HPG Press Center statement stated:
“Our Kurdistan Freedom Struggle has come to this day with the historical resistance that our immortal martyrs put up by fighting selflessly under the most difficult conditions and kept our people’s hope for a free future alive. Our comrades Şiyar, Şevger, Têkoşer, Rêzan and Zinar, who gave life to the struggle to protect the existence of our people and ensure their freedom by shedding their blood drop by drop, have fulfilled their historical duty as the valiant sons of Kurdistan with great responsibility and superior success. We express our condolences to all our patriotic people, especially the esteemed families of our comrades Şiyar, Şevger, Têkoşer, Rêzan and Zinar, who became martyrs through heroic fighting, and we reiterate our promise that we will achieve victory based on the line of resistance left behind by our comrades.
The identity information of our comrades who reached martyrdom is as follows:
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Code Name: Şiyar Azad Name Surname: Samet Yüce Place of Birth: Qers Mother – Father Name: Rûken – İsmail Martyrdom Date and Place: 26 March 2017 / Cîlo |
ŞIYAR AZAD
Our comrade Şiyar was born in the patriotic Qers, one of the first places where the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle met with our patriotic people and embraced our struggle against the serhildans. Our comrade, who immigrated to Çubuk, Ankara with his family in 1996, grew up in Turkey’s metropolises by knowing the reality of the enemy closely. Our comrade, who saw the results of the colonialist Turkish state’s policy of assimilating the Kurdish people by tearing them apart from their essence, brought to the consciousness at an early stage that as an honorable Kurdish youth, it is necessary to fight against these dirty attacks. While he was studying at Ankara University, he started to get to know the philosophy of Leader Apo and our party PKK more closely and played an active role in youth work. Our comrade, who has made a great effort to protect the Kurdish youth against the policies of assimilation and denial for nearly two years, has always sought to raise his struggle even more. Despite being detained many times during his work, our comrade Şiyar, who did not back down from his will and determination to fight, continued his resistance despite all the pressures of the invaders. Our comrade Şiyar, who never forgot the 15 February International Conspiracy that was developed against Leader Apo, who recreated the hope of freedom for all oppressed peoples, especially women and youth, by founding our party, the PKK, and all our people in his person, wants to embrace Leader Apo’s line against the colonialists and their supporters. put it at the center of his revolutionary life.
Our comrade Şiyar, who successfully completed his new fighter training, has continuously improved himself ideologically and militarily with the training he received in the PKK ranks, and on this basis has been in a constant effort to fulfill the requirements of the process. Our comrade, who established strong relations with his comrades in every field he was in, did not hesitate for a moment in his struggle against the enemy, and had a strong practice by staying in the most difficult areas. Our comrade, who worked in the field of Europe for a while, later returned to the mountains of Kurdistan and was based on being in the sharpest areas of the struggle. Our comrade Şiyar has always had a deep and sincere love for the sacred guerrilla life, and has earned the love and respect of all his comrades with his sensitive and responsible approach. A great determination to avenge his martyred comrades, Our comrade, who participated in life with a claim and struggled, took a sharp stance in his struggle. Our comrade Şiyar, who went to the Zagroslar in 2016, took his place in the effective and intense struggle against the invading Turkish state. Our comrade, who constantly trains himself and enriches what he has learned by sharing it with his comrades, is based on professionalism in guerrillaism. Our comrade Şiyar, who is known among his comrades for the importance he gives to order and discipline, has left a great legacy of struggle to his comrades, by devoting every moment of his life to the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle.
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Code Name: Şevger Germikî Name Surname: Emrah Avcı Place of Birth: Şirnex Mother – Father Name: Saniye – Hacı Martyr Date and Place: 26 March 2017 / Cîlo |
ŞEVGER GERMIKÎ
Our comrade Şevger was born in Şirnex, one of our resistance centers in Kurdistan, where a historical resistance was given against the occupation and the occupier, and who gave strength to our people with their serhildans. Our comrade, who grew up in a family devoted to Kurdistani values, had the chance to get to know the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle from an early age. Our party has grown up with the culture of resistance created by our people, who do not bow to the attacks of assimilation, denial and destruction, and who have always embraced the strong patriotic line created by the PKK despite all the pressures. He felt great anger at the brutal attacks of the colonial Turkish state against our people and sought a struggle. Comrade Şevger, He participated in youth work in 2008 and made an intense effort to save Kurdish youth from the clutches of assimilation policies. Our comrade, who knew the philosophy of Leader Apo and our party PKK, in the ranks of the struggle, worked relentlessly with the energy of youth and had a great impact. Our comrade Şevger, who was made a target by the invading Turkish state, never gave up his struggle despite being detained many times. Our comrade, who was arrested by the invaders in 2011, continued his struggle in the occupation dungeons. Our comrade Şevger, who has transformed the dungeon area into an educational and effective struggle ground with his comrades, has constantly improved himself and has a continuous walk on the line of freedom. Our comrade, who knew the philosophy of Leader Apo and our party PKK, in the ranks of the struggle, worked relentlessly with the energy of youth and had a great impact. Our comrade Şevger, who was made a target by the invading Turkish state, never gave up his struggle despite being detained many times. Our comrade, who was arrested by the invaders in 2011, continued his struggle in the occupation dungeons. Our comrade Şevger, who has transformed the dungeon area into an educational and effective struggle ground with his comrades, has constantly improved himself and has a continuous walk on the line of freedom. Our comrade, who knew the philosophy of Leader Apo and our party PKK, in the ranks of the struggle, worked relentlessly with the energy of youth and had a great impact. Our comrade Şevger, who was made a target by the invading Turkish state, never gave up his struggle despite being detained many times. Our comrade, who was arrested by the invaders in 2011, continued his struggle in the occupation dungeons. Our comrade Şevger, who has transformed the dungeon area into an educational and effective struggle ground with his comrades, has constantly improved himself and has a continuous walk on the line of freedom. Our comrade Şevger, who was made a target by the invading Turkish state, never gave up his struggle despite being detained many times. Our comrade, who was arrested by the invaders in 2011, continued his struggle in the occupation dungeons. Our comrade Şevger, who has transformed the dungeon area into an educational and effective struggle ground with his comrades, has constantly improved himself and has a continuous walk on the line of freedom. Our comrade Şevger, who was made a target by the invading Turkish state, never gave up his struggle despite being detained many times. Our comrade, who was arrested by the invaders in 2011, continued his struggle in the occupation dungeons. Our comrade Şevger, who has transformed the dungeon area into an educational and effective struggle ground with his comrades, has constantly improved himself and has a continuous walk on the line of freedom.
Our comrade, who continued his struggle without a break after he got out of the colonial dungeons, brought to consciousness the fact that our people could achieve their freedom only with the historical guerrilla struggle waged by the PKK in the ancient mountains of Kurdistan, and joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla in 2014. Our comrade Şevger, who successfully completed his basic guerrilla training and moved to the Zagros and started his first guerrilla practice, quickly adapted to the difficult guerrilla conditions with his enthusiastic and willing participation. Since the day he joined the guerrilla, our comrade has been in an effort to become a leading militant by constantly improving himself militarily and ideologically. Our comrade Şevger, who has a great sensitivity in understanding Leader Apo and living according to the Leader’s philosophy, Our party has succeeded in being a worthy militant of the PKK in every environment it is in. Comrade Şevger, who had the opportunity to settle accounts with the fascist mentality and avenge our people during the invasion attacks developed by the invading Turkish state against the Cîlo area, participated in many actions against the invaders at the level of leadership. Our comrade, who is known for his hardworking and humble personality among his comrades, has earned the respect of all his comrades with his great comradely love, strong participation in life and his efforts to preserve and raise Party values. Comrade Şevger, who joined the ranks of the struggle at a young age and took his place at the forefront of the historical resistance against the invaders and set an example to all Kurdish youth with his struggle, will always enlighten us by living in our struggle. Comrade Şevger, who had the opportunity to settle accounts with the fascist mentality and avenge our people during the invasion attacks developed by the invading Turkish state against the Cîlo area, participated in many actions against the invaders at the level of leadership.
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Code Name: Têkoşer Gimgim Name Surname: Delîl Yılmaz Place of Birth: Muş Mother – Father Name: Sabriye – Ercan Martyrdom Date and Place: 26 March 2017 / Cîlo |
TÊKOŞER GIMGIM
Our comrade Têkoşer was born in the Gimgim district of Muş, one of the resistance centers of Serhat, who is firmly committed to Kurdistani values. Our comrade, who grew up in a family and environment with strong patriotic feelings and devoted to Kurdish culture, has internalized the culture of resistance from an early age. Our comrade, who had to migrate to Europe with his family due to the oppression and assimilation policies of the colonial Turkish state on our people, grew up with his endless longing for the holy lands of Kurdistan. Despite growing up in the center of the capitalist modernity system, our comrade Têkoşer never broke away from the resistance and the honor struggle of our people. Our comrade, who rejects the individualist and detached life imposed by the system, has always felt the suffering of our people in his heart. Participation in the ranks of the struggle and martyrdom of his close relatives has strengthened our comrade’s sense of ownership of their struggle by recognizing the reality of martyrs better. Our comrade, who has been involved in youth work for a while, never found his current participation sufficient and wanted to take part in the historical resistance carried out in the mountains of Kurdistan, at the center of the struggle. Our comrade, who never saw it as an option to remain silent in the face of the brutal genocidal attacks against our people in Rojava and Shengal, joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla in 2014, when the attacks against our people intensified.
Our comrade, who joined the guerrilla ranks in Botan, fulfilled his longing for the country and took a determined stance in the ranks of the struggle. Our comrade, who moved from Botan to Medya Defense Zones, started his first guerrilla practice by moving to the Qendil field after successfully completing his basic guerrilla training. Our comrade, who is based on being a competent guerrilla on the line of victory by constantly improving himself, has been involved in the work of Hêzên Taybet for a while. Our comrade, who later moved to the Cîlo area, the resistance fortress of the Zagros, continued his effective struggle in the most rebellious and harsh geography of Kurdistan. Our comrade Têkoşer, who stands out with his militant personality, took part in many actions and led the way in inflicting heavy blows on the invading Turkish army. Our comrade, who believes that the attacks of the invading Turkish state against our people should never go unanswered, trained him at every moment of his life, with the awareness that this can only be achieved with well-organized militant personalities on the basis of a military and ideological stance. Our comrade, who is a pioneer militant with his humble and sincere approach in comradely relations as well as his uncompromising stance in protecting and developing the life of the organization, has always approached his term duties on the basis of outstanding success. We express our condolences to all our patriotic people, especially to the valuable family of our comrade Têkoşer, who followed the militancy line created by the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle without hesitation until his martyrdom, and we repeat our promise that we will crown our comrade’s struggle with victory. With the awareness that this can only be achieved with well-organized militant personalities on the basis of a military and ideological stance, he has trained himself in every moment of his life.
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Code Name: Rêzan Kato Name Surname: Barış Orhan Place of Birth: Wan Mother – Father Name: Mirarıhan – Abdulcebbar Date and Place of Martyrdom: 20 April 2017 / Zap |
RÊZAN KATO
The Kurdish people have always leaned on the majestic Kurdistan mountains, trusted their best friend, the mountains, and therefore have been able to withstand any attack against the will of freedom. Our people, who have lived on the slopes and foothills of the ancient mountain for centuries, have come to this day by preserving their social culture thanks to the mountains. The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla has also inhabited the mountains since the first period, integrated with the mountains and being one of the most rebellious mountains of Botan, our resistance center, the Kato Mountains have witnessed the countless epics of bravery of the Apoists. Our comrade Rêzan and his family lived in the majestic geography of the Kato mountains as members of the Marînos tribe. However, as a result of the colonialist genocidal fascist Turkish state’s policies that destroyed Kurdistan, they had to migrate to Wan. Our comrade Rêzan, who was born in Wan, grew up on both the social culture of the patriotic Marînos tribe and his family’s commitment to the freedom movement. For this reason, patriotic feelings were in his heart at a young age, and he was raised with the awareness of his people’s struggle for freedom. He joined the serhildans, like many Kurdish youth, in the Xaçort neighborhood of Wan, which is known for its patriotism and serhildans. In these serhildans, he saw the reality of the enemy, experienced the feelings of rebellion and the moments of liberation. Although he studied in Turkish public schools, he did not dissolve in the assimilation regime and took a stance against it. He has great sympathy for the guerrilla, the hero and dream of all Kurdish youth. He seeks to participate in the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle and to take part in the struggle more actively.
Our comrade, who started guerrilla activity in the Zap area and received new warrior training here, starts the revolutionary march. He learns about the Apoist life in the sacred lands of Zap, he matures by developing the dimensions of the PKK in his personality. With his dynamic nature, enthusiastic personality and enthusiastic participation, he constantly tries to learn new things. Thanks to these features, it provides early development and learns guerrillaism. He puts what he has learned into practice with sincerity and great seriousness and embodies it in his life. Comrade Rêzan, who sets a great example for revolutionary consistency, is loved and respected by all his friends. The legacy of struggle of our comrade Rezan, who has always been loved by our comrades with his Apoist militancy, stance and sincere participation, will enlighten us in our victory march.
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Code Name: Zinar Pasûr Name Surname: Kazım Kaya Place of Birth: Amed Mother – Father Name: Nefise – Fehmi Martyrdom Date and Place: 21 April 2017 / Avaşîn |
ZINAR PASSUR
The city of Amed was the cradle of the neolithic revolution, the dawn of humanity, and hosted our people with its majestic mountains and rich plains. The Kurds have inhabited Amed for thousands of years, remembered their homeland, and have survived until today by living on their roots. For this reason, the city of Amed was seen as the qibla of Kurdishness and the capital of Kurdistan, not only for our people of Amed, but also for all Kurds. This location and historical roots of Amed have always led to a very strong patriotic culture. However, what made Amed Amed was the PKK’s historic outcry, the historical resistance in the Amed Dungeon led by Comrade Mazlum Doğan, the fire in the body of Dörtler and the resistance line of the July 14 Great Death Fast activists. The people of Amed have experienced a resurgence on the basis of the PKK’s legacy of resistance and stood up to the serhildans, displaying a strong patriotic stance that continues to this day and strikes fear into the hearts of the enemies. Undoubtedly, he achieved this thanks to his most beautiful, brave and valuable sons, who participated in the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle and died heroically. Our comrade Zinar was one of those who participated in the freedom struggle on the basis that befits Amed’s glorious history. Our comrade Zinar was born and grew up in a self-sufficient, laboring and patriotic family that adheres to social values. Our comrade has worked in many jobs from an early age to help his family’s livelihood and has recognized the phenomenon of labor. In these processes, he felt the situation of the oppressed peoples and brought them to consciousness, He also saw that the colonialists subjected the people of Kurdistan to economic exploitation. He was forced into the military by force of the Turkish state. Our comrade Zinar got to know the real face of the Turkish state better here.
Our comrade Zinar, who is interested in the freedom struggle of the people of Kurdistan and has patriotic feelings, decided to join the ranks of the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle in 2015. He believed that the best answer to those who declaring war on the Kurdish people and trying to bring them to their knees would be by guerrilla and fighting in the mountains. On this basis, he decided to join the PKK on the anniversary of our 15 August Resurrection Day, reaching the Kurdistan mountains in Amed. He calls his meeting with the Kurdistan mountains and joining the guerrilla ranks in Amed as a new birth and meeting with his roots. Like a tree growing on its own roots, it starts its revolutionary march from Amed. Our comrade Zinar, who went to the Medya Defense Zones and received basic guerrilla training there, begins his guerrilla practice in the Avaşîn region. In Avaşîn, both the Apoist standards of life, He infuses the PKK comradeship into his personality and trains himself by deepening in guerrilla art. On this basis, it carries out tasks at different levels in Zagroslar. His humble personality and laboring characteristics make him visible in every moment of life and make him a militant loved by all his friends. He actively participates in the practice of war in Avaşîn and takes his place in the actions. He takes his revenge by showing his anger towards the colonialists with his performance in the actions he participated in. The memory of our comrade Zinar, who left a great legacy of struggle as a sincere, self-sacrificing and brave militant, will always live on in our struggle.” His laboring characteristics make him visible in every moment of life and make him a militant loved by all his friends. He actively participates in the practice of war in Avaşîn and takes his place in the actions. He takes his revenge by showing his anger towards the colonialists with his performance in the actions he participated in.
