BEHDİNAN, SOUTHERN KURDISTAN
Releasing the identities of the 3 guerrillas who were immortalised in the Gare region, the HPG (Peoples’ Protection Forces) highlighted, “We renew our promise to create a free tomorrow, which is the object of our martyrs.” The statement, as released by HPG, is as follows:
“As of 12 July 2019, our comrades Botan, Rubar and Zagros reached martyrdom as a result of an air attack carried out by the invading Turkish army from the Media Defense Areas to the Gare region.”
The identities of the three guerrillas who have reached martyrdom is as follows:
Code Name: Botan Cudi
Name Surname: Ömer Külter
Place of Birth: Şırnak
Mother – Father Name: Emine – Mahmut
Date – Place of Martyrdom: 12 July 2019 / Gare
Code Name: Rubar Azad
Name Surname: Ferhat Erhan
Place of Birth: Erzurum
Mother – Father Name: Hazime – Bahattin
Date – Place of Martyrdom: 12 July 2019 / Gare
Code Name: Zagros Haseke
Name Surname: Hamdi Hamit Hemo
Place of Birth: Haseke
Mother – Father Name: Gülistan – Hamit
Date – Place of Martyrdom: 12 July 2019 / Gare
Continuing, the HPG stated the following: “The philosophy and struggle of Leader Apo has developed a responsibility for a national struggle and a free person in each Kurdish individual. With the awareness that being a free person will be earned only at the expense of great struggle and great costs, Kurdish people from all parts of Kurdistan participated in this struggle and fought out a tough fight.
In this struggle, the martyrs who fought with a sacrificial spirit were our martyrs, the battle flag of our martyrs has never been left on the ground and there have always been heroes who will heighten the battle flag of our martyrs. Our comrades Botan, Rubar and Zagros also joined the Kurdish Freedom Movement to become the leading heroes of this struggle.
Comrades Botan, Rubar and Zagros were all born in different parts of Kurdistan and witnessed the genocide policies against our people and saw that the guerrilla struggle is the only way out. They have always fulfilled their revolutionary duties and responsibilities with great courage and sacrifice. In this period when the fascist Turkish state tried to destroy the Kurdish people and guerrilla with all the dirty methods, our comrades Botan, Rubar and Zagros did not stand back from the struggle for a moment until they were martyred, becoming an example of superior heroism.
We send condolences to the families of our martyred friends, especially the families of all our patriots, and we reiterate our promise to create a free tomorrow, the goal of our martyrs. ”
