BEHDINAN – HPG Press Center said the following regarding the revolutionary operation:
“A revolutionary operation was launched against the invaders in the Girê Hakkarî Resistance Area on 26 November at 13:30. Within the framework of the revolutionary operation; The invaders in Girê Martyr Zemani were targeted from three sides and effectively hit with grenades and medium automatic weapons. Our forces, marching against the invaders with a high offensive spirit, have destroyed and conquered 17 enemy positions one by one and punished the invaders inside. Our forces, which completely took control of Girê Martyr Zemani, seized 2 A4 weapons belonging to the enemy, used them against the invaders, and then completely destroyed them. Our forces, which captured the individual weapons and ammunition of the invaders and used them against the enemy, completely destroyed the enemy’s supply depot as well as the positions of the invaders.
Although our comrade Amed, one of the attack column commanders, who marched against the enemy with the spirit of Apoist sacrifice, was wounded, he stated that his comrades under his command should continue the operation and he himself marched on the enemy with injuries. Our comrades Amed, Binevş and Baran, who pioneered this revolutionary operation and were wounded while fighting with great courage, fought selflessly until their last breath and reached martyrdom.
Our forces also targeted and effectively shot the invaders in Girê Martyr Akîf and Girê Martyr Viyan with heavy and individual weapons from both sides, and punished at least 5 invaders.
In this revolutionary operation as a whole; 42 invaders were punished together with their commanders. At the same time, 17 positions, 2 A4 guns, 1 grenade launcher, 1 supply depot, 2 mobesse camera systems, many weapons and military equipment were completely destroyed. Over the invaders, 4 MPT-55 infantry rifles, 4 MPT-55 riflescopes, 1 grenade launcher, 1 pointer, 1 custom-made sniper gun, 1 thermal scope, 1 phone, 1 phone with the name Oğuzhan Alp on it. and 3 power supplies were confiscated.
The invaders tried to stop the advance of our forces by heavily bombing the operation area with howitzers, mortars and warplanes during and after the revolutionary operation, but they were unsuccessful.”
3 MARTYRS IN THE OPEARTION
“In the statement we made on November 28, 2022, we stated that a comprehensive revolutionary operation was carried out against the invaders positioned in the Girê Hakkarî Resistance Area in Metina on November 26, and that 42 invaders were punished and many military materials were seized in this revolutionary operation. We shared with our people and the public the information that our comrades Amed, Binevş and Baran, who took part in this revolutionary operation with a self-sacrificing style, went over the enemy positions, punished the invaders and fought bravely until their last breath, that they were martyred.
Our comrades fell as martyrs as a result of the chemical weapons attacks, which the enemy has no moral value and is prohibited by international law, but used recklessly. This revolutionary operation was carried out as a revenge operation as a requirement of devotion to the memory of all our comrades who were martyred by banned bombs and chemical weapons in the person of our comrade Nuri Yekta, Member of the Metina State Command. This revolutionary operation has been the most concrete expression of Apoist self-deprecating militancy, devotion to the truth of martyrs and comradeship. Our comrades Amed, Binevş and Baran, who are exemplary Apoist militants and commanders with their lives, took their stance to the top by leading the battlefield and entering the enemy positions one by one. These heroic comrades, who set out with great ambition and determination, fought with a superhuman effort under the most merciless conditions in order to realize their high claims and determination. Despite his serious injuries, he did not take a step back, continued the revolutionary operation, fought until he conquered all the positions of the invaders, and valiantly attained martyrdom.
We extend our condolences to the esteemed patriotic families of our comrades Amed, Binevş and Baran, who are the most concrete examples of the Apoist will, self-sacrifice, high spirit of attack and the commanders who pioneered the guerrilla style of the new era, and to all our people. We promise that we will continue the struggle of our great martyrs with the same spirit and determination until they crown victory.
The identity information of our comrades who reached martyrdom is as follows:
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Code Name: Amed Avesta Name Surname: Diyar Solmaz Place of Birth: Amed Mother – Father Name: Menice – Yılmaz Date and Place of Martyrdom: 26 November 2022 / Metîna |
AMED AVESTA
Our patriotic people of Licê, who have always resisted the attacks of the fascist Turkish state to erase the Kurdish existence from history, have become one of the centers of resistance that gave the greatest response to the occupation and genocide with the serhildans they developed. Lice, where the foundations of our party PKK were laid, saw that the freedom of our people can only be achieved through the PKK’s revolutionary war style, and has devoted and believed in the PKK from the very first day. Our people of Lice, who showed the most honorable resistance by not giving in to the massacres, village burnings and tortures of the genocidal fascist Turkish state, added thousands of valiant children they raised to the ranks of the PKK and trained many pioneer commanders. Our comrade Amed grew up in such a culture, in a patriotic family and environment. The family of our comrade Amed, originally from the village of Fîs, where our Party PKK was founded, He was exposed to the fascist Turkish state’s policies of village burning and destruction and had to migrate to the center of Amed. For this reason, our comrade Amed, who was born and grew up in the center of Amed, focused on the reasons for longing for his own land, brought it to consciousness and felt great anger against the Turkish state. In the process of self-government resistance, he closely witnessed the barbaric attacks developed by the Turkish state against the legitimate demands of our people. Our comrade Amed continued the legacy of resistance left by the people he came from against the barbarism and all kinds of attacks of the Turkish state and joined the self-government resistance. Our comrade Amed, who witnessed the heroism shown in this historical resistance, witnessed that our people gave a great price for freedom, which is the great goal of our martyrs.
Stepping into the ancient mountains of Kurdistan with great enthusiasm, our comrade Amed had no difficulty in adapting to guerrillaism with his hardworking personality and self-sacrifice. Our comrade Amed has managed to become a respected comrade by his comrades by taking responsibility in life in every field he is in. Seeing the endless energy of our comrade Amed, who participates in every moment of life with effort, his comrades also joined the life with the energy of our comrade Amed. With these features, our comrade Amed has succeeded in adding new values to the values that make life beautiful in every field he goes to. After joining the guerrilla, he fought against ISIS reaction when ISIS gangs attacked our people in Rojava. From the hands of our comrade Amed, who fought against the gangs with great courage, Although he received severe injuries to his foot and waist, he recovered quickly with great will and ran to his comrades in the position each time. One of the outstanding examples of the Apoist will, our comrade Amed has always been taken as an example by his comrades. Our comrade Amed, who has made a great effort in clearing the ISIS gangs and eliminating the massacre threats on our people, later turned to the mountains of Kurdistan. Our comrade Amed, whose military characteristics are at the forefront, saw early on that a professional guerrilla could not stand on one leg, received an academy education in order to develop ideologically, to account for the practices he carried out, and to combine his military competence with ideological depth and took his first steps to become a leading commander. Comrade Amed, Regardless of the physical difficulties due to his previous injuries, he participated in all the works in life without account, and with this feature he was taken as an example by his comrades. Our comrade Amed, who successfully completed his ideological training, has developed deep concentrations on understanding and practicing the guerrilla tactics of the new era. After the training process, our comrade Amed wanted to practice their concentration as a competent commander and went to the battlefields.
Our comrade Amed has been one of our comrades who have opposed the invasion operation in the front line since the first day of the invasion operations in the Metîna area. Our comrade Amed, who has always been in the forefront of striking the invaders, has practiced their concentration many times. Combining his military competence with ideological development, our comrade Amed guided his comrades in his practice and did not hesitate to share his experiences. Our comrade Amed, who successfully fulfilled his duty as the commander of the arm in the last revolutionary operation against the invaders in the Girê Hakkarî Resistance Area, marched on the invaders with great courage and Apoist will until his last breath, and struck fear into the invaders with every bullet he fired. Our comrade Amed, who was injured during the revolutionary operation, Although he was injured, he did not give up on going forward, had a great effort in the success of the revolutionary operation, fought heroically until his last breath and reached martyrdom. We promise that we will be worthy of the legacy of resistance left to us by our comrade Amed, one of the leading commanders of the Cenga Xabûre Martyr War Maraş Revolutionary Campaign, who lived and fought along the lines of the martyrs throughout his revolutionary life, and that we will honor the memory of all our martyrs in our struggle and crown them victorious.
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Code Name: Binevş Vejîn Name Surname: Yonca Gökalp Place of Birth: Wan Mother – Father Name: Nuran – Şefik Date and Place of Martyrdom: 26 November 2022 / Metîna |
BINEVŞ VEJİN
Our comrade Binevş was born in Şax, the patriotic district of Wan, in a family belonging to the Êzdînan tribe. Comrade Binevş, who has been listening to the epic stories of our Party PKK from an early age, had a great interest in the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla. In her youth, this curiosity turned into a search for freedom. In particular, the status of slavery imposed on women by the system and seeing women only as a commodity, the genocidal Turkish state’s awareness of the genocidal policies against our people, and the participation of close relatives in the guerrilla ranks determined the address of our comrade Binevş’s search. As a young Kurdish woman, she felt responsible for the freedom of our people and decided to join the guerrilla ranks in order to fulfill these responsibilities in the best and most effective way.
Our comrade Binevş, who joined the guerrilla ranks in 2014, came to the fore with her hardworking and self-sacrificing qualities, and due to these characteristics, she was able to quickly integrate with the guerrilla and mountain life. Our comrade Binevş received herfirst training in the field of Zap, also made her first practice of guerrillaism in this field. She was an experienced and competent YJA Star guerrilla, stayed in the Zap area for about 2 years, and later moved to the Cîlo area. She took part in many actions there and played an important role in dealing a blow to the enemy. Although she was seriously injured for a period, she recovered in a short time with her strong will and continued his revolutionary duties again. Afterwards, our comrade Binevş went to the Xakurkê area and was involved in the works against the enemy, this time in a more sharpened way. She especially resisted the enemy’s attacks against the Xakurkê area with high morale and courage, and led the enemy to take heavy blows. Comrade Binevş, who was injured again during the war in Xakurkê, where he took part by showing an example of great sacrifice with the energy of his youthful spirit and anger towards the enemy, still did not leave the battlefield.
Comrade Binevş, who gained a certain military experience and succeeded in becoming a leading YJA Star commander candidate, wanted to develop herself ideologically as well, and made efforts in this direction. In order to carry out this concentration and efforts more systematically, she was involved in military and ideological trainings. During her education, she had deep concentrations on the Ideology of Women’s Freedom. In this sense, she has developed herself in the line of free women and has a stance that is equivalent to her pioneering mission. At the same time, it deepened its concentration on the guerrilla warfare tactics of the new era and concentrated on using these tactics more richly against the enemy. Our comrade Binevş moved to the Metîna area after the training process, mostly participated in the activities in the Girê Hakkarî area. He came to the fore with his self-sacrifice and laboring personality in this field and made an important effort to complete the infrastructure of the war. Our comrade Binevş mastered all the details of the Girê Hakkarî area, took a similar stance as a YJA Star guerrilla to the leadership mission and became one of the young commanders of the new era.
Against the enemy’s attacks on the Girê Hakkarî area, from the very first periods of the war, a self-sacrificing spirit, a great will and the mind of the free women’s command went against the enemy. In this sense, Girê Hakkarî has made an important effort to perpetuate the resistance in the area. As a leading YJA Star commander, she wanted to take part in the revolutionary operation with great self-sacrifice, insistence and desire to liquidate the enemy in the Girê Hakkarî Resistance Area, which she created with the blood and effort of many of our comrades. Our comrade Binevş, who marched against the enemy as one of our comrades who took his place in the forefront of the revolutionary operation in the Girê Hakkari Resistance Area, attacked the invaders with the spirit of Apoist self-deprecation and played a role in punishing many enemy soldiers.
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Code Name: Baran Çirav Name Surname: Çekdar Oğuz Place of Birth: Sêrt Mother – Father Name: Xatûn – Mehmet Ali Martyrdom Date and Place: 26 November 2022 / Metîna |
BARAN CIRAV
Our comrade Baran, who was born in the Torik village of Dihê district of Sêrt, where the first bullet was fired against the colonialist genocidal Turkish state under the leadership of our immortal commander Mahsun Korkmaz (Egîd), grew up in a family that adheres to the patriotic line and Kurdistani tradition. Our comrade Baran, who has the chance to grow by recognizing the line of resistance and victory, has taken his place in the struggle from an early age. The fact that our brother Martyr Çirav Botan (Cemal Oğuz), who joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle in 2004, was a self-defeating commander of Hêzên Taybet and was martyred in Sêrt during the Self-Government Resistance in 2016, is in the ranks of freedom, has always made our comrade Baran have a great interest in the guerrilla. Our comrade, who took part in the struggle more effectively when he was studying at the Mechanical Department of Siirt University and started to get to know Leader Apo’s philosophy of freedom closely, participated in youth activities and put forth great effort to raise awareness of Kurdish youth against the dirty policies of the colonial Turkish state. Our comrade, who was exposed to intense attacks by the Turkish state during this period, was detained many times and was arrested in 2012. Our comrade Baran, who resisted in the dungeons of the colonialists for 14 months, improved himself more and increased his determination to fight. Our comrade Baran, whose close family has many members of the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle, As an honorable Kurdish youth, he joined the guerrilla ranks in 2014 by giving the necessary response to the intimidation and dissuasion attacks of the fascist Turkish state. Our comrade Baran, who joined the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla in Dihê, where he was born and raised and where the first sparks of resistance were lit, later moved to the Medya Defense Zones, where he received basic guerrilla training and completed these trainings with great success.
He developed himself rapidly by participating in the holy guerrilla life with great enthusiasm and morale, and was always at the forefront with his working personality. Our comrade Baran, who deeply felt the love of comradeship and established strong bonds by reflecting this strong feeling to his comrades, carried out every moment of his revolutionary life in a breathless struggle line. Our comrade, who deepened in the leadership line with the academy training he received, has a strong ideological background. Our comrade Baran, who became an expert in the new period guerrilla, thanks to his inclination to the military field and his concentration on guerrilla tactics, quickly became a commander. Our comrade, who successfully carried out the first guerrilla practice in the Heftanîn and Xakurkê areas, He has successfully carried out many strategic studies that require the high trust given by our party and has an impressive practice. Comrade Baran, who was injured as a result of an attack by the fascist Turkish army in 2019 during the struggle, recovered quickly with his strong Apoist will and continued his revolutionary duties fully.
Our comrade Baran, who is an expert warrior and a pioneering commander in the mobile team style of the new era, finally took the post of unit commander, walked in the footsteps of the Egîds and became one of the exemplary commanders of the victory line. Our comrade Baran, who creates a great sense of trust with his comradeship and command in every environment he is in, and approaches every work with the definite goal of success, has based on a self-sacrificing participation and war style from the first day he joined the struggle. Our comrade Baran, who carried out many actions as part of the Cenga Xabûrê Martyr War Maraş Revolutionary Campaign and dealt heavy blows to the invaders, took his place at the forefront during the revolutionary operation carried out against the invaders in Girê Hakkarî Resistance Area on November 26, 2022. Our comrade Baran, who contributed a lot to the successful conclusion of the revolutionary operation, The bouncer marched on the invaders with the spirit of attack and punished many invaders. Our wounded comrade Baran never retreated, fought until his last breath, displayed great heroism, and became a worthy successor to our martyrs he followed, a militant and commander worthy of our Party PKK.”