BEHDÎNAN – The HPG press center has published the names of five guerrilla fighters who were martyred on July 4 of this year when the Turkish occupying army used poison gas. The guerrillas Çekdar Oremar, Mardîn Penaber, Roza Hedar, Rojhat Dilbirîn and Serhed Agirî have fallen in Girê Hekarî in the Metîna Şehid region.
The HPG statement states:
“In the face of the resistance of the guerrillas, who are fighting today in the free mountains of Kurdistan so that people can live like people, the Turkish state is not able to achieve the results it wants. For this reason he attacks the freedom guerrillas of Kurdistan with internationally banned bombs and chemical weapons. An epic resistance against the Turkish occupation was held in the Girê Hekarî resistance area in Metîna. From the war tunnels and with mobile units, massive blows were dealt to the enemy with rich action forms. The fighters seized weapons and military material from enemy soldiers and crashed a helicopter. Our comrades Çekdar, Mardîn, Roza, Rojhat and Serhed were the architects of this resistance. You fought professionally with great sacrifice and confident of victory, teaching the enemy a historic lesson. The genocidal Turkish state has once again dishonorably committed a war crime, our comrades have fallen to days of use of chemical weapons. Despite this, the Turkish state was unable to break the legendary apoist resistance.”
The HPG expressed its condolences to the relatives and the patriotic people and gave the identities of the fallen guerrillas as follows:
Code Name: Çekdar Oremar
Name Surname: İhsan Turus
Place of Birth: Colemêrg
Mother – Father Name: Ayşe – Hamit
Date and Place of Martyrdom: 4 July 2022 / Metîna
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ÇEKTAR OREMAR
Çekdar Oremar was born in Gever in the northern Kurdish province of Colemêrg and belonged to the Oremarî tribe. Many of his relatives joined the Kurdish liberation movement and he knew the PKK even as a child. In response to the IS attack on Kobanê in 2014, he joined the guerrillas. He was already used to hard work from his family and he was aware that all achievements also have to be earned in the mountains. His selfless commitment was complemented by ideological and military training. He focused on the new guerrilla tactics and learned how to use various weapons professionally. At the same time, he showed great commitment to the construction of tunnel systems. In the areas of Zap, Cilo and Gare, he participated in building the necessary infrastructure and in various guerrilla actions. He gained important military experience and finally went to Metîna in 2018, where he worked and fought on Girê Hekarî until the end.
Code Name: Mardîn Penaber
Name Surname: Beybûn Kara
Place of Birth: Maxmur
Mother – Father Name: Medina – Cemil
Date and Place of Martyrdom: 4 July 2022 / Metîna
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MARDÎN PENABER
Mardîn Penaber was born in Maxmûr and belonged to the Goyî tribe. The population of Camp Maxmûr consists of those displaced by the village burnings in the northern Kurdish Botan region in the 1990s and their descendants. Mardîn grew up with a corresponding awareness. She was the niece of Zehra Penaber, who died in the resistance against IS in Kobanê. In 2016 she joined the guerrilla. Shortly thereafter, her siblings Mardîn and Zindan lost their lives in the resistance for self-determination in Cizîr and Şirnex. Her guerrilla life was therefore characterized from the start by her bond with the fallen. Through the training in the mountains, she became aware of the strength of women and she dealt with the women’s liberation ideology. She then worked within the structures of the Komalên Ciwan youth organization and completed specialist military training. Since 2020 she fought in Metîna.
Code Name: Roza Hedar
Name Surname: Pakize Gündüz
Birthplace: Amed
Mother – Father Name: Besra – Celal
Date and Place of Martyrdom: 4 July 2022 / Metîna
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ROZA HEDAR
Roza Hedar was born in the village of Biryas in Amed-Licê. Her childhood was shaped by stories about her relatives who died in the liberation struggle. She followed the developments in all parts of Kurdistan with great interest and was particularly influenced by the struggle for Kobanê. In 2015 she joined the guerrilla. In the mountains, she got to know the content of the PKK better and dealt with the women’s liberation ideology presented by Abdullah Öcalan and her own personality. The struggle for a grassroots-democratic, gender-equitable and ecological society and the worldwide dissemination of this paradigm became her main goal. At the same time, she learned military skills and became a competent YJA Star militant.
Code Name: Serhed Agirî
Name Surname: Tahri Mustafa Cuma
Place of Birth: Kobanê
Mother – Father Name: Zelixa – Mustafa
Date and Place of Martyrdom: 4 July 2022 / Metîna
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SERHED AGIRÎ
Serhed Agirî came from Kobanê and witnessed the legendary resistance against IS in 2014. The courageous fighters who dealt the first defeat to IS became its role models. In 2019 he joined the guerrilla with great enthusiasm. He quickly got used to his new living conditions in the mountains and dealt with the content of the Kurdish liberation movement. After ideological and military training, he went to Metîna, where he tirelessly participated in the establishment of positions and the preparation of the necessary infrastructure. When the Turkish army attacked Girê Hekarî on May 25, 2022, despite his lack of war experience, he was one of the first fighters to launch a counterattack.
Code Name: Rojhat Dilbirîn
Name Surname: Yunus Sümer
Place of Birth: Amed
Mother – Father Name: Zübeyde – Ramazan
Date and Place of Martyrdom: July 4, 2022 / Metîna
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ROJHAT DILBIRÎN
Rojhat Dilbirîn was born in Amed-Farqîn. His family and social circle were patriotic and he experienced the oppression of the Kurdish people by the Turkish state at first hand. Because he didn’t go to school for long, he was little exposed to the state’s assimilation policy. He sympathized with the guerrilla early on and decided in 2015 to become a freedom fighter. The decisive factor in his joining the guerrilla was his desire for revenge in the face of the massacres by the Turkish state and IS in Kurdistan. The natural life and the cooperative dealings in the mountains impressed him and he completed basic training, in which he quickly developed further. He stayed in Avaşîn and Zap regions for a long time and gained military experience, which he passed on to his environment and thus ensured a collective development. After military training, he went to Metîna and participated in the construction of tunnels and defensive positions. Since 2021 he fought with great courage against the Turkish invading forces.
