, and especially the precious families of our martyrs, and we promise that we will keep the memories of our martyrs victorious.”
