BEHDINAN – HPG Press Center stated the following regarding the martyred guerrillas:
“Our forces in the Cîlo field have successfully fulfilled their role in our Revolutionary People’s War by inflicting heavy blows on the enemy with numerous actions they have carried out in recent years. Comrade Bager and our comrades Zagros, Agir, Şevger and Bawer, who knew how to strike the enemy at the most unexpected time and place by performing many surprise actions, accomplished these pioneering missions thanks to their participation in the line of sacrifice. These valuable comrades, who left their mark on the process with their determined stance and actions in the Apoist ideology, have always sought to take revenge on the enemy at all costs.
The martyrdom of our comrades Bager, Zagros, Agir, Şevger, who are the most distinguished and self-sacrificing sons of our Serhat people, and our comrade Bawer, the valuable valiant son of our Arab people, will be a reason for us to expand the struggle and practice the victorious guerrilla. We express our condolences to our Kurdish and Arab people, especially to the valuable families of our comrades Bager, Zagros Agir, Şevger and Bawer, who are the guarantee of the free and communal life of the oppressed peoples.
The identity information of our comrades who reached martyrdom is as follows:
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Code Name: Bager Erdal Name Surname: Rıdvan Alkan Place of Birth: Agirî Mother – Father Name: Hamdiye – Ahmet Martyrdom Date and Place: 27 October 2020 / Cîlo |
BAGER ERDAL
The PKK is a movement of hope for all peoples, especially the oppressed Kurdish people. It is the name of the glorious return of our people, who had to live under the yoke of colonial powers for centuries and whose freedom was taken away. Existence conditions are eliminated; Our people, who were brutally exposed to the politics of assimilation, denial and destruction, experienced a resurgence with Leader Apo’s philosophy of free life. From the first moment our struggle began, the valiant men and women of Kurdistan met on the line of the Leader with an unwavering determination and displayed a resistance that is unmatched in history. The efforts of the colonial Turkish state to remove the young people of Kurdistan from the struggle by uprooting them failed in the face of the fighting personality of the Kurdish youth.
Our comrade Bager was also a follower of Leader Apo’s philosophy, which he adhered to with great faith, despite the fact that he grew up in the metropolises of Turkey and the system attacked to dissolve the free Kurdish identity. Our comrade was born in Agirî and grew up in a patriotic family that made a living from their hard work and had to migrate from Turkish metropolises to Istanbul due to financial difficulties. Our comrade, who started to get to know our party since his childhood, supported his family by working in many different jobs. Our comrade Bager, who witnessed the oppression of the fascist system on the Kurdish people in the metropolises, started to struggle by participating in youth activities. He has made great efforts to strengthen youth work step by step in many fields. Our comrade, who realized that the liberation of the Kurdish identity and the country’s lands can only be achieved through the guerrilla struggle carried out in the free mountains of Kurdistan, joined the guerrilla ranks in 2009. Comrade Bager, who is known for his devotion to the leadership and the martyrs, and his unlimited love of comradeship, made his first guerrilla practice by moving to the Zagros after his new warrior training.
Our comrade, who became integrated with the harsh climate and geography of the Zagros in a short time, participated in the works with great energy and achieved effective results. Our comrade, who specialized in the guerrilla tactics of the new era and organized and participated in many effective actions with his creative personality, dealt heavy blows to the invaders in Cîlo and Çarçella. As an expert saboteur, he carried out many effective and intelligent actions and gave great efforts. Our comrade Bager, who constantly improved himself, became a promising young commander who grew up in the practice of war, grew up from the core with his activist character and high courage. He is a comrade who is a candidate for the victory guerrilla and its victorious command with all its characteristics and realizes it step by step. In this sense, he played a role as a pioneer commander who responded to the needs of the period and trained many of his comrades and had a great time in their command. By deepening his leadership philosophy, he constantly improved himself and succeeded in being a follower of the line of martyrs. In every field he stayed, he took the lead by participating in all revolutionary tasks with great enthusiasm, regardless of big or small, and he almost re-created himself with the Apoist philosophy. His devotion to the line of women’s freedom, his deep belief in women’s freedom, created a level, measured comradeship with his women comrades that adds meaning to freedom. That’s why we have a commander who is loved and respected by all his comrades, especially our female friends. By deepening his leadership philosophy, he constantly improved himself and succeeded in being a follower of the line of martyrs. In every field he stayed, he took the lead by participating in all revolutionary tasks with great enthusiasm, regardless of big or small, and he almost re-created himself with the Apoist philosophy. His devotion to the line of women’s freedom, his deep belief in women’s freedom, created a level, measured comradeship with his women comrades that adds meaning to freedom. That’s why we have a commander who is loved and respected by all his comrades, especially our female friends. By deepening his leadership philosophy, he constantly improved himself and succeeded in being a follower of the line of martyrs. In every field he stayed, he took the lead by participating in all revolutionary tasks with great enthusiasm, regardless of big or small, and he almost re-created himself with the Apoist philosophy. His devotion to the line of women’s freedom, his deep belief in women’s freedom, created a level, measured comradeship with his women comrades that adds meaning to freedom. That’s why we have a commander who is loved and respected by all his comrades, especially our female friends. He created a level, measured and meaningful comradeship with his female comrades. That’s why we have a commander who is loved and respected by all his comrades, especially our female friends. He created a level, measured and meaningful comradeship with his female comrades. That’s why we have a commander who is loved and respected by all his comrades, especially our female friends.
Our comrade Bager, who stayed in the Zagroslar for many years, revealed his true potential by practicing in the most difficult areas in the most difficult times. Comrade Bager, who gained the appreciation of all his comrades with his vast experience of guerrilla and his steady march on the line of victorious command, moved to the Xakurkê area. He stood by his comrades at the forefront during the intensification of the invasion attacks, and successfully fulfilled his leadership role here with his war and life. Our comrade Bager, who knows that the victorious command will be achieved by deepening in the Apoist line and paradigm, later received training in the PKK Hearth. After the training, he returned to the Zagross, taking charge at the provincial commander level and locked in victory.
Our comrade Bager, who spent most of his guerrilla life in the Zagros, where he almost became integrated, became a loyal student of our immortal commanders Bager Bitlisler and Ali Pilinglar, and practiced the legacy of our holy martyrs by practicing in the lands where our great commander Comrade Reşid Serdar was guerrilla. Comrade Bager, with his stable development process in a short time, has turned into a concrete example and symbol of the tremendous militancy and victory command that emerges when the right life and right participation is displayed in the PKK line. Comrade Bager, who carried out many effective actions during his guerrilla life, walked in the Apoist militant line and succeeded in being the comrade of his comrades, will always live in our struggle as a self-sacrificing commander and will guide us in our struggle towards victory.
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Code Name: Zagros Zilan Name Surname: Nurullah İşler Place of Birth: Wan Mother – Father Name: Naime – Ahmet Martyrdom Date and Place: 27 October 2020 / Cîlo |
ZAGROS ZILAN
Our comrade Zagros grew up in a patriotic family and environment in Erdîş district of Wan. He had the opportunity to get to know the Kurdistan Freedom Movement closely because he grew up with the patriotic culture he received from his family. Our comrade Zagros, who witnessed the struggles of the Kurdish people against assimilation and genocide policies at a young age, was affected by these struggles. He was greatly angered by the policies of unconsciousness and rootlessness that the colonialist genocidal Turkish state implemented, especially on Kurdish youth, and struggled against these policies in various fields. His meaningful stance against the policies of the Turkish state was appreciated by his friends at that time. Our comrade Zagros stated that the struggle he gave at that time was not enough and that a greater struggle should be made.
Defining his decision to join as “to fulfill the responsibilities of the period”, our comrade Zagros stepped into the guerrilla ranks in 2013. Our comrade Zagros stated that the guerrilla truth can only be understood when it is lived. The devoted and laboring participation of our comrade Zagros facilitated his adaptation to guerrilla life. With these features, he was loved and respected by his comrades early on. Our comrade Zagros, who is in the position of teaching as he learns in education, has adapted immediately to every environment he went to. Our comrade Zagros has made an effort to vitalize the ideology of Leader Apo. Our comrade Zagros, who is in an effort to transfer the ideological training he received to life, did not hesitate to train them, considering himself responsible for his comrades. Our comrade Zagros, who is based on self-development in the military as well as in the ideological sense, has realized the necessity of being a professional guerrilla. Our comrade Zagros, who is in search of inflicting heavy blows on the enemy, shared his concentration with his comrades and had a share not only in the actions in which the enemy was dealt heavy blows and in which he played a leading role, but also in other actions carried out. As the successors of our comrade Zagros, who is a great example to our comrades with his brave and determined stance, we will definitely make his dreams come true. He also had a share in other actions taken. As the successors of our comrade Zagros, who is a great example to our comrades with his brave and determined stance, we will definitely make his dreams come true. He also had a share in other actions taken. As the successors of our comrade Zagros, who is a great example to our comrades with his brave and determined stance, we will definitely make his dreams come true.
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Code Name: Agir Dilbirîn Name Surname: Rıdvan Aslan Birthplace: Muş Mother – Father Name: Hülya – Abdurrahman Martyrdom Date and Place: 27 October 2020 / Cîlo |
AGIR DIRBIRÎN
Our comrade Agir was born in a patriotic family in Kop district of Muş. He grew up with a patriotic consciousness due to his family being patriotic. Our comrade Agir, who understood that the system schools could not add anything to him, left the school at an early age. Our comrade Agir, who took the characteristics of the region he was born in and grew up in, has gained a laboring character. Our heavy comrade was introduced to the concept of labor from an early age, he developed a sense of responsibility and gained a sensitive personality. The fact that a people of tens of millions was deprived of their most basic human rights and their country was fragmented, and that the people, both physically and culturally, were in the grip of genocide, caused great anger in our comrade Agir. Realizing that freedom cannot be achieved without struggle and paying a price, our comrade Agir embarked on a quest. Our comrade Agir, who knew our freedom movement because of his sensitive personality and because he grew up in a patriotic environment in our country, followed the guerrilla with great interest and curiosity. Sharing the joy of the achievements of the Kurdish people by giving thousands of martyrs, our comrade Agir made it known that the Turkish state is in an attack against Kurdish gains wherever they are. It has raised awareness that it is only possible to prevent the fascist regime from re-activating the massacres on our people by joining the ranks of the Kurdistan Freedom Movement. Sharing the joy of the achievements of the Kurdish people by giving thousands of martyrs, our comrade Agir made it known that the Turkish state is in an attack against Kurdish gains wherever they are. It has raised awareness that it is only possible to prevent the fascist regime from re-activating the massacres on our people by joining the ranks of the Kurdistan Freedom Movement. Sharing the joy of the achievements of the Kurdish people by giving thousands of martyrs, our comrade Agir made it known that the Turkish state is in an attack against Kurdish gains wherever they are. It has raised awareness that it is only possible to prevent the fascist regime from re-activating the massacres on our people by joining the ranks of the Kurdistan Freedom Movement.
Our comrade Agir, who became more conscious with the basic training he received in Medya Defense Areas, started to develop himself as a self-sacrificing militant of Leader Apo. Our comrade Agir, who started his guerrilla activities in a difficult area like the Zagros, has been a successful guerrilla with his participation and effort. Our comrade Agir, who did not refrain from educating himself in every moment of his life, displayed a militant stance in a short time. With his modest, clean and self-sacrificing qualities, he has been a sought-after comrade in every field he struggled with. It has been in a unique effort to be able to carry out the cause of freedom of a people and to be the power to solve the problems. Our comrade Agir, who also improved himself in the military sense, took his place in many successful actions with the experience he gained. Taking many of our pioneer commanders in the Zagros as an example.
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Code Name: Şevger Ararat Name Surname: Mahsum Güneş Place of Birth: Muş Mother – Father Name: Cemile – Mîrza Date and Place of Martyrdom: 27 October 2020 / Cîlo |
ŞEVGER ARARAT
Our comrade Şevger was born and grew up in a patriotic family in Muş. Our comrade, who grew up in the tradition created by our historical resistance that developed under the leadership of the PKK in Kurdistan, has had strong patriotic feelings from an early age. Witnessing his relatives, who were fighting for the most legitimate rights of our people in the political arena, being thrown into prison by the invaders, our comrade saw and recognized the real face of the invaders early on. Our comrade, who was very angry at the assimilation, denial and destruction attacks against our people, became determined to take an active part in it as he got to know the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle.
Our comrade Şevger saw his responsibility as an honorable Kurdish youth for our people to have a free future and joined the guerrilla ranks in 2014. Through the trainings he received, he established a deep connection with the Leadership philosophy and turned to practice with the determination to transfer what he learned to life. Our comrade, who carries out guerrilla activities in the Zagros with great energy, took his place in the hot war front by uniting with the rebel mountains and integrated with our epic resistance. Our comrade, who won the love and respect of his comrades with his hardworking and humble personality, has always concentrated on specializing in guerrilla tactics. Our comrade, who has great sensitivity to protect and expand the values created by our holy martyrs, became a commander in a short time by participating in the leadership level. Our comrade Şevger, who took part in many actions and led the way in dealing heavy blows to the invaders, was one of our comrades who had a hand in the skillful implementation of the guerrilla tactics of the new era. Our comrade, who has been a guerrilla for a long time in the most difficult geography of Kurdistan, has worked tirelessly and made great contributions to our revolutionary struggle. The values created by our comrade Şevger with his hardworking and humble personality will always live on in our struggle and will illuminate the way for our resistance marching to victory.
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Code Name: Bawer Gelhat Name Surname: Hisên Cuma Place of Birth: Tirbespiyê Mother – Father Name: Fatma – Ewad Date and Place of Martyrdom: 27 October 2020 / Cîlo |
BAWER GELHAT
Comrade Bawer was born in Tirbespiyê as a member of our Arab people. Our comrade Bawer spent his youth and development period by witnessing the North-East Syria Freedom Revolution, which was carried out at great cost. He witnessed how ISIS and its derivatives were defeated in the region by freedom fighters armed with Leader Apo’s philosophy of freedom. He saw how different ethnic structures interlocked with the perspective of a democratic nation around communal values and turned into a revolution that gave hope to the peoples of the world. On this occasion, our comrade Bawer had the opportunity to get to know our Freedom Movement. He realized that Leader Apo embraced not only the Kurdish people, but all peoples with his philosophy and adopted him as his own leader. Our comrade Bawer, who reached this awareness, decided to join our freedom movement.
Comrade Bawer, who received his basic education in the Media Defense Areas, tried to better understand the reality of Leader Apo and tried to make himself competent as a self-sacrificing militant of his people. Comrade Bawer, who was very impressed by the dervish life and comradeship of the PKK, embarked on further research. As she read and developed the democratic ecological gender libertarian Apoist paradigm, she had the opportunity to get to know herself better. That’s why he said that everyone should read Leader Apo’s defenses. He believed that joining the PKK brings individuals together with freedom, elevates and strengthens them in their human virtues, and in this sense, joining the PKK is a privilege. With his determined, determined and persistent stance and with the support of his comrades, he manages to adapt to the mountains of Kurdistan. He crowns this success with his performance in Zagroslar, which is known for its tough terrain and where he will go in the future. Comrade Bawer has left deep traces in our ranks with his clean, sincere and self-sacrificing participation, and our party, which is the hope of freedom of the peoples, reached the rank of martyrdom in the PKK and became the leaven for the free future of the peoples.”