NEWS CENTER – “The reason I joined the struggle was the desire to establish a free life and a different revolution. I believed in the Democratic Confederalism system. Besides, it was the way of revolution. I participated voluntarily, wholeheartedly, freely and with an ideological determination. I was determined. It was not my living conditions that brought me here, but my determination. I came to this land from thousands of kilometers away. I promised my conscience that I would not betray my choice.”
HE SAW THE TRUTH IN DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERALISM
Kevin Jochim. Dilsoz Bihar with the name of struggle. He was born on November 2, 1993 in Karlsruhe, Germany, as the child of Maorine and Freidi couple. In 2012, he came to Kurdistan by contacting the Kurdish Freedom Movement in Germany. He studied the Marxist-Leninist movement in Germany and supported political actions in this direction. When he came into contact with the ideas and writings of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan, he began to change his position. Convinced that Marxist-Leninism cannot solve the problems facing humanity, he sees Democratic Confederalism as a real way for the people. Still acting with the same basic values, he leaves his life in Germany behind and rushes to defend the revolutionary movement in Kurdistan, keeping the freedom of the people as a whole above the freedom of the individual.
GUERILLA HAS LEAD TO SUCCESS
Kevin Jochim goes to Qendil region in Medya Defense Zones in November 2012 and joins the guerrilla fight. He receives military, ideological and life training and has many new ideas.
A friend of hers from the training period she attended describes her as follows: “Heval Dilsoz set an example in life, struggle and education. Most strikingly, he quickly learned both Kurmanji and Sorani dialects of Kurdish. He achieved this thanks to his eagerness to learn, to understand everything and to be involved in every aspect of life. He never remained passive… He criticized wrong approaches without fear or ulterior motives, and he always shared what he understood with all his friends, even though he was still new.”
As a result of his rapid political, military and cultural development and open personality, he soon found himself in positions of responsibility. He knew the languages of the region (Kurmanji, Sorani and Turkish) so well that he was given the responsibility of coordinating communication between different guerrilla groups.
‘ROJAVA CAN BE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR ALL PEOPLE’
He took part in the groups that the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle sent to Rojava to fight against ISIS. After coming to Rojava, he became the commander of the international warrior unit fighting in the Cizîrê Region. He fought on the front lines for months in the Martyr Rûbar Qamişlo Freedom Campaign. Talking about his motivation to join the struggle, he said, ‘I want to learn from this revolution. Because this revolution, this system in Rojava can be an alternative for all peoples in the world. It can be an alternative to all ideologies that do not produce solutions. It could be an alternative for the world today and for Capitalist Modernity’.
Kevin Jochim was martyred on July 6, 2015, in the battle against ISIS mercenaries in Shergirat village of Suluk town (the city was occupied by the Turkish state in October 2019) in Girê Spî district of Northern and Eastern Syria.
Martyr Dilsoz, who called the Rojava Revolution a great renaissance, said, “Everyone can be a part of the revolution in Rojava. Of course, if you are an advocate of democracy, equality, justice and freedom. These values are the basis of the revolution in Rojava, human values that have been lost in 5 thousand years of history. If we look at the system of capitalist modernity, the essence of being human has been lost. The revolution in Rojava is a renaissance of human values. It is the renaissance of values of democracy, justice, freedom and equality. We are recreating these values and giving them back to humanity. This sets an example for the whole world.”
TOMORROW: International martyrs of the Rojava Revolution – XII: Robert Gallagher
