BEHDINAN – HPG Press Contact Center statement is as follows:
“The Kurdish people are still able to survive with their most precious and distinguished sons fighting for freedom at all costs. The Kurdish people are gaining their freedom step by step with the heroic march and self-sacrificing resistance of these sons. It is possible to protect the existence of our people who are in the grip of genocide, to eliminate enemy attacks and to make our people breathe freely, with a very difficult and costly struggle. In this sacred cause of freedom, the most beautiful, honorable and valiant sons of our people struggle without hesitation and march towards martyrdom. Each of our valiant heroes, to whom our people value freedom, enlarges our struggle, increases our faith and brings us closer to victory. In 2017, which is one of the difficult years of our struggle history, the enemy’s relentless attacks were nullified, Our heroes, who kept our people’s hope for freedom alive and fought selflessly, carried our struggle to this day. Our comrades Derwêş, Azad, Özgür, Sîdar and Xelîl heroically resisted and became martyrs as the Apoist self-defense militants who led the resistance in 2017. While we commemorate these esteemed martyred comrades with respect and gratitude, we reiterate our commitment to their memory and purpose, and extend our condolences to their esteemed patriotic families and all the people of Kurdistan.
The identity information of our comrades who reached martyrdom is as follows:
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Code Name: Derwêş Tetoyî Name Surname: Doğukan Bozdemir Place of Birth: Wan Mother – Father Name: Hanife – Muhlis Martyrdom Date and Place: 2017 / Medya Defense Areas |
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Code Name: Azad Gever Name Surname: Aziz Tatlı Place of Birth: Riha Mother – Father Name: Sıdıka – İzzet Martyrdom Date and Place: 2017 / Medya Defense Areas |
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Code Name: Özgür Cîlo Name Surname: İlhan Akdoğan Place of Birth: Colemêrg Mother – Father Name: Zeynep – Halit Martyrdom Date and Place: 2017 / Medya Defense Areas |
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Code Name: Sîdar Botan Name Surname: Recep Esin Place of Birth: Wan Mother – Father Name: Herdemcan – Selman Martyrdom Date and Place: 2017 / Medya Defense Areas |
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Code Name: Xelîl Dağ Name Surname: Mehmet Emin Dakman Place of Birth: Amed Mother – Father Name: Besra – Esat Martyrdom Date and Place: 2017 / Medya Defense Areas |
DERWÊŞ TETOYİ
The ancient Kurdish people, who are the actors of many historical events that have been engraved in the memory of humanity, especially the Neolithic Revolution, have been exposed to the assimilation, denial and destruction attacks of the colonialists and have been wiped out from history. The Kurdish people, moribund and oppressed in the grip of the genocide, were forced to migrate from the ancient lands of Kurdistan, where they took root, and faced assimilation attacks in the metropolises. Our people, whose will of freedom was tried to be destroyed by being dependent on bread, never lost their hope for freedom; It has struggled to preserve its identity in the mountains, plains and cities. Our Party, the PKK, which developed under the leadership of Leader Apo, became the lifeblood of our people, and our people, who have been suffering for decades, have returned to the stage of history with their glorious resistance. Our resistance, whose seed was planted in the Dungeons of Amed, has spread to every inch of Kurdistan in waves.
Our comrade Derwêş, who was born in Wan, Payîzava and grew up in a patriotic family who had to migrate to Istanbul due to the colonialist Turkish state’s policies to impoverish the Kurds and force them to migrate, knew the true face of the invaders in Turkish metropolises early on. Witnessing discrimination in all areas of life; Our comrade Derwêş, who was exposed to fascist attacks because he spoke his mother tongue, did not bow down despite all the attacks. Our comrade Derwêş, who is in search of a struggle to embrace his language, culture and identity, has decided to get to know our party, the PKK, which he had known since childhood and had a great interest in. Our comrade, who wholeheartedly believes that he has found the true center of struggle as he gets to know the philosophy of Leader Apo and the historical struggle waged by the PKK, has concluded his search and started his active struggle. Our comrade, who participated in youth work in 2009 and put forth great effort to protect Kurdish youth from the dirty policies of the colonialists, has been subjected to detention terror many times by the invaders. Our comrade, who was arrested by the invading Turkish state in 2011, remained in colonial dungeons for 3.5 years. Our comrade Derwêş, who did not give up his resistance in the dungeons and continued with great determination, was exiled to many different dungeons. Our comrade Derwêş, who turned every place he went into an arena of resistance with his comrades, gave the necessary answer to the invaders as a dungeon resistance fighter, and was based on constantly increasing his struggle. Our comrade Derwêş, who came out of the dungeons of the colonialists in 2015, turned his face to the mountains of Kurdistan and joined the guerrilla ranks.
Our comrade, who developed his consciousness level by deepening in the philosophy of Leader Apo in the face of the enemy reality he knew very well and closely, brought to consciousness the fact that victory can only be achieved for the free future of our people through the struggle waged by the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla. Our comrade, who always dreamed of the day he would join the guerrilla ranks in the dungeons, quickly adapted to the guerrilla life and conditions and had a strong participation in a short time. Our comrade, who deepened in the ideological field with the training he received, also became competent in guerrilla tactics in a short time. Our comrade Derwêş, who entered the Xakurke area and joined the front line of the effective struggle against the invading Turkish army, became a commander and led his comrades. Our comrade, who has been fighting relentlessly to establish the free future our people deserve by carrying our revolutionary struggle to victory, has never ceased to be angry with the invaders, and this anger has also been the basis of his self-sacrificing participation. Our comrade Dêrwêş, who established strong ties with his comrades and made the PKK’s holy comradely relations prevail in every environment, has won the hearts of all his comrades with his laboring and humble personality. The legacy of struggle left behind by our comrade Derwêş, one of our self-sacrificing militants who have always lived the spirit of victory and applied to their practice, will always enlighten the way for us comrades who are left behind. Our comrade Dêrwêş, who established strong ties with his comrades and made the PKK’s holy comradely relations prevail in every environment, has won the hearts of all his comrades with his laboring and humble personality. The legacy of struggle left behind by our comrade Derwêş, one of our self-sacrificing militants who have always lived the spirit of victory and applied to their practice, will always enlighten the way for us comrades who are left behind. Our comrade Dêrwêş, who established strong ties with his comrades and made the PKK’s holy comradely relations prevail in every environment, has won the hearts of all his comrades with his laboring and humble personality. The legacy of struggle left behind by our comrade Derwêş, one of our self-sacrificing militants who have always lived the spirit of victory and applied to their practice, will always enlighten the way for us comrades who are left behind.
AZAD GEVER
Caught in the grip of genocide and subjected to the most brutal attacks in history by the colonialists; Our oppressed people, whose language, culture and history are ignored, were resurrected together with our party, the PKK, which developed under the leadership of Leader Apo, and signed the most glorious resistance in history. Siwêreg of Riha, where the first seeds of struggle and resistance were planted in Kurdistan, became one of the centers where the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle was first popularized and the resistance against the invaders was built. The patriotic people of Riha have always kept the traces of the ancient culture of resistance alive in their memory and our party took its place in the struggle actively with the emergence of the PKK. Our comrade Azad, who grew up following the resistance tradition of Kurdistan, Like every Kurdish person who wants to live with his history and dignity, he has faced the oppression of the colonialist Turkish state from an early age. Our comrade, who closely followed the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle, started to get to know the philosophy of Leader Apo better when he was studying at the university in Mêrdîn. Deepening his pursuits, our comrade rejected the so-called freedom and bright future promises created by the capitalist system and became a follower of Leader Apo’s philosophy.
Our comrade Azad, who gave the necessary answer to the enemy by choosing to fight in the ranks of the guerrilla against the invaders who wanted to destroy the will of freedom of our people and the increase in the genocidal attacks, joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla in 2014. Our comrade Azad, who joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla with great enthusiasm and morale, whom he had heard from since his childhood and on which he would definitely join one day, was greatly influenced by the strong comradeship relations created by the PKK. Our comrade, who understands and transfers this sacred bond to his life and has a constant effort to deepen it, soon became integrated with the Party life. Our comrade Azad, who became competent in both the ideological and military fields with the training he received, started his first guerrilla practice by moving to the Zap area. Our comrade, who gained great competence in guerrilla tactics, later continued his struggle by moving to the Xakurkê area. Deepening in Leader Apo’s philosophy of life, our comrade Azad has waged a relentless struggle against the invaders who want to destroy our people’s hope for a free future. Our comrade, who worked with great determination and willpower in order to complete his revolutionary missions with great success, soon came to the fore and led his comrades. Our comrade, who made it the basis of his revolutionary struggle to carry the legacy of struggle of our immortal martyrs to victory, dedicates every moment of his life to the freedom struggle of our people. Comrade Azad, who is a militant of the victory line of our party PKK and a strength for his comrades in every field he goes, has earned the respect and love of all his comrades with his hardworking and humble personality.
The legacy of struggle left behind by our comrade Azad, who has a selfless life and participation, will always live on in our struggle and will enlighten our way.
OZGUR CILO
Its language, culture and history are ignored; Our patriotic people, caught in the grip of genocide by the colonialist states, joined thousands of their brave sons to the ranks of the struggle with the emergence of our party PKK. Our city of Colemêrg was also one of the first areas where the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle became popular and reached large masses. Our patriotic Colemêrg people, whose strong patriotic feelings have always been alive and have preserved their historical line of resistance, have never bowed to the invading Turkish state. Our comrade Özgür, who was born and grew up in a social environment where the resistance tradition created by our party is strong and where Kurdistani values are strong, was one of our comrades who had the chance to get to know the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle at an early age. The participation of his close family in the struggle has always aroused great interest and curiosity towards the guerrilla of our comrade Özgür. Witnessing the attacks of the colonial Turkish state and its policy of destruction, our comrade has begun to recognize the reality of the enemy. Our comrade Özgür, who saw the attacks of the invading Turkish state in 2015 aimed at liquidating the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, the concrete representation of our people’s legitimate defense force and will, joined the guerrilla ranks without hesitation and strengthened the resistance ranks.
Having successfully completed the basic guerrilla training in the field of Zap, our comrade has established strong comradeship relations with his features that quickly adapt to the guerrilla life. With the specialization training he received, he deepened in the line of the new period guerrilla and put what he learned into practice in a powerful way. Our comrade Özgür became an exemplary militant with his principled and humble personality throughout his life of struggle. In order to better understand Leader Apo, he was in a constant concentration and based on learning from the Leader and transferring it to life. He approached all the tasks of the revolution with great seriousness and responsibility in order to participate more in the resistance line and struggle of our martyrs and to carry their aims to victory. Our comrade Özgür, who won the respect and love of all his comrades with his simple, honest and hardworking personality, It has succeeded in being a strong representative of the PKK identity. He became a true militant who quickly got rid of the negative traits created by the system in the ranks of the struggle and reinvented himself with the philosophy of Leader Apo. Adhering to the legacy of struggle of our martyrs, it has continuously increased the pace of participation and the line of struggle in order to serve our people more. During the invasion attack launched by the colonial Turkish army on the Zap area, our comrade Özgür, who did not allow the invaders to pass along with his comrades, took part in the front line and fought selflessly. Our comrade, who skillfully put guerrilla tactics into practice with his unwavering will, led his comrades both in life and in war. Our comrade Özgür, an exemplary militant created by the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle, will always live on in our struggle. He became a true militant who quickly got rid of the negative traits created by the system in the ranks of the struggle and reinvented himself with the philosophy of Leader Apo. Adhering to the legacy of struggle of our martyrs, it has continuously increased the pace of participation and the line of struggle in order to serve our people more. During the invasion attack launched by the colonial Turkish army on the Zap area, our comrade Özgür, who did not allow the invaders to pass along with his comrades, took part in the front line and fought selflessly. Our comrade, who skillfully put guerrilla tactics into practice with his unwavering will, led his comrades both in life and in war. Our comrade Özgür, an exemplary militant created by the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle, will always live on in our struggle. He became a true militant who quickly got rid of the negative traits created by the system in the ranks of the struggle and reinvented himself with the philosophy of Leader Apo. Adhering to the legacy of struggle of our martyrs, it has continuously increased the pace of participation and the line of struggle in order to serve our people more. During the invasion attack launched by the colonial Turkish army on the Zap area, our comrade Özgür, who did not allow the invaders to pass along with his comrades, took part in the front line and fought selflessly. Our comrade, who skillfully put guerrilla tactics into practice with his unwavering will, led his comrades both in life and in war. Our comrade Özgür, an exemplary militant created by the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle, will always live on in our struggle.
SIDAR BOTAN
Our party PKK, which dealt a heavy blow to the genocide policy of the colonialist Turkish state by rekindling the hopes of freedom of our oppressed people, has been embraced with great enthusiasm by our patriotic people since the first day it was founded. Our city of Wan, which comes from a strong tradition of resistance, has also become one of the resistance centers that embrace our struggle and greet it with serhildans. The struggle of our ancient people, who wanted to be destroyed by being caught in the grip of the Genocide, to create a free future by integrating with the philosophy of Leader Apo, has become the hope of all oppressed rights, women and youth today as a result of the efforts of our martyrs who resisted and fought selflessly for this cause. Comrade Sîdar, who grew up in the strong tradition created by our party PKK, which developed a new and invincible line of resistance in Kurdistan, also recognized the colonialist Turkish state, which carried out brutal attacks against our struggle and our people from an early age. Our comrade, who has always had great sympathy for the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, grew up with dreams of the day when he will grow up and join the guerrilla ranks like every honorable Kurdish youth. Our comrade, who decided to join the ranks of the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla during the extensive attacks launched by the colonial Turkish state in 2015 on the basis of destroying its will by making our people kneel, gave the necessary answer to the invaders and showed the line of resistance by leading the Kurdish youth. Our comrade, who has always had great sympathy for the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, grew up with dreams of the day when he will grow up and join the guerrilla ranks like every honorable Kurdish youth. Our comrade, who decided to join the ranks of the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla during the extensive attacks launched by the colonial Turkish state in 2015 on the basis of destroying its will by making our people kneel, gave the necessary answer to the invaders and showed the line of resistance by leading the Kurdish youth. Our comrade, who has always had great sympathy for the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, grew up with dreams of the day when he will grow up and join the guerrilla ranks like every honorable Kurdish youth. Our comrade, who decided to join the ranks of the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla during the extensive attacks launched by the colonial Turkish state in 2015 on the basis of destroying its will by making our people kneel, gave the necessary answer to the invaders and showed the line of resistance by leading the Kurdish youth.
Comrade Sîdar, who joined the guerrilla ranks in the lands where he was born and grew up, later moved to the Medya Defense Zones and got to know Leader Apo, our Party PKK and the legendary struggle of our immortal martyrs through the training he received. Our comrade, who strengthened his knowledge and experience by deepening his concentration, also successfully completed basic guerrilla training. Our comrade, who became an expert in many guerrilla tactics in a short time with his agile structure and strong military understanding, was based on putting what he learned into practice. Our comrade Sîdar, who moved to the Zap area with the knowledge he gained, was at the forefront during the invasion attack of the colonial Turkish army against the Ertûş region and waged an effective war. Our comrade, who has been cooked in the practice of war by taking part in many actions and has a will of steel, took part in many actions that dealt heavy blows to the invaders. Our comrade, who always strives to be a militant of the martyrs line, has improved himself by constantly researching and has grown by sharing his knowledge with his comrades. Our comrade Sîdar, who, with his self-sacrificing and laboring personality, is constantly striving to achieve the success of his revolutionary missions, devotes every moment of his life to the revolutionary struggle and the free future of our people. Our comrade Sîdar has succeeded in becoming the comrade of his comrades by integrating with the sacred bond of comradeship of the PKK. Our comrade, who approached with the seriousness of completing all the tasks he took during his struggle with superior success, became an exemplary PKK militant both in the war against the invaders and in life. Our comrade Sîdar, who left a strong legacy of struggle and joined our immortals,
XELIL DAG
Our city of Amed was the cradle of the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle and became the creator of the serhildan tradition in Kurdistan. Despite being subjected to intense attacks by the colonial Turkish state, our people of Amed have never stepped back from the line of resistance and have continuously increased their struggle. Our patriotic city of Amed, which has always adhered to the line of Leader Apo and sent its most valiant sons to the ranks of the resistance, has written its name in the history of Kurdistan with golden letters. Our comrade Xelîl, who was born in Amed’s strong Kurdistani and patriotic tradition and in a valuable family that has participated in the struggle, was also brought up in this strong tradition. Our comrade, whose strong patriotic feelings are always at the forefront, He witnessed the colonialist Turkish state’s efforts to corrupt the Kurdish youth and distance them from the struggle, and started the struggle by not staying silent. Our comrade, who took part in youth work and protected the Kurdish youth against the dirty policies of the colonialists and became a pioneer in a short time, put forth a great effort in the struggle carried out in our city of Amed. Our comrade, who started to get to know the Leadership and our party PKK more closely during the works, never saw his struggle as enough and always sought ways and methods to fight more. Comrade Xelîl, who responded by joining the guerrilla ranks in the face of the extensive attacks that the invading Turkish army had in 2015 in order to liquidate the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, which is the free will of our people, gave the necessary answer to the invaders. Our comrade, who took part in youth work and protected the Kurdish youth against the dirty policies of the colonialists and became a pioneer in a short time, put forth a great effort in the struggle carried out in our city of Amed. Our comrade, who started to get to know the Leadership and our party PKK more closely during the works, never saw his struggle as enough and always sought ways and methods to fight more. Comrade Xelîl, who responded by joining the guerrilla ranks in the face of the extensive attacks that the invading Turkish army had in 2015 in order to liquidate the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, which is the free will of our people, gave the necessary answer to the invaders. Our comrade, who took part in youth work and protected the Kurdish youth against the dirty policies of the colonialists and became a pioneer in a short time, put forth a great effort in the struggle carried out in our city of Amed. Our comrade, who started to get to know the Leadership and our party PKK more closely during the works, never saw his struggle as enough and always sought ways and methods to fight more. Comrade Xelîl, who responded by joining the guerrilla ranks in the face of the extensive attacks that the invading Turkish army had in 2015 in order to liquidate the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, which is the free will of our people, gave the necessary answer to the invaders. Our comrade, who started to get to know the Leadership and our party PKK more closely during the works, never saw his struggle as enough and always sought ways and methods to fight more. Comrade Xelîl, who responded by joining the guerrilla ranks in the face of the extensive attacks that the invading Turkish army had in 2015 in order to liquidate the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, which is the free will of our people, gave the necessary answer to the invaders. Our comrade, who started to get to know the Leadership and our party PKK more closely during the works, never saw his struggle as enough and always sought ways and methods to fight more. Comrade Xelîl, who responded by joining the guerrilla ranks in the face of the extensive attacks that the invading Turkish army had in 2015 in order to liquidate the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, which is the free will of our people, gave the necessary answer to the invaders.
Our comrade, who joined the guerrilla ranks in the ancient land of Amed, where he was born and grew up, went to the Medya Defense Zones after fighting for a while in Bakure Kurdistan. Comrade Xelîl, who successfully completed his basic and specialist training in order to deepen in the line of professional guerrillaism, took the name of Martyr Xelîl Dag, one of our legendary commanders, and protected the struggle legacy of all our martyrs in the person of Martyr Xelîl. At the same time, our comrade Xelîl, who is interested in the field of art, has made it the main goal of his life to serve the Kurdistan Freedom Revolution in every field of struggle. Our comrade, who turned into an experienced guerrilla with the specialist training he received, crossed into the Zap area and waged an effective struggle with his comrades against the invading Turkish army. Comrade Xelîl, who has made a constant effort to specialize in the military and ideological field, has never been content with his current participation, has always been one of our comrades who have made great efforts to implement the goals of our Party by always renewing and improving himself. Our comrade, who stands out with his deep love of comradeship and his participation based on the party line, took his place at the forefront as an exemplary militant in all works that require sacrifice. Comrade Xelîl, who adapted in a short time to the difficult geography of the Zagros and fought selflessly against the invaders, became one of our young commanders with the spirit of victory of the new era. Our comrade, whose anger against the invaders never ceased, devoted every moment of his life to the struggle for our people to have a free future by clearing Kurdistan from the invaders.
