Martyr Memorial

You were the true child of Botan, you the noble daughter of Botan. In our liberation struggle, Botan fired the first bullet against colonialism, co-operation and betrayal. Its mountains are a place of freedom. Botan is the place of resistance, of freedom in Kurdish history. The PKK became the heart...

ŞIRNEX  The funerals of the comrades who were martyred during the self-government resistance of Cizire, Sirnex, are still kept in the cemetery of orphans. The self-government resistance was announced on December 14, 2015. YPS member Faraşin Sidar (Hazal Aslan) was martyred on February 16, 2016, during the attacks that hundreds...

FLORENCE The funeral of YPG's internationalist fighter Tekoşer Piling, (Lorenzo Orsetti), who was martyred in Baxoz on March 18 during the battle against ISIS gangs, reached Florence, his birthplace on 15 June. For the anarchist fighter who was martyred at the age of 30, events were planned all day long...

BEHDİNAN  HPG-BİM previously released in a statement dated June 18, that four guerrillas were martyred in the intense bombardment of the occupying Turkish army against Tendürek Mountain. In a new statement, the identity of the guerrillas who have reached martyrdom in the bombings on 12 June was released. The identity...

Sema Yuce was born in the village of Qerqelik (Karagalik) in the Duxet (Tutak) district of Agirî in 1971. She grew up in a family of six, a household dominated by tradition. Sema who was introduced to the Kurdish cause and struggle lived through the complications with the spirit of...

BEHDİNAN HPG Press Liaison Center released the identities of the guerrillas who were previously declared martyred. The description of HPG is as follows: On June 14, at around 19.30, our forces, who encountered a unit of the invading Turkish army in the Mexrebiyan district of Bitlis Martyr Mızgin area, entered...

BEHDİNAN HPG Press Liaison Center announced on June 18 that a guerrilla was martyred in a clash with occupying Turkish troops engaged in clashes between the villages of Sêguza and Berdereşê near the Geliyê Doski area. The identity of the martyrs who fought up to his last bullet is as...

BEHDİNAN HPG Press Liaison Center (HPG-BİM) announced that on April 7, during the bombing of Turkish warplanes, international warrior Sara Dorşin (Sarah Handelmann) was martyred. The statement stated: The fight for resistance throughout Kurdistan is waged with great heroism, labour and sacrifices. While the resistance of liberation, which continues under...

The occupation, the massacre and the shadow of migration had been circulating in Kurdistan for thousands of years like black clouds. That is, until the birth of the light that were to tear apart all the dark clouds. This light was so fierce that it was a coup for all...

Sark Islahat Plani (Orientation Reform Plan)1925: "Our mission is to make Turkish people in Turkish homeland. We will cut off the elements that will oppose Turkishness and Turkism. The qualities that we will seek in the service of the motherland are, above all, that the man is Turkish and Turkist."...