#hpg — Public Fediverse posts
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"Dado que los conflictos y guerras que se están produciendo en Oriente Medio amenazan muy seriamente el futuro de Turquía y de los kurdos, el proceso iniciado el año pasado con las declaraciones del presidente y líder del Partido Nacionalista Turco (MHP), Devlet Bahçeli, y del líder Abdullah Öcalan, y que cobró identidad con el llamamiento a la «paz y la sociedad democrática» del líder Abdullah Öcalan el 27 de febrero de 2025, está atravesando una etapa extremadamente importante y crítica."
(...)"Basándonos en las decisiones del 12.º Congreso, estamos llevando a cabo, con la aprobación del líder Abdullah Öcalan, la retirada de todas nuestras fuerzas en Turquía que suponen un riesgo de conflicto y están expuestas a posibles provocaciones a las zonas de defensa mediática. Algunos de los grupos que han llegado a las zonas de defensa mediática se encuentran aquí en este momento y participan personalmente en esta declaración. Además, se están tomando medidas correctivas similares en las posiciones de las zonas fronterizas que presentan riesgo de conflicto y están expuestas a posibles provocaciones."
(...)"Por último, nuestro llamamiento va dirigido a todo nuestro pueblo, especialmente a las mujeres y los jóvenes. El proceso no consiste en esperar algo de alguien, sino en crear y conquistar una vida libre y democrática mediante la lucha organizada. Por lo tanto, todos los que se ven a sí mismos dentro de esta vida deben luchar a nivel de movilización por el éxito del «Proceso de Paz y Sociedad Democrática»."
https://rojavaazadimadrid.org/gestion-del-movimiento-retiramos-nuestras-fuerzas-de-turquia/
#ProcesoDePaz #turquia #PKK #HPG #YJA-Star
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"Dado que los conflictos y guerras que se están produciendo en Oriente Medio amenazan muy seriamente el futuro de Turquía y de los kurdos, el proceso iniciado el año pasado con las declaraciones del presidente y líder del Partido Nacionalista Turco (MHP), Devlet Bahçeli, y del líder Abdullah Öcalan, y que cobró identidad con el llamamiento a la «paz y la sociedad democrática» del líder Abdullah Öcalan el 27 de febrero de 2025, está atravesando una etapa extremadamente importante y crítica."
(...)"Basándonos en las decisiones del 12.º Congreso, estamos llevando a cabo, con la aprobación del líder Abdullah Öcalan, la retirada de todas nuestras fuerzas en Turquía que suponen un riesgo de conflicto y están expuestas a posibles provocaciones a las zonas de defensa mediática. Algunos de los grupos que han llegado a las zonas de defensa mediática se encuentran aquí en este momento y participan personalmente en esta declaración. Además, se están tomando medidas correctivas similares en las posiciones de las zonas fronterizas que presentan riesgo de conflicto y están expuestas a posibles provocaciones."
(...)"Por último, nuestro llamamiento va dirigido a todo nuestro pueblo, especialmente a las mujeres y los jóvenes. El proceso no consiste en esperar algo de alguien, sino en crear y conquistar una vida libre y democrática mediante la lucha organizada. Por lo tanto, todos los que se ven a sí mismos dentro de esta vida deben luchar a nivel de movilización por el éxito del «Proceso de Paz y Sociedad Democrática»."
https://rojavaazadimadrid.org/gestion-del-movimiento-retiramos-nuestras-fuerzas-de-turquia/
#ProcesoDePaz #turquia #PKK #HPG #YJA-Star
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"Dado que los conflictos y guerras que se están produciendo en Oriente Medio amenazan muy seriamente el futuro de Turquía y de los kurdos, el proceso iniciado el año pasado con las declaraciones del presidente y líder del Partido Nacionalista Turco (MHP), Devlet Bahçeli, y del líder Abdullah Öcalan, y que cobró identidad con el llamamiento a la «paz y la sociedad democrática» del líder Abdullah Öcalan el 27 de febrero de 2025, está atravesando una etapa extremadamente importante y crítica."
(...)"Basándonos en las decisiones del 12.º Congreso, estamos llevando a cabo, con la aprobación del líder Abdullah Öcalan, la retirada de todas nuestras fuerzas en Turquía que suponen un riesgo de conflicto y están expuestas a posibles provocaciones a las zonas de defensa mediática. Algunos de los grupos que han llegado a las zonas de defensa mediática se encuentran aquí en este momento y participan personalmente en esta declaración. Además, se están tomando medidas correctivas similares en las posiciones de las zonas fronterizas que presentan riesgo de conflicto y están expuestas a posibles provocaciones."
(...)"Por último, nuestro llamamiento va dirigido a todo nuestro pueblo, especialmente a las mujeres y los jóvenes. El proceso no consiste en esperar algo de alguien, sino en crear y conquistar una vida libre y democrática mediante la lucha organizada. Por lo tanto, todos los que se ven a sí mismos dentro de esta vida deben luchar a nivel de movilización por el éxito del «Proceso de Paz y Sociedad Democrática»."
https://rojavaazadimadrid.org/gestion-del-movimiento-retiramos-nuestras-fuerzas-de-turquia/
#ProcesoDePaz #turquia #PKK #HPG #YJA-Star
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HPG ha emitido un comunicado con motivo del centenario del martirio de Sheikh Said en el que abordaba los últimos acontecimientos:
«Recordamos a Sheikh Said y a sus compañeros con respeto, amor y gratitud».
«Rendimos homenaje a la lucha sagrada que nuestro pueblo ha llevado a cabo durante un siglo».
«El grito de Sheikh Said de "mis nietos sin duda me vengarán" no ha quedado sin respuesta».
«Estamos decididos a continuar nuestra lucha con el espíritu de sacrificio apoísta».
«A pesar de haber suspendido las acciones armadas, respondimos los días 24 y 26 de junio a los persistentes ataques químicos».
«Si continúan estos ataques destructivos, nos veremos obligados a responder de forma aún más contundente».
«No permaneceremos en silencio ante esta mentalidad, y tenemos derecho a responder con la fuerza más dura».
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HPG (Fuerzas de Defensa del Pueblo) anuncia el martirio de la revolucionaria alemana Tîjda Zagros - Kelly Freygang el pasado 29 de abril a causa de bombardeos de Turquía.
El Movimiento de Liberación de Kurdistán desde el inicio ha defendido su carácter de movimiento internacionalista, ha crecido y se ha universalizado. Ha tomado como base la vida común en paz y libertad de los pueblos, y ha hecho grandes sacrificios para construir la modernidad democrática alternativa a la modernidad capitalista. Nuestro partido que desde el socialismo ha pasado a la historia de las luchas del mundo se ha convertido en una luz de esperanza no únicamente para los pueblos de Oriente Medio, sino para toda la humanidad. Muchos de nuestros compañeros internacionalistas han ido hacia esta luz de Rêber Apo, y para vivir y construir el socialismo han asumido una dura lucha. Por ello miles de nuestros compañeros socialistas han luchado con heroísmo, han sido mártires y se han convertido en un puente de hermandad entre pueblos.
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HPG (Fuerzas de Defensa del Pueblo) anuncia el martirio de la revolucionaria alemana Tîjda Zagros - Kelly Freygang el pasado 29 de abril a causa de bombardeos de Turquía.
El Movimiento de Liberación de Kurdistán desde el inicio ha defendido su carácter de movimiento internacionalista, ha crecido y se ha universalizado. Ha tomado como base la vida común en paz y libertad de los pueblos, y ha hecho grandes sacrificios para construir la modernidad democrática alternativa a la modernidad capitalista. Nuestro partido que desde el socialismo ha pasado a la historia de las luchas del mundo se ha convertido en una luz de esperanza no únicamente para los pueblos de Oriente Medio, sino para toda la humanidad. Muchos de nuestros compañeros internacionalistas han ido hacia esta luz de Rêber Apo, y para vivir y construir el socialismo han asumido una dura lucha. Por ello miles de nuestros compañeros socialistas han luchado con heroísmo, han sido mártires y se han convertido en un puente de hermandad entre pueblos.
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HPG: One Soldier Killed, Two Others Injured as Turkish Attacks Against Guerrilla Areas Continue
The Press Office of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) reported that the Turkish army carried out 691 attacks on the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) between April 21 and 23. Legitimate self-defense by the guerrillas left one soldier dead and two others injured.
According to the HPG statement on Thursday, details of the latest attacks by the Turkish army and interventions by the guerrillas are as follows:
Attacks by warplanes
On April 22, Turkish warplanes bombed the Girgaşê and Girê Kun areas in Garê region three times, the Girê Bahar Resistance Area in Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region once and the Sipîndarê area in Garê region twice.
On April 23, warplanes bombed the Sipîndarê and Girgaşê areas in Garê region four times, and the Girê Bahar Resistance Area in Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region once.
Attacks with heavy weapons, artillery and howitzers
On April 21, 22, 23 and 24, the Turkish army carried out 680 attacks with heavy weapons, artillery and howitzers, targeting the areas of Şehîd Kawa and Berê Zînê in Xakurkê region three times; the areas of Mijê, Dêreşê, Sipîndarê, Girgaşê and Girê Kun in Garê region 102 times; the areas of Şêlazê and Bêşîlî in Metîna region 160 times; the areas of Girê Amediyê and Girê Bahar in Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region 415 times.
Interventions by our forces
On April 19, guerrillas struck a container belonging to the invaders who were in an attack position in Girê Bahar Resistance Area in Şehîd Delîl Batı Zap region.
On April 22, a surveillance camera system used by the invading Turkish army to spy on our war tunnels in Girê Amediyê Resistance Area in Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region was hit and destroyed by our YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) forces.
On April 22, the positions of the invaders who were in an attack position in the Girê Çarçel area in Metîna region were struck by our Şehîd Axîn Mûş Unit with a kamikaze drone. One soldier was confirmed killed and two others injured.
On April 22, a position of the invaders in the Girê Bahar Resistance Area in Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region was hit and damaged by our forces.
Warning to the people
HPG said they received information that money was being demanded in the name of their organization in the regions of Botan, Batman, and Çiyayêmazî and Derik in Mardin, particularly from businesspeople and some community circles. HPG made it clear that none of their units was tasked with such a mission, saying: “Collecting money from the people in this way is prohibited by our movement. Those who demand money in these places are likely to be rent-seeking gangs or agents organized by the enemy. Our people and patriotic-democratic organizations should pay attention to this matter and be sensitive to such agents-gangs and should not give money under the name of aid.”
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=18671
#guerrilla #hpg #kurdistan #pkk #resistance #turkey #westAsia
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HPG: One Soldier Killed, Two Others Injured as Turkish Attacks Against Guerrilla Areas Continue
The Press Office of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) reported that the Turkish army carried out 691 attacks on the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) between April 21 and 23. Legitimate self-defense by the guerrillas left one soldier dead and two others injured.
According to the HPG statement on Thursday, details of the latest attacks by the Turkish army and interventions by the guerrillas are as follows:
Attacks by warplanes
On April 22, Turkish warplanes bombed the Girgaşê and Girê Kun areas in Garê region three times, the Girê Bahar Resistance Area in Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region once and the Sipîndarê area in Garê region twice.
On April 23, warplanes bombed the Sipîndarê and Girgaşê areas in Garê region four times, and the Girê Bahar Resistance Area in Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region once.
Attacks with heavy weapons, artillery and howitzers
On April 21, 22, 23 and 24, the Turkish army carried out 680 attacks with heavy weapons, artillery and howitzers, targeting the areas of Şehîd Kawa and Berê Zînê in Xakurkê region three times; the areas of Mijê, Dêreşê, Sipîndarê, Girgaşê and Girê Kun in Garê region 102 times; the areas of Şêlazê and Bêşîlî in Metîna region 160 times; the areas of Girê Amediyê and Girê Bahar in Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region 415 times.
Interventions by our forces
On April 19, guerrillas struck a container belonging to the invaders who were in an attack position in Girê Bahar Resistance Area in Şehîd Delîl Batı Zap region.
On April 22, a surveillance camera system used by the invading Turkish army to spy on our war tunnels in Girê Amediyê Resistance Area in Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region was hit and destroyed by our YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) forces.
On April 22, the positions of the invaders who were in an attack position in the Girê Çarçel area in Metîna region were struck by our Şehîd Axîn Mûş Unit with a kamikaze drone. One soldier was confirmed killed and two others injured.
On April 22, a position of the invaders in the Girê Bahar Resistance Area in Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region was hit and damaged by our forces.
Warning to the people
HPG said they received information that money was being demanded in the name of their organization in the regions of Botan, Batman, and Çiyayêmazî and Derik in Mardin, particularly from businesspeople and some community circles. HPG made it clear that none of their units was tasked with such a mission, saying: “Collecting money from the people in this way is prohibited by our movement. Those who demand money in these places are likely to be rent-seeking gangs or agents organized by the enemy. Our people and patriotic-democratic organizations should pay attention to this matter and be sensitive to such agents-gangs and should not give money under the name of aid.”
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=18671
#guerrilla #hpg #kurdistan #pkk #resistance #turkey #westAsia
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In Kurdistan, Resistance is Life
A historic resistance is taking place in the war tunnels in the Şehîd Munzur area in Zap region. This resistance has left three years behind. The occupying Turkish army tried to break this resistance by using all its means with all kinds of attacks and banned weapons, it ended up fruitless and helpless against the guerrillas because these valiant, selfless and courageous guerrillas, the defenders of the mountains of Kurdistan, are heroes like Gabar Botan, Xebat Tîrêj, Şervan Guerrilla, Çiyager Dîcle, Erdal Reşo and Munzur Serhed who sacrificed their lives for the sake of victory. That is why the resistance positions in the mountains of Kurdistan will never fall and the spirit of resistance will never disappear. The books of Kurdish and Kurdistan history are written with epics of resistance, because the Kurdish people have always managed to preserve their existence, culture and identity through great and unique resistance. For this reason, the people have a deep-rooted heritage of resistance.
This legacy was passed on from old to young, from parents to children. Today, this legacy of resistance is still growing in the hearts of the people and their children. If the Kurds had not resisted, they would have been shattered by many plans and agreements such as Qasr-e Shirin, Sykes-Picot and Lausanne. Neither their language, identity nor existence would have survived. If they had not resisted, systems like the Baathist regime, Iran’s extermination policy, and the fascist, racist and cruel mentality of the Turkish state would have destroyed even the name of the Kurds. These hegemonic systems would have used to sacrifice Kurds for their own interests, turning them into instruments of their interests. Yet, Kurds have always resisted, and this resistance still continues. With the philosophy of Leader Öcalan, this culture of resistance has gone beyond the understanding of patriotism based only on emotions; it has moved to a more conscious, organized and determined stage. Now the resistance in Kurdistan has become the voice and color of life. Today, in the mountains of Kurdistan, this voice echoes in the hearts of the guerrillas. This echo shakes and breaks down all the walls built by fascism and occupation.
Commander Gabar Botan, guerrilla Şervan Guerrilla from Aleppo, Xebat Tîrêj from Eruh, the resistance fighter Çiyager Dîcle from Kobanê, Erdal Reşo from Nusaybin and the brave commander Munzur Serhed from Van contributed to the growth of this resistance with their lives. These six heroes became immortalized in different periods, inscribing their names in the most glorious epics of Kurdistan’s resistance history. They are the heroes immortalized in the Şehîd Munzur war tunnels.
The Şehîd Munzur Hill, west of Zap, was one of the first fronts to respond to the attacks by the occupying Turkish state in 2022. In 2021, before the invasion operations began in the areas of Avashîn and Zap, the heroes on Şehîd Munzur Hill underwent difficult preparations to resist the occupation. They were fedayeen who represented the resolute will of the people of Kurdistan; they had a conscious stance that knew the enemy very well and knew in advance how to respond. That is why they had prepared their plans for victory before the war began. That’s why they were very careful. Each of them had his weapon ready, waiting for the invading soldiers to make a mistake and get caught. When that moment came, the Apoist guerrillas were ready to write an epic of resistance and heroism. From the first arrival of the enemy until the day they were fully entrenched in the region, the guerrillas resisted with the same assertion, belief and determination. They fought to raise the hope of freedom of the people of Kurdistan.
These heroic guerrillas bore a spirit that was steeped in freedom, believed in victory and sacrificed themselves on Şehîd Munzur Hill to build an honorable life. That position was defended with such conviction that NATO’s second-largest army could not overcome those guerrillas despite mobilizing all their means, all their technology and the use of all kinds of banned weapons. When the occupying troops tried to enter the area, when they made great efforts to capture it, commander Gabar Botan and his comrades knew very well how to respond to the enemy. With tactics appropriate to the war conditions of the time, they came out of the tunnels, attacked like hawks and retreated again. They made plans against the enemy in their own positions in every way and implemented these plans with a sacrificial spirit.
For three years, with the enthusiasm of comradeship, they resisted against all odds. Even in the most difficult emplacements, they believed in the possibility of victory, strengthening each other with a determination mixed with hope and love. For three years, the occupying army tried all means at the door of the tunnels to crush their hopes and then to destroy them, but they failed. Chemical weapons, phosphorus bombs, nuclear tactics, tank and artillery shelling hundreds of times a day, warplanes and drones were used. The natural structure of the Şehîd Munzur Hill was changed, but the spirit shaped by heroes like Gabar, Erdal, Çiyager, Xebat, Şervan and Munzur, never changed. On the contrary, the bond between them grew stronger.
In the cold days of winter, the guerrillas stood guard at their positions for long hours, shouldered the burden of military discipline and remained alert at all times. With limited means, each one thought of the other and gave their food to their comrades. When they were wounded, they bandaged each other’s wounds with the warmth of the PKK comradeship. Even in the most difficult moments, they sang uplifting songs to each other, strengthened each other with enthusiasm and spirituality, and made everyone wish with hope to be in their positions. For more than 1095 days, each day with resistance stronger than the last, they did not allow a moment of indecision in their hearts. Lack of sleep, limited water and food, the cold of winter and the scorching heat of summer never became exhaustion or obstacles for them. Under all circumstances and conditions, they organized themselves with the power of Apoist ideology, united their minds and strength to defend each other against all kinds of attacks. With their intelligence and skills in military fields, they transformed their tunnels into action headquarters.
They were masters of sabotage and infiltration tactics in guerrilla warfare. They ambushed invading soldiers, pulled in the corpses of enemies who tried to descend into their tunnels and taught them unforgettable lessons. In the tunnels, they lived together a life with meaning in every aspect. They knew very well that with this resistance they represented the will of the people. They were aware that they were fighting for peoples who had been oppressed for centuries. For this reason, they knew the value of time and space, correctly understood the role and mission that history had placed on their shoulders and fought with this consciousness. Erdal, who commanded from Cizîra Botan to Gabar focused on victory; Xebat, who gave support and strength to his comrades; Çiyager from Kobanê, who glorified the Apoist revolutionary line; Şervan, who carried the enthusiasm of youth, and Munzur from Serhed, who engraved the belief of victory in the hearts of his comrades; each of them was like a vast ocean. They were true fighters of the Apoist line with their patience, faith, devotion and sacrifice.
For three years, these brave men and women resisted non-stop. Every day, at a distance of 10-20 meters, they fought against an enemy who knew no rules of war. Despite the attacks by an enemy that does not recognize moral values, their comrades now continue to walk in their footsteps. For three years, they neutralized NATO’s second-largest army at the door of the tunnels, leaving them helpless. They wrote a new book in the history of Kurdish resistance. The heroism on Şehîd Munzur Hill is engraved in history. Today, in the footsteps of these immortal heroes, the spirit of resistance in ŞehîdMunzur is spreading to the area of Şehîd Delîl Zagros as well. With the same determination, their comrades continue to defend the sacred lands of Kurdistan with their blood and sacrifice.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=18610
#guerrilla #hpg #kurdistan #pkk #resistance #turkey #westAsia
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In Kurdistan, Resistance is Life
A historic resistance is taking place in the war tunnels in the Şehîd Munzur area in Zap region. This resistance has left three years behind. The occupying Turkish army tried to break this resistance by using all its means with all kinds of attacks and banned weapons, it ended up fruitless and helpless against the guerrillas because these valiant, selfless and courageous guerrillas, the defenders of the mountains of Kurdistan, are heroes like Gabar Botan, Xebat Tîrêj, Şervan Guerrilla, Çiyager Dîcle, Erdal Reşo and Munzur Serhed who sacrificed their lives for the sake of victory. That is why the resistance positions in the mountains of Kurdistan will never fall and the spirit of resistance will never disappear. The books of Kurdish and Kurdistan history are written with epics of resistance, because the Kurdish people have always managed to preserve their existence, culture and identity through great and unique resistance. For this reason, the people have a deep-rooted heritage of resistance.
This legacy was passed on from old to young, from parents to children. Today, this legacy of resistance is still growing in the hearts of the people and their children. If the Kurds had not resisted, they would have been shattered by many plans and agreements such as Qasr-e Shirin, Sykes-Picot and Lausanne. Neither their language, identity nor existence would have survived. If they had not resisted, systems like the Baathist regime, Iran’s extermination policy, and the fascist, racist and cruel mentality of the Turkish state would have destroyed even the name of the Kurds. These hegemonic systems would have used to sacrifice Kurds for their own interests, turning them into instruments of their interests. Yet, Kurds have always resisted, and this resistance still continues. With the philosophy of Leader Öcalan, this culture of resistance has gone beyond the understanding of patriotism based only on emotions; it has moved to a more conscious, organized and determined stage. Now the resistance in Kurdistan has become the voice and color of life. Today, in the mountains of Kurdistan, this voice echoes in the hearts of the guerrillas. This echo shakes and breaks down all the walls built by fascism and occupation.
Commander Gabar Botan, guerrilla Şervan Guerrilla from Aleppo, Xebat Tîrêj from Eruh, the resistance fighter Çiyager Dîcle from Kobanê, Erdal Reşo from Nusaybin and the brave commander Munzur Serhed from Van contributed to the growth of this resistance with their lives. These six heroes became immortalized in different periods, inscribing their names in the most glorious epics of Kurdistan’s resistance history. They are the heroes immortalized in the Şehîd Munzur war tunnels.
The Şehîd Munzur Hill, west of Zap, was one of the first fronts to respond to the attacks by the occupying Turkish state in 2022. In 2021, before the invasion operations began in the areas of Avashîn and Zap, the heroes on Şehîd Munzur Hill underwent difficult preparations to resist the occupation. They were fedayeen who represented the resolute will of the people of Kurdistan; they had a conscious stance that knew the enemy very well and knew in advance how to respond. That is why they had prepared their plans for victory before the war began. That’s why they were very careful. Each of them had his weapon ready, waiting for the invading soldiers to make a mistake and get caught. When that moment came, the Apoist guerrillas were ready to write an epic of resistance and heroism. From the first arrival of the enemy until the day they were fully entrenched in the region, the guerrillas resisted with the same assertion, belief and determination. They fought to raise the hope of freedom of the people of Kurdistan.
These heroic guerrillas bore a spirit that was steeped in freedom, believed in victory and sacrificed themselves on Şehîd Munzur Hill to build an honorable life. That position was defended with such conviction that NATO’s second-largest army could not overcome those guerrillas despite mobilizing all their means, all their technology and the use of all kinds of banned weapons. When the occupying troops tried to enter the area, when they made great efforts to capture it, commander Gabar Botan and his comrades knew very well how to respond to the enemy. With tactics appropriate to the war conditions of the time, they came out of the tunnels, attacked like hawks and retreated again. They made plans against the enemy in their own positions in every way and implemented these plans with a sacrificial spirit.
For three years, with the enthusiasm of comradeship, they resisted against all odds. Even in the most difficult emplacements, they believed in the possibility of victory, strengthening each other with a determination mixed with hope and love. For three years, the occupying army tried all means at the door of the tunnels to crush their hopes and then to destroy them, but they failed. Chemical weapons, phosphorus bombs, nuclear tactics, tank and artillery shelling hundreds of times a day, warplanes and drones were used. The natural structure of the Şehîd Munzur Hill was changed, but the spirit shaped by heroes like Gabar, Erdal, Çiyager, Xebat, Şervan and Munzur, never changed. On the contrary, the bond between them grew stronger.
In the cold days of winter, the guerrillas stood guard at their positions for long hours, shouldered the burden of military discipline and remained alert at all times. With limited means, each one thought of the other and gave their food to their comrades. When they were wounded, they bandaged each other’s wounds with the warmth of the PKK comradeship. Even in the most difficult moments, they sang uplifting songs to each other, strengthened each other with enthusiasm and spirituality, and made everyone wish with hope to be in their positions. For more than 1095 days, each day with resistance stronger than the last, they did not allow a moment of indecision in their hearts. Lack of sleep, limited water and food, the cold of winter and the scorching heat of summer never became exhaustion or obstacles for them. Under all circumstances and conditions, they organized themselves with the power of Apoist ideology, united their minds and strength to defend each other against all kinds of attacks. With their intelligence and skills in military fields, they transformed their tunnels into action headquarters.
They were masters of sabotage and infiltration tactics in guerrilla warfare. They ambushed invading soldiers, pulled in the corpses of enemies who tried to descend into their tunnels and taught them unforgettable lessons. In the tunnels, they lived together a life with meaning in every aspect. They knew very well that with this resistance they represented the will of the people. They were aware that they were fighting for peoples who had been oppressed for centuries. For this reason, they knew the value of time and space, correctly understood the role and mission that history had placed on their shoulders and fought with this consciousness. Erdal, who commanded from Cizîra Botan to Gabar focused on victory; Xebat, who gave support and strength to his comrades; Çiyager from Kobanê, who glorified the Apoist revolutionary line; Şervan, who carried the enthusiasm of youth, and Munzur from Serhed, who engraved the belief of victory in the hearts of his comrades; each of them was like a vast ocean. They were true fighters of the Apoist line with their patience, faith, devotion and sacrifice.
For three years, these brave men and women resisted non-stop. Every day, at a distance of 10-20 meters, they fought against an enemy who knew no rules of war. Despite the attacks by an enemy that does not recognize moral values, their comrades now continue to walk in their footsteps. For three years, they neutralized NATO’s second-largest army at the door of the tunnels, leaving them helpless. They wrote a new book in the history of Kurdish resistance. The heroism on Şehîd Munzur Hill is engraved in history. Today, in the footsteps of these immortal heroes, the spirit of resistance in ŞehîdMunzur is spreading to the area of Şehîd Delîl Zagros as well. With the same determination, their comrades continue to defend the sacred lands of Kurdistan with their blood and sacrifice.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=18610
#guerrilla #hpg #kurdistan #pkk #resistance #turkey #westAsia
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A Three-Year Epic of Resistance: Girê Fm War Tunnels
Writing about them cannot be done in a few days or a few weeks. Of course, the details of a war that lasted three years, every day of which was epic, cannot be described in a single article.
Because, resisting in that tunnel was neither striking the enemy in a sudden random encounter nor going against the invaders with an ordinary action. Fighting in that position, in the Girê FM- Şehîd Munzur war tunnels was not like that.
It was not one-time patience; it was a will of steel, a bullet-proof perseverance against the faces of Nimrod, Pharaoh and Dehak in the 21st century… It was not a zeal that fit into time or seasons, but a century of zeal, a century of stubbornness in the hearts of Gabar, Şervan and Xebat.
For them, resistance was not an inclination or a whim. It was a way of life, even life itself. Like breathing in and out… Resistance and victory were more necessary and more essential than bread and water…
Every day of their resistance from May 2022 until the winter of 2025 was centered on the same goal. They melted their lives every moment of every day for three years so that they could be remembered in the pages of history as victorious, and they did not say “we surrender”.
Because, inside their minds were not the betrayers who raised the white flag and waited hand and foot at the door of a tunnel; in their utopia of the future were proud and bolt-upright revolutionaries celebrating the glory days of the war with their red flags in their hands.
Gabar, Xebat and Şervan were meant to be the revolutionaries of that great day. So, it was not in vain. Resistance was not a memory of a bygone time whose time had passed and whose name was no longer remembered…
The longest lasting tunnel resistance
Gabar, Şervan and Xebat engraved their resistance in Zap’s Şehîd Munzur war tunnels, built with the endless labor of the guerrillas, each carrying a piece of resilient spirit. Today, they struck the enemy every day with their hands on the trigger, so that we could say “the longest lasting tunnel resistance in the history of guerrilla struggle”.
Commander Gabar Botan was the victor of the last 12-hour battle. While the so-called war commanders of the Turkish army were “safe distance commanders” with binoculars in their hands, kilometers away from the fighting positions, Commander Gabar was a provincial commander who shot down invaders and enemy positions with his weapon in his hand.
Even in the midst of the sieges, in a dog-eat-dog world, they continued to fight as committed, selfless devotees of Rêber Apo [Leader Abdullah Öcalan]. Like their predecessors, like the Bager Gevers, they lived in the moment and place where they felt closest to the Leader. This was precisely the source of their endurance and strength. Otherwise, what resource, what power, what willpower could resist for three years against savage barbarians who had equipped themselves with the weapons of the modern age?
They were not the ones who suffocated under chemical gas bombardments. They were the ones who repelled the enemy from the front of the tunnels in breathtaking clashes even under those bombardments. They were the ones who rained guerrilla wrath under tank and artillery strikes; they were the ones who emerged victorious from the battle of wills, not the ones whose will was broken in every call for surrender!
Commanders Gabar, Şervan and Xebat…They will live free in the hearts of guerrillas for hundreds, thousands of years. They became the authors of a three-year epic with the philosophy of ‘a morsel and a cardigan’.
source: ANF English
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=18544
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A Three-Year Epic of Resistance: Girê Fm War Tunnels
Writing about them cannot be done in a few days or a few weeks. Of course, the details of a war that lasted three years, every day of which was epic, cannot be described in a single article.
Because, resisting in that tunnel was neither striking the enemy in a sudden random encounter nor going against the invaders with an ordinary action. Fighting in that position, in the Girê FM- Şehîd Munzur war tunnels was not like that.
It was not one-time patience; it was a will of steel, a bullet-proof perseverance against the faces of Nimrod, Pharaoh and Dehak in the 21st century… It was not a zeal that fit into time or seasons, but a century of zeal, a century of stubbornness in the hearts of Gabar, Şervan and Xebat.
For them, resistance was not an inclination or a whim. It was a way of life, even life itself. Like breathing in and out… Resistance and victory were more necessary and more essential than bread and water…
Every day of their resistance from May 2022 until the winter of 2025 was centered on the same goal. They melted their lives every moment of every day for three years so that they could be remembered in the pages of history as victorious, and they did not say “we surrender”.
Because, inside their minds were not the betrayers who raised the white flag and waited hand and foot at the door of a tunnel; in their utopia of the future were proud and bolt-upright revolutionaries celebrating the glory days of the war with their red flags in their hands.
Gabar, Xebat and Şervan were meant to be the revolutionaries of that great day. So, it was not in vain. Resistance was not a memory of a bygone time whose time had passed and whose name was no longer remembered…
The longest lasting tunnel resistance
Gabar, Şervan and Xebat engraved their resistance in Zap’s Şehîd Munzur war tunnels, built with the endless labor of the guerrillas, each carrying a piece of resilient spirit. Today, they struck the enemy every day with their hands on the trigger, so that we could say “the longest lasting tunnel resistance in the history of guerrilla struggle”.
Commander Gabar Botan was the victor of the last 12-hour battle. While the so-called war commanders of the Turkish army were “safe distance commanders” with binoculars in their hands, kilometers away from the fighting positions, Commander Gabar was a provincial commander who shot down invaders and enemy positions with his weapon in his hand.
Even in the midst of the sieges, in a dog-eat-dog world, they continued to fight as committed, selfless devotees of Rêber Apo [Leader Abdullah Öcalan]. Like their predecessors, like the Bager Gevers, they lived in the moment and place where they felt closest to the Leader. This was precisely the source of their endurance and strength. Otherwise, what resource, what power, what willpower could resist for three years against savage barbarians who had equipped themselves with the weapons of the modern age?
They were not the ones who suffocated under chemical gas bombardments. They were the ones who repelled the enemy from the front of the tunnels in breathtaking clashes even under those bombardments. They were the ones who rained guerrilla wrath under tank and artillery strikes; they were the ones who emerged victorious from the battle of wills, not the ones whose will was broken in every call for surrender!
Commanders Gabar, Şervan and Xebat…They will live free in the hearts of guerrillas for hundreds, thousands of years. They became the authors of a three-year epic with the philosophy of ‘a morsel and a cardigan’.
source: ANF English
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=18544
#guerrilla #hpg #kurdistan #pkk #resistance #turkey #westAsia
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HPG Pays Tribute to Guerrilla Dilmaf Efrîn
Guerrilla Dilmaf Efrîn fell as a martyr in February in South Kurdistan’s Gare region following a tragic accident and an ensuing explosion. The People’s Defense Forces (HPG) issued a statement to pay tribute to the martyr and said that “with his passing, the Kurdish guerrilla movement has lost a determined and highly respected fighter who dedicated his life to the struggle for Kurdistan’s freedom.” The HPG shared the following details about the guerrilla:
Codename: Dilmaf Efrîn
Full name: Xelîl Cuma
Place of birth: Efrîn
Parents’ names: Nura – Reşîd
Date and place of death: 6 February 2025, Gare
Dilmaf was born in Afrin (Efrîn), Rojava, a region known for its deep ties to the Kurdish freedom movement. From a young age, he was exposed to the political reality of Kurdistan. Stories of guerrilla fighters, the resistance against assimilation, and state repression left a lasting mark on him. The sense of alienation he experienced in state-run schools, where he couldn’t freely speak his mother tongue, further fueled his desire for a different life.
He worked from a young age to support his family, developed a strong awareness of social inequality, and soon joined the Kurdish youth movement. Guided by a deep sense of justice, his path eventually led him to the guerrilla ranks, a conscious decision to opt for a life of simplicity, collectivity, and resistance.
In 2014, he officially joined the Kurdish movement. After a brief basic military training, guerrilla Dilmaf participated in numerous operations, as well as in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS). His discipline, sense of responsibility, and political clarity quickly earned him the trust of his comrades.
His political thinking was especially influenced by the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan and the concept of Democratic Confederalism. Dilmaf was not only a fighter but also a learner: he immersed himself in political and ideological education, participated in specialized trainings, and became a seasoned guerrilla. Comrades described him as sincere, helpful, energetic, and deeply loyal to his ideals.
His final deployment was in a particularly strategic region, where he continued his work with great determination until his death.
The HPG wrote: “Dilmaf was more than a fighter. He was a role model. With his determination, sincere character, and deep dedication to the cause, he has secured a place in the collective memory of our movement. His death is a great loss, but his life remains a legacy. It is now the responsibility of the Kurdish freedom movement, his comrades, and the people of Afrin to carry forward his efforts until the dreams he died for become reality.”
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HPG Pays Tribute to Guerrilla Dilmaf Efrîn
Guerrilla Dilmaf Efrîn fell as a martyr in February in South Kurdistan’s Gare region following a tragic accident and an ensuing explosion. The People’s Defense Forces (HPG) issued a statement to pay tribute to the martyr and said that “with his passing, the Kurdish guerrilla movement has lost a determined and highly respected fighter who dedicated his life to the struggle for Kurdistan’s freedom.” The HPG shared the following details about the guerrilla:
Codename: Dilmaf Efrîn
Full name: Xelîl Cuma
Place of birth: Efrîn
Parents’ names: Nura – Reşîd
Date and place of death: 6 February 2025, Gare
Dilmaf was born in Afrin (Efrîn), Rojava, a region known for its deep ties to the Kurdish freedom movement. From a young age, he was exposed to the political reality of Kurdistan. Stories of guerrilla fighters, the resistance against assimilation, and state repression left a lasting mark on him. The sense of alienation he experienced in state-run schools, where he couldn’t freely speak his mother tongue, further fueled his desire for a different life.
He worked from a young age to support his family, developed a strong awareness of social inequality, and soon joined the Kurdish youth movement. Guided by a deep sense of justice, his path eventually led him to the guerrilla ranks, a conscious decision to opt for a life of simplicity, collectivity, and resistance.
In 2014, he officially joined the Kurdish movement. After a brief basic military training, guerrilla Dilmaf participated in numerous operations, as well as in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS). His discipline, sense of responsibility, and political clarity quickly earned him the trust of his comrades.
His political thinking was especially influenced by the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan and the concept of Democratic Confederalism. Dilmaf was not only a fighter but also a learner: he immersed himself in political and ideological education, participated in specialized trainings, and became a seasoned guerrilla. Comrades described him as sincere, helpful, energetic, and deeply loyal to his ideals.
His final deployment was in a particularly strategic region, where he continued his work with great determination until his death.
The HPG wrote: “Dilmaf was more than a fighter. He was a role model. With his determination, sincere character, and deep dedication to the cause, he has secured a place in the collective memory of our movement. His death is a great loss, but his life remains a legacy. It is now the responsibility of the Kurdish freedom movement, his comrades, and the people of Afrin to carry forward his efforts until the dreams he died for become reality.”
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HPG Pays Tribute to Guerrillas Doğa Şîn and Eylül Deniz Zagros
The People’s Defense Forces (HPG) paid tribute to Free Women’s Units (YJA Star) guerrillas Doğa Şîn and Eylül Deniz Zagros, who fell as martyrs in Turkish attacks on Gare.
According to the HPG, both fighters were involved in resistance in various regions of Kurdistan for years and sustained fatal injuries during two separate attacks in January and February. The HPG described them as “courageous and dedicated militants” who had devoted their lives to the struggle for Kurdish freedom.
The People’s Defense Forces expressed their condolences to the families of the two fallen fighters and emphasized in their obituary the emotional connection the women had with the ideals of the movement. They were honored as role models for the new generation of young activists. The loss, they said, is a heavy blow, but their legacy will live on, in political work, the fight for recognition and rights, and in the cultural memory of the Kurdish movement.
“Doğa and Eylül were not just militants; they were symbolic figures of a movement that stands against oppression and for a life of freedom,” the statement read. Their courage and determination made them role models beyond death. “We will continue their path with determination,” concluded the message.
Nom de Guerre: Doğa Şîn
Full name: Binevş Altay
Place of birth: Pirsûs
Mother and father’s names: Üveyş – Selami
Date and place of death: January 11, 2025 / GareNom de Guerre: Eylül Deniz Zagros
Full name: Evin Işbilir
Place of birth: Gever
Mother and father’s names: Güzel – Halit
Date and place of death: February 1, 2025 / GareDoğa Şîn
Originally from the northern Kurdish town of Suruç (Pirsûs), Doğa Şîn grew up in a politicized environment and joined the guerrillas in 2014, amid the war against the Islamic State (ISIS). Her decision was made under the impression of the attack on the western Kurdish city of Kobanê, located directly across the border from Suruç. “She promised herself at that time to support the people who had lost their homes and to stand against what she saw as the cause of their suffering,” said the HPG.
Prior to that, Doğa Şîn had spent years searching for a way out of what she perceived as an alienating society. Her encounter with the ideology of Abdullah Öcalan, and especially his views on women and alternatives to the capitalist system, led her to the Kurdish freedom movement. After joining the guerrillas, she fought directly in areas where resistance against ISIS was taking place. Following an injury at the front and a lengthy recovery, she returned to active combat, this time in the mountains.
Despite coming from a flatland region, she quickly felt at home in the mountains. There, she was active in various organizational and military roles. With strong determination and tactical skill, she specialized in modern guerrilla warfare. Her comrades described her as a disciplined, creative, and reliable fighter who never shied away from challenges.
In one of her writings, Doğa Şîn described the mountains as motherly and protective, a metaphor for her journey of self-discovery. In her military operations, she reportedly stood out for her precision and dedication.
Eylül Deniz Zagros
Eylül Deniz Zagros was born in Yüksekova (Gever), in the northern Kurdish province of Hakkari (Colemêrg), a region known for its deeply rooted spirit of resistance. Her family had already been active in the Kurdish liberation struggle in previous years, which had a profound influence on her. As a teenager, she was involved in political activism, and from around 2009, she participated in organizing community self-defense. In 2012, she left university and joined the guerrillas in the Zagros Mountains.
She viewed her political and ideological training as the foundation for her later military education. According to her own accounts, her motivation was closely tied to the violent deaths of her brother and a paternal cousin in 2013 in Yüksekova. Both men were shot dead by snipers from a Turkish police special unit during a protest against the desecration of a guerrilla cemetery.
Her path in the guerrilla eventually led her into the fight against ISIS, including in the Yazidi region of Shengal, where a genocide occurred in 2014 and Yazidi women were systematically kidnapped and abused. She considered the suffering of Yazidi women as symbolic of patriarchal violence, which motivated her to resist with determination.
After several injuries, Eylül Deniz Zagros returned to the Medya Defense Areas, continued her training, and contributed to the development of new guerrilla tactics. According to the obituary, she placed great emphasis on collective responsibility, humility, and gender equality within the movement. She became a role model for many young women through her determination.
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HPG Pays Tribute to Guerrillas Doğa Şîn and Eylül Deniz Zagros
The People’s Defense Forces (HPG) paid tribute to Free Women’s Units (YJA Star) guerrillas Doğa Şîn and Eylül Deniz Zagros, who fell as martyrs in Turkish attacks on Gare.
According to the HPG, both fighters were involved in resistance in various regions of Kurdistan for years and sustained fatal injuries during two separate attacks in January and February. The HPG described them as “courageous and dedicated militants” who had devoted their lives to the struggle for Kurdish freedom.
The People’s Defense Forces expressed their condolences to the families of the two fallen fighters and emphasized in their obituary the emotional connection the women had with the ideals of the movement. They were honored as role models for the new generation of young activists. The loss, they said, is a heavy blow, but their legacy will live on, in political work, the fight for recognition and rights, and in the cultural memory of the Kurdish movement.
“Doğa and Eylül were not just militants; they were symbolic figures of a movement that stands against oppression and for a life of freedom,” the statement read. Their courage and determination made them role models beyond death. “We will continue their path with determination,” concluded the message.
Nom de Guerre: Doğa Şîn
Full name: Binevş Altay
Place of birth: Pirsûs
Mother and father’s names: Üveyş – Selami
Date and place of death: January 11, 2025 / GareNom de Guerre: Eylül Deniz Zagros
Full name: Evin Işbilir
Place of birth: Gever
Mother and father’s names: Güzel – Halit
Date and place of death: February 1, 2025 / GareDoğa Şîn
Originally from the northern Kurdish town of Suruç (Pirsûs), Doğa Şîn grew up in a politicized environment and joined the guerrillas in 2014, amid the war against the Islamic State (ISIS). Her decision was made under the impression of the attack on the western Kurdish city of Kobanê, located directly across the border from Suruç. “She promised herself at that time to support the people who had lost their homes and to stand against what she saw as the cause of their suffering,” said the HPG.
Prior to that, Doğa Şîn had spent years searching for a way out of what she perceived as an alienating society. Her encounter with the ideology of Abdullah Öcalan, and especially his views on women and alternatives to the capitalist system, led her to the Kurdish freedom movement. After joining the guerrillas, she fought directly in areas where resistance against ISIS was taking place. Following an injury at the front and a lengthy recovery, she returned to active combat, this time in the mountains.
Despite coming from a flatland region, she quickly felt at home in the mountains. There, she was active in various organizational and military roles. With strong determination and tactical skill, she specialized in modern guerrilla warfare. Her comrades described her as a disciplined, creative, and reliable fighter who never shied away from challenges.
In one of her writings, Doğa Şîn described the mountains as motherly and protective, a metaphor for her journey of self-discovery. In her military operations, she reportedly stood out for her precision and dedication.
Eylül Deniz Zagros
Eylül Deniz Zagros was born in Yüksekova (Gever), in the northern Kurdish province of Hakkari (Colemêrg), a region known for its deeply rooted spirit of resistance. Her family had already been active in the Kurdish liberation struggle in previous years, which had a profound influence on her. As a teenager, she was involved in political activism, and from around 2009, she participated in organizing community self-defense. In 2012, she left university and joined the guerrillas in the Zagros Mountains.
She viewed her political and ideological training as the foundation for her later military education. According to her own accounts, her motivation was closely tied to the violent deaths of her brother and a paternal cousin in 2013 in Yüksekova. Both men were shot dead by snipers from a Turkish police special unit during a protest against the desecration of a guerrilla cemetery.
Her path in the guerrilla eventually led her into the fight against ISIS, including in the Yazidi region of Shengal, where a genocide occurred in 2014 and Yazidi women were systematically kidnapped and abused. She considered the suffering of Yazidi women as symbolic of patriarchal violence, which motivated her to resist with determination.
After several injuries, Eylül Deniz Zagros returned to the Medya Defense Areas, continued her training, and contributed to the development of new guerrilla tactics. According to the obituary, she placed great emphasis on collective responsibility, humility, and gender equality within the movement. She became a role model for many young women through her determination.
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The Name of Kurdish Women Will Always be Remembered in the Epics of Resistance
From the land of Derwêş and Edûlê, a young woman with a pure heart joined the struggle for freedom. Cîhan Hîvron (Lînda Xeyrî Hecî) became a fighter for her country, a resister for women’s freedom, a seeker of truth for a right and meaningful life.
Cîhan Hîvron, who was born in Shengal (Sinjar) into a patriotic Kurdish family committed to Yazidi values, got to know the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) more closely with the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas who ran to the help of the Yazidi community during the ISIS onslaught in 2014. Having witnessed the massacre and abduction of thousands of people and the migration of hundreds of thousands during the ISIS attack, Hîvron joined the resistance units in 2016 to avenge Yazidi women. She contributed to the cleansing of Shengal from the mercenaries, and after the withdrawal of the guerrillas from Shengal in 2018, she took to the mountains of Kurdistan.
Cîhan Hîvron received the first basic education at the Martyr Rojîn Gewda Academy, and better understood and deepened on the thoughts of Leader Apo [Abdullah Öcalan]. She set an example for her comrades with her deep devotion to the land of Kurdistan. With the strength of her love for her country, she took part in the forefront of every work and quickly adapted to the guerrilla life. Throughout her education, she learned with great curiosity and participated in discussions clearly and radically. She constantly read and improved herself in order to understand Leader Apo’s style, manner and pace. She attached as much importance to improving herself in the military field as she did to organisation and ideological development. For this reason, she participated in every military training and lesson on weapons and tactics with great enthusiasm. As a Yazidi woman, she wanted to be a strong example for all young girls in her community.
The guerrilla fighter Cîhan, who deeply felt the pain caused by the massacres committed against her people, the enslavement and sale of women, and leaving children without language, identity and culture, took Leader Apo’s ideas as a guide and moved towards her goal. After completing her academy education, she participated in practical work. With the training she received and the faith her comrades had in her, she participated in the struggle more actively. Guerrilla Cîhan was devoted to comradeship, her country and her people with an endless love. For the sake of this devotion, she did not spare any labour and sacrifice. She never closed her ears to the cries of the children of her country. She did not remain indifferent to the lamentations of the mothers of martyrs.
On the peaks of the mountains of Shengal, even in the most difficult moments of the war, she could see the light of hope on the faces of her people and continued her struggle every day with vows to realise this hope. She was a source of inspiration for all her comrades; with her positive energy she would add the colour of hope to their hearts, and with determination in her eyes she would tell them ‘Victory is ours, comrade’. Cîhan’s face was recorded in the hearts of her comrades and in the memory of her people with the most beautiful colours. As a guerrilla fighter who set an example to her comrades with her struggle, courage, resistance and sacrifice, she played a pioneering role in the freedom struggle of her people and did not succumb to any difficulties.
On 25 May 2019, during an enemy attack on the Medya Defence Zones, she was martyred together with a group of her comrades, becoming an example for young Kurdish women and especially for Yazidi women. She did not accept an aimless life; she had great goals and she continued her life in line with these goals. She took brave steps, struggled and never backed down. That is why guerrilla Cîhan will never be forgotten; her name will be remembered with great honour in the resistance epics of Kurdish women, among the heroes of the freedom struggle.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=17935
#guerrilla #hpg #iraq #kurdistan #pkk #resistance #turkey #westAsia
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The Name of Kurdish Women Will Always be Remembered in the Epics of Resistance
From the land of Derwêş and Edûlê, a young woman with a pure heart joined the struggle for freedom. Cîhan Hîvron (Lînda Xeyrî Hecî) became a fighter for her country, a resister for women’s freedom, a seeker of truth for a right and meaningful life.
Cîhan Hîvron, who was born in Shengal (Sinjar) into a patriotic Kurdish family committed to Yazidi values, got to know the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) more closely with the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas who ran to the help of the Yazidi community during the ISIS onslaught in 2014. Having witnessed the massacre and abduction of thousands of people and the migration of hundreds of thousands during the ISIS attack, Hîvron joined the resistance units in 2016 to avenge Yazidi women. She contributed to the cleansing of Shengal from the mercenaries, and after the withdrawal of the guerrillas from Shengal in 2018, she took to the mountains of Kurdistan.
Cîhan Hîvron received the first basic education at the Martyr Rojîn Gewda Academy, and better understood and deepened on the thoughts of Leader Apo [Abdullah Öcalan]. She set an example for her comrades with her deep devotion to the land of Kurdistan. With the strength of her love for her country, she took part in the forefront of every work and quickly adapted to the guerrilla life. Throughout her education, she learned with great curiosity and participated in discussions clearly and radically. She constantly read and improved herself in order to understand Leader Apo’s style, manner and pace. She attached as much importance to improving herself in the military field as she did to organisation and ideological development. For this reason, she participated in every military training and lesson on weapons and tactics with great enthusiasm. As a Yazidi woman, she wanted to be a strong example for all young girls in her community.
The guerrilla fighter Cîhan, who deeply felt the pain caused by the massacres committed against her people, the enslavement and sale of women, and leaving children without language, identity and culture, took Leader Apo’s ideas as a guide and moved towards her goal. After completing her academy education, she participated in practical work. With the training she received and the faith her comrades had in her, she participated in the struggle more actively. Guerrilla Cîhan was devoted to comradeship, her country and her people with an endless love. For the sake of this devotion, she did not spare any labour and sacrifice. She never closed her ears to the cries of the children of her country. She did not remain indifferent to the lamentations of the mothers of martyrs.
On the peaks of the mountains of Shengal, even in the most difficult moments of the war, she could see the light of hope on the faces of her people and continued her struggle every day with vows to realise this hope. She was a source of inspiration for all her comrades; with her positive energy she would add the colour of hope to their hearts, and with determination in her eyes she would tell them ‘Victory is ours, comrade’. Cîhan’s face was recorded in the hearts of her comrades and in the memory of her people with the most beautiful colours. As a guerrilla fighter who set an example to her comrades with her struggle, courage, resistance and sacrifice, she played a pioneering role in the freedom struggle of her people and did not succumb to any difficulties.
On 25 May 2019, during an enemy attack on the Medya Defence Zones, she was martyred together with a group of her comrades, becoming an example for young Kurdish women and especially for Yazidi women. She did not accept an aimless life; she had great goals and she continued her life in line with these goals. She took brave steps, struggled and never backed down. That is why guerrilla Cîhan will never be forgotten; her name will be remembered with great honour in the resistance epics of Kurdish women, among the heroes of the freedom struggle.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=17935
#guerrilla #hpg #iraq #kurdistan #pkk #resistance #turkey #westAsia
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The Occupying #Turkish Army is Committing #War #Crimes
On March 9, 2025, the Press Liaison Center of the People's Defense Forces (#HPG) released a detailed report on the recent #military operations carried out by the Turkish army and the responses of the #Kurdish guerrilla forces. The Turkish army has intensified its attacks in the #Zap region, using prohibited weapons and conducting airstrikes and artillery bombardments on Kurdish #resistance areas.
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The Occupying #Turkish Army is Committing #War #Crimes
On March 9, 2025, the Press Liaison Center of the People's Defense Forces (#HPG) released a detailed report on the recent #military operations carried out by the Turkish army and the responses of the #Kurdish guerrilla forces. The Turkish army has intensified its attacks in the #Zap region, using prohibited weapons and conducting airstrikes and artillery bombardments on Kurdish #resistance areas.
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The Occupying #Turkish Army is Committing #War #Crimes
On March 9, 2025, the Press Liaison Center of the People's Defense Forces (#HPG) released a detailed report on the recent #military operations carried out by the Turkish army and the responses of the #Kurdish guerrilla forces. The Turkish army has intensified its attacks in the #Zap region, using prohibited weapons and conducting airstrikes and artillery bombardments on Kurdish #resistance areas.
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The Occupying #Turkish Army is Committing #War #Crimes
On March 9, 2025, the Press Liaison Center of the People's Defense Forces (#HPG) released a detailed report on the recent #military operations carried out by the Turkish army and the responses of the #Kurdish guerrilla forces. The Turkish army has intensified its attacks in the #Zap region, using prohibited weapons and conducting airstrikes and artillery bombardments on Kurdish #resistance areas.
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Hipages Group ( #HPG ) has released " S&P DJI Announces March 2025 Quarterly Rebalance " on Fri 07 Mar at 17:01 AEST #today #government #NYSE #trading #Mining
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Hipages Group ( #HPG ) has released " S&P DJI Announces March 2025 Quarterly Rebalance " on Fri 07 Mar at 17:01 AEST #today #government #NYSE #trading #Mining
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Hipages Group ( #HPG ) has released " S&P DJI Announces March 2025 Quarterly Rebalance " on Fri 07 Mar at 17:01 AEST #today #government #NYSE #trading #Mining
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Hipages Group ( #HPG ) has released " S&P DJI Announces March 2025 Quarterly Rebalance " on Fri 07 Mar at 17:01 AEST #today #government #NYSE #trading #Mining
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HPG: Ten Soldiers Were Killed in Revolutionary Guerrilla Operation in Zap
In a statement on Saturday, the Press Office of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) reported that guerrillas carried out a revolutionary operation on 20 February in the Zap region of the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
Guerrilla operation against the Turkish troops in Kurojaro
“In the face of the continuous attacks by the occupying Turkish army from the air and land, our guerrilla forces responded within the framework of legitimate defense,” said the HPG. According to the statement, the operation, conducted in memory of the guerrillas who have fallen as martyrs recently, was directed against the Turkish troops in Kurojaro Resistance Area.
The HPG statement said: “Our forces, equipped with the selfless spirit of Apoism, advanced from three sides into enemy positions using infiltration tactics and overran it. The invaders’ positions were attacked quickly and effectively. Some of the occupiers fled their positions, while others who responded were eliminated. The capture of the hill took about 20 minutes. During this time, all positions were fired upon with grenades, light hand weapons and automatic rifles at close range and destroyed. A weapons depot, a surveillance camera and a mobile cable car were also destroyed, and five army tents were set on fire. Weapons and other military equipment found in other tents were seized.
Ten soldiers killed, including a high-ranking commander
The bodies of ten occupiers were inspected by our forces, including a high-ranking commander of the Turkish occupying army. The names of three killed soldiers are Ilhan Köksoy, Hüseyin Özdal and Eyüp Öksüz. However, the Turkish state is concealing the actual extent of its defeat in Kurojaro and has only admitted the loss of soldier Mustafa Uslu. We would like to make the public aware that the official statements regarding our revolutionary operation do not correspond to the truth. The Turkish Ministry of Defense’s claim that 17 members of the guerrilla forces were killed in retaliation for the death of the aforementioned soldier is also a fabrication.”
Three guerrillas martyred in an ambush near Amadiya
On the other hand, HPG reported that three of their members were martyred on Friday near the district of Amadiya. The group was reportedly moving in the area surrounding the village of Guherzê when they were “treacherously targeted from behind” by armed individuals in civilian clothing. Footage of the attack has also been released by the Roj News agency. In the video, which was sent to the agency by a witness, several Turkish-speaking people can be seen in a vehicle with civilian license plates, shooting in the same direction. One of the men shouts: “He/she blew himself up, get us out of here.
According to the HPG, the identity of “these cowardly and devious” individuals has not yet been fully established. However, it announced that it would hold them accountable for the loss of their members and stated that “from now on, all vehicles moving between Derêlûk and Amadiya that do not bear a license plate with the flag of South Kurdistan will be considered enemies and legitimate targets of attack”.
Further guerrilla actions in South Kurdistan
The HPG also provided details of further guerrilla actions carried out against Turkish occupation forces in South Kurdistan in recent days and weeks but have not yet been made public. According to the statement, on Thursday two Turkish military positions raised on the Girê Amêdîyê on the western front of the Zap region were hit by guerrilla artillery and damaged. A day earlier, the air defense unit “Şehîd Axîn Mûş” destroyed a military position at Girê Bahar with drones. On February 6, a soldier was shot dead by an HPG sniper while replacing the surveillance cameras in the area. In addition, Turkish military equipment for day and night surveillance was destroyed at Girê Bahar.
Attacks by the Turkish army
Regarding the most recent attacks by the Turkish army on South Kurdistan, HPG announced that its tunnel system under the Girê Cûdî massif, also on the western Zap front, was attacked with banned explosives on Tuesday and massive air strikes were carried out.
From last Sunday until today, the HPG recorded at least 32 waves of air strikes targeting areas in Xakurke, Qendîl, Gare, Metîna and Zap.
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Des affrontements se poursuivent entre les guérilleros kurdes du HPG et l'armée turque près du village de Sergelê, dans la province d'Amadiya.
Des sources locales suggèrent que les guérilleros auraient profité des conditions météorologiques pour lancer une opération contre une base militaire turque.
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Des affrontements se poursuivent entre les guérilleros kurdes du HPG et l'armée turque près du village de Sergelê, dans la province d'Amadiya.
Des sources locales suggèrent que les guérilleros auraient profité des conditions météorologiques pour lancer une opération contre une base militaire turque.
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Des affrontements se poursuivent entre les guérilleros kurdes du HPG et l'armée turque près du village de Sergelê, dans la province d'Amadiya.
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Guerrillas Hit a Turkish Brigade in Hakkari Countryside With Kamikaze Drones
The Press Office of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) released a statement announcing the details of the latest actions by the guerrillas and attacks by the Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
According to the HPG statement on Wednesday, the Şehîd Doğan Zinar Unit of the Şehîd Delal Air Defense Forces carried out 4 strikes at around 23:00 local time on February 11.
The strikes by kamikaze drones targeted the 1st Border Brigade of the Turkish army in the town of Rûbarok in Hakkari’s Şemdinli district 2 times, the helipad in the brigade once and the Mawan Outpost in the Hacibeg region once.
The HPG stated that these “retaliatory actions” were carried out in response to the deadly Turkish attack that claimed the lives of journalist Aziz Köylüoğlu and 4 civilians in the Ranya region in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) on January 27.
Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region
On the other hand, guerrillas struck the Turkish occupation forces in the Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan.
On February 10, guerrillas from YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) hit the Turkish troops on the move in the Girê Bahar Resistance Area and stopped their advance.
The Turkish invasion forces in the same area were hit by YJA Star guerrillas once again on February 11 and their advance was stopped.
Xakurkê region;
On February 10, the Turkish forces at Girê Şehîd Hêmin in the Sinînê Resistance Area were targeted by the guerrillas with heavy weapons.
Turkish attacks with banned explosives
On February 11, the guerrillas’ tunnels in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area in the Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region were bombed with banned explosives.
Aerial attacks carried out by the Turkish army
Between February 8-12, Turkish fighter jets carried out a total of 25 strikes on guerrilla areas, targeting the following locations:
The areas of Şehîd Şerîf and Goşînê in Xakurkê region,
The areas of Bêpala, Qada Newrozê and Girê Roj in Qendîl region,
The areas of Mêranê, Bergarê Çemrobotkî, Yekmalê, Kanî Sarkê, Dêreşê, Zêvkê, Rêbînê and Girê Zengil in Garê region,
The area of Bêşîlî in Metîna region,
The areas of Girê Cûdî, Girê Bahar, Girê Amediyê in Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=16866
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“The Guerrilla Has the Right to Defend Itself Against Attacks” — PKK
Stating that the occupying Turkish state and Iraqi border forces attacked the guerrilla, HPG-BİM warned, “Whoever attempts to kill the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla will fail, the guerrilla has the right to defend itself against guerrilla attacks.”
In a statement, the HPG Press Liaison Center (HPG-BİM) provided information about the attacks of the Iraqi border forces and the Turkish state, as well as the actions organized by the guerrillas. The statement included the following details about guerrilla actions and occupying attacks:
“1. The region of Heftanîn;
— On January 21 at 15:30, the occupying Turkish army and the Heres Border forces of Iraq launched an operation against our forces with armored vehicles, attack helicopters, UCAVs and warplanes in the area between the villages of Şîlan, Şûdinê, Sorya and Demka in the Keşan Resistance Area. Our forces responded to these attacks with individual weapons and grenades within the framework of legitimate defense. As far as we can clarify as a result of the action of our forces, at least 1 soldier of the occupying Turkish state was punished and many invaders were injured.
On January 24, at 07:15, Heres Border forces launched an operation from the ground and the occupying Turkish army from the air in the Keşan Resistance Area. Iraqi forces tried to encircle a team of our comrades in this area and a clash ensued. In this clash, 2 Heres Border forces were killed and one was wounded. Our comrades Zîlan and Delal, who have the spirit of Apocu bouncers, detonated their bombs in their own bodies in order not to be taken right in this conflict, and walked to martyrdom in a self-sacrificing manner. The detailed identities of our comrades Zîlan and Delal, who have attained martyrdom, will be announced later.
This is how the attacks in Heftanîn took place. Due to the conditions of the war, it took time to clarify the information. Anyone who attempts to kill the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla has the right to defend himself against guerrilla attacks. In particular, the forces affiliated with Iraq and the KDP in the region should not come against our forces within the framework of the operation plans of the Turkish state. If they arrive, our forces will respond accordingly within the framework of the right to defend themselves. We know that there are those in the region who want to create a conflict between the forces acting on behalf of Iraq and our guerrilla forces. The relevant powers should also pay attention to this.
2. Shaheed Delîl West Zap region; — On February 7 at 22:30, helicopters in the Sergelê Resistance Area were intervened 2 times with heavy weapons.
3. The attacks carried out by the invading Turkish army;
— Between 5 and 9 February, Berbizinê, Lolan, Şehîd Şerîf, Kendekola, Goşînê Resistance Areas of the Xakurkê region 16 times, Girê Kun, Deşta Kafya, Yekmalê, Dêreşê, Bergarê, Mijê, Mêranê areas of the Garê region 24 times, Bêşîlî, Serê Metîna Resistance Areas of the Metîna region 3 times, Girê Bahar Resistance Area of the Şehîd Delîl West Zap region 7 times; It was bombed a total of 50 times by warplanes.”
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=16799
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Gerîla TV Releases Footage of Guerrilla Actions in Zap, YPJ Condemns HTS Regime
Gerîla TV released footage of actions carried out against the Turkish army in Zap. Three containers, a radar and two tents were destroyed in the different actions.
The HPG Press Center made the following statements about the details of the actions carried out by the Şehid Axîn Mûş Air Force on different dates: “On 15 January, at 14:58, invaders in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area of the Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region were targeted and hit by aircraft. 1 container was destroyed in this action.
On 22 January, at 16:23, 1 container belonging to invaders in the Girê Bahar Resistance Area of the Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region was targeted and hit by aircraft. The targeted container was burned and destroyed.
On 24 January, at 12:15, invaders in the Girê Bahar Resistance Area of the Martyr Delîl Western Zap region were targeted and hit by aircraft. In this action, 1 radar system was destroyed.On 25 January, at 13:15, invaders in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area of the Martyr Delîl Western Zap region were targeted and hit by aircraft. In this action, 1 container was destroyed.
On 26 January, at 14:53, invaders in the Girê Bahar Resistance Area of the Martyr Delîl Western Zap region were targeted and hit by aircraft. In this action, 2 tents were destroyed.”
The footage can be found here.
The Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) General Command issued a statement about the process in Syria and the current policies that are being developed.
The statement said: “The Baath regime, which could not respond to any of the social demands in Syria, collapsed and a complex process with many difficulties continues.
If the sensitivity of long-term negotiations aimed at nation-building is not demonstrated in this historical process that the world and especially the Middle East are going through, these negotiations will lose both their credibility and legitimacy.”
The statement added: “In this context, on 29 January, behind closed doors in Damascus, the fate of an entire region was decided by armed groups. The leader of the Ahrar al-Sharqiya gang, Hatim Abu Shakra, who is the murderer of the Secretary General of Syria’s Future Party, Hevrin Khalaf, not only attended this conference, but was also given a charge. This situation shows that the new Damascus government denies the struggle of Kurdish women, which the whole world recognizes. Even worse, it showed that there is no place for women, and in particular Kurdish women, in the new Syria. Therefore, every decision made by congresses and conferences that does not include women and the people are illegitimate. The YPJ does not see or accept such conferences and decisions as legitimate. The SDF-YPG freedom fighters led by the YPJ, have been waging a strong struggle against ISIS, which the AKP calls good children and families, for the last 14 years to protect our people and humanity. In many European countries and most recently in the United States, the attacks by jihadist gangs that humanity has faced have been stopped and limited thanks to this resistance we have raised.”
The statement continued: “The jihadist mentality and its representatives are trying to establish a state through old gangs in disguise. This situation is unacceptable to us. These jihadist forces are attacking the people of Northern and Eastern Syria under new guises and with new names, and today a state is being tried to be established through them. They may look different with these suits and ties, but we cannot ignore the reality of these murderers who have taken the blood of thousands of people, committed massacres, beheaded people, dismembered women’s bodies.”
The statement said: “These murderers must be brought to justice immediately and given the punishment they deserve. The fascist AKP President Erdoğan, who trained, used and tried them, must also be tried in the High Criminal Court. This is the moral duty of every individual, every institution and organization, and most importantly, all women in the world who struggle for humanity and democracy.
When women were massacred in this land, social destruction also began. Therefore, the New Syria will be built not by murderers of women, but by women who love freedom.”
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=14199
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YJA Guerrillas Target Turkish Occupation Forces in South Kurdistan
The Press Center of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) said in a statement that women guerrillas targeted the Turkish army in South Kurdistan. The statement also reported on the attacks carried out by the Turkish army against the Medya Defense Areas.
According to the statement, guerrillas from the Free Women’s Units (YJA Star) deployed on the western front of the Zap region targeted a Turkish army howitzer on Wednesday and thus repelled an attack on Girê Amêdî. In addition, enemy positions in the resistance area were fired upon by the fighters with heavy weapons.
In nearby Girê Cûdî, an attempt by enemy troops to advance on the guerrilla tunnels was also stopped by the YJA Star on Wednesday.
In the Metîna region, the fighters destroyed a surveillance camera installed by the occupying forces in the Serê Metîna resistance area on the same day.
And on Monday, according to the HPG, soldiers in open areas were shot at with heavy weapons from the women’s guerrillas.
Attacks by the Turkish army
Meanwhile, the Turkish army continued to use prohibited explosives against guerrilla tunnels. The HPG recorded eight operations against tunnel systems in Girê Cûdî, Girê Amêdî and Şêlazê this week.
Turkish fighter jets carried out 19 air strikes on areas in the Xakurke, Gare, Metîna and Zap regions between 28 and 30 January. The Girê Bahar resistance area was bombed nine times by attack helicopters on Tuesday.
DAANES Rejects New Syrian Regime
The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) made a statement regarding the ‘Victory Congress’ held in Damascus a few days ago and the decisions taken at the congress.
The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria stated, “Developments concerning the Syrian people continue to unfold at a great pace following the fall of the Baath regime. A meeting was held in Damascus recently amid expectations for the establishment of a ‘National Congress’ to take many decisions jointly, especially on important issues such as making a constitution, creating an electoral system and organizing presidential elections in line with the call and demand of the Syrian people. Representatives of many armed groups in Syria took part in this meeting where a series of decisions were taken. As the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, we emphasize that these decisions should have been taken at a ‘National Congress’ with the participation of everyone.”
The statement further said the following: “We criticize such meetings. In particular, we do not accept the presence of some terrorists who have the blood of the Syrian people on their hands. Ehmed Ihsan Fayad al-Hayis (Abu Hatem Shaqra), who brutally murdered Hevrin Xelef, Secretary General of the Future Syria Party, is on the glabal wanted list on terrorism charges. Mohammad al-Jasim, the head of the Abu Amsha group, complicit in many crimes committed in Afrin, was also present at this meeting. We emphasize once again that this meeting is not legitimate and does not represent the Syrian people.
Any decision to be taken in Syria without a National Congress including all political circles will be incomplete. The most appropriate solution to end the instability in Syria is a national congress. The exclusion or suspension of any party in Syria from the congress will be no different from the practices of the former regime. On this basis, we once again call on the government in Damascus to refrain from such mistakes. Everyone must take part in the making of the new constitution in Syria.
The government in Damascus must not allow hate speech against equal life in Syria. Steps that lead to the manipulation of one side or nation must be prevented. A few days ago, such hate speeches were expressed during a demonstration in Umayyad Square in Damascus. This kind of rhetoric prevents the establishment of a democratic government in Syria.
As the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, we once again call for the unity of Syria as part of our national liberation perspective. We emphasize once again that everyone in Syria must have their say about the future of Syria.”
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=14180
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HPG Announces Balance Sheet of War for January
The Press Office of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) announced the balance sheet of war in Kurdistan territory for the month of January.
The balance sheet released on Saturday includes the following:
“The colonialist genocidal Turkish state and the fascist AKP government continued their attacks on Bakurê (Northern) Kurdistan and Medya Defense Zones (guerrilla-held areas in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq) in January 2025.
In the month of January, hundreds of military operations were conducted in Northern Kurdistan, from Dersim to Serhed, from Garzan to Amed, from Mardin to Botan, Hakkari and Van. However, all of these operations remained inconclusive. In addition to the invasion operations in the Medya Defense Zones, air strikes were carried out against our people in Bashûrê (Southern) Kurdistan, killing our civilian citizens. The fascist AKP regime, which insists on the politics of war and genocide, committed war crimes in front of the eyes of the whole world, both by massacring civilians and using chemical and banned weapons against the guerrillas.
In January, the occupying Turkish state attacked our war tunnels in the Medya Defense Zones 5 times with chemical weapons, 9 times with explosive-laden drones and 113 times with banned explosives. At the same time, the resistance areas were shelled 235 times by warplanes and 59 times by attack helicopters.
In response to these attacks, the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla continued their struggle uninterrupted in Northern Kurdistan and Medya Defense Zones. Confronting these attacks with great courage and performance, our forces carried out 63 separate guerrilla actions, employing various tactics in winter conditions. In these actions, 6 invaders were killed and 1 other was wounded. In addition, many military vehicles, equipment and weapons belonging to the invaders were destroyed or damaged.
The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas will resist all the attacks directed against the existence and freedom of the Kurdish people in Apoist sacrificial spirit and will give the necessary response as they have done so far.”
The detailed balance sheet of war for January is as follows:
TURKISH ARMY ATTACKS
Warplane Attacks: 235
Helicopter Attacks: 59
Chemical Weapon Attacks: 5
Explosive-Laden Drone Attacks: 9
Prohibited Explosive Attacks: 113
GUERRILLA ACTIONS
Actions by air: 13
Actions by land: 50
Total Guerrilla Actions: 63
ENEMY CASUALTIES
Number of Invaders Killed: 6
Number of Invaders Injured: 1
DESTROYED EQUIPMENT
Radar Systems: 2
Containers: 5
Drones: 6
Surveillance Cameras: 2
DShK Artillery Machine: 1
Emplacements: 2
Tents: 4
40 kg of explosives
Camera Trap: 1
DAMAGED EQUIPMENT
Tank: 1
Armored Military Vehicles: 2
DShK Artillery Machine: 1
Emplacement: 1
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=14154
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Operations Continue in Medya Defense Zones, PKK Calls for Mobilization
In a written statement regarding the Turkish state’s invasion attacks on North-East Syria, KONGRA-GEL Co-Presidency Council called Turkey’s deliberate targeting of the civilian population at the Tishrin Dam “terrorist attacks” that are completely unacceptable.
Strongly protesting the attacks, KONGRA-GEL called on international organizations to fulfill their responsibilities against “these terrorist attacks that have no place in any law.”
The KONGRA-GEL statement on Monday said the following: “The people of northern and eastern Syria lost thousands of martyrs to stop ISIS attacks and make them fail, protecting all humanity against this savagery. At that time, the international community fulfilled its humanitarian duty by standing up against ISIS.
What ISIS did in the past is now being done directly by the Turkish state and its SNA mercenaries against the people of Rojava. The international community must take an urgent moral and conscientious stance against these terrorist attacks by the Turkish state. Remaining silent in the face of these attacks will lead to greater massacres. As in the past, the international community should give hope and confidence to all humanity with its sensitivity on this issue.
We salute with respect the will of the peoples of North and East Syria against the mercenary attacks led directly by the Turkish state. No power can defeat this will that is locked on a free and dignified life. We salute with respect and gratitude the folk artist Bavê Teyar (Cuma Xelîl) and all our other martyrs who fell during the vigil at the Tishrin Dam. The orphaned baby Tala has also become one of the symbols of this resistance.
We appeal to all our people living in the country and abroad. The resistance around the Tishrin Dam and Qereqozax Bridge and the resistance in Kobanê have similar strategic importance. We must frustrate the plans of the forces that aim to destroy the achievements of our people, or to narrow them if possible. Protecting the achievements of the Rojava revolution is the first official step towards the overthrow of Turkish state fascism. It is the culmination of the struggle for democracy and freedom carried out within the framework of the ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, a political solution to the Kurdish question’ campaign.
We call on our people living in the country and abroad and our international friends to mobilize in every field they are in to support the Rojava revolution. We must first raise our voices to mobilize international public opinion.
2025 will be a final year in which the anti-Kurdish fascism is defeated and freedom and democracy triumph. With this belief, enthusiasm and excitement, we call on everyone to mobilize for Rojava.”
In other news, the co-presidency of the KCK Executive Council issued a statement about the necessity to oppose the ongoing attacks by the Turkish state and its SNA in order to build a sovereign, united, and democratic Syria.
The statement also highlights that the Turkish state is deliberately attacking civilians at the Tishrin dam, and commemorates those who gave their lives.
The statement said: “After the fall of the Baathist regime in Syria, the genocidal colonialist Turkish state has intensified its invasion attacks, focusing on the Qereqozakh bridge and the Tishrin dam. In its attacks, the Turkish state is also deliberately targeting civilians and unarmed people who are flocking to Tishrin to protect the dam from being further attacked. In the most recent airstrikes against the civilian population, six people were murdered and dozens were wounded.
We strongly condemn the Turkish state’s occupation and its inhuman attacks against the people. And we pay tribute to all the martyrs of Tishrin who gave their lives defending their country against occupation. They are the martyrs of the people of Rojava, North and East Syria, all of Syria, and all of Kurdistan. It is the most essential demand that every patriot must place on herself/himself to be loyal to the martyrs, to continue the path they have taken, and to further develop the struggle they have led. The fact that the people of North and East Syria continue to flock to Tishrin without showing any fear despite the attacks is an expression of this very patriotic loyalty.”
The statement added: “Cuma Xelîl (commonly known as Bave Teyar), a well-known and beloved artist-actor among the Kurdish people, expressed this mentality shortly before he gave his life in the attacks at Tishrin. He gave a statement in which he delivered a message addressed to the genocidal colonialist Turkish state, saying, “We do not fear you! We will always resist, no matter what it may take!” He thereby expressed the attitude of the Kurdish people and all the peoples of North and East Syria. We commemorate him and bow with respect to his courage, commitment, and sacrifice. The peoples of Northe and East Syria must continue to flock to Tishrin and defend the legacy of their martyrs strongly. All peoples and democratic forces, especially the patriotic people of Kurdistan, must stand in even stronger solidarity with the people of North and East Syria, protesting the attacks of the Turkish state and its mercenaries and gangs under the name of SNA everywhere. We call on everyone to take action on this basis.”
The statement continued: “The attacks by the Turkish state and its SNA target the hope and aspirations of the peoples, the hopes for the end of the war and conflicts in Syria after the fall of the Baath regime and the reconstruction of a democratic Syria where all peoples will live together equally. The Turkish state carries out these attacks to prevent the development of a democratic Syria. Therefore, everyone who favors a democratic Syria and the unity of Syria must see this danger and oppose the attacks of the Turkish state. The attacks by the Turkish state and its SNA are against the sovereignty of the Syrian people and international law. Whichever way one looks at it, these attacks are illegitimate, cause massacres, and serve the Turkish occupationist aspirations. For this reason, it is unacceptable to remain blind, deaf, and silent to these attacks. The UN, of which Syria is a member, the Arab League, and the coalition forces in Syria must no longer remain silent and take a stance against the attacks and massacres of the Turkish state.”
The HPG (People’s Defense Forces) and YJA Star (Free Women’s Units) guerrillas continue to resist the Turkish attacks on the Medya Defense Areas in South Kurdistan. According to the HPG, three Turkish soldiers were killed this week during guerrilla actions in the contested Girê Amêdî area.
The HPG Press Center provided the following details of the week of war that just ended:
Guerrilla air attacks against Turkish military camps
The Şehîd Axîn Mûş guerrilla unit has attacked Turkish military camps in the western Zap region from the air. On January 15, a container in the Girê Amêdî resistance area was destroyed by a drone, and on January 16, a tent in the Girê Bahar area was destroyed.
Three soldiers killed west of Zap
In the Girê Amêdî area on the western front of the Zap region, three more guerrilla actions have taken place in the past few days. On Tuesday, two snipers from the Turkish army were killed; their position was reportedly completely destroyed using “special techniques”. On the same day, the guerrillas fired heavy weapons at an armored vehicle equipped with an electronic system. The electronic system was destroyed, and the vehicle had to retreat. On Wednesday, YJA Star guerrillas attacked a Turkish squad with semi-automatic weapons that was trying to secure a military position with NATO wire. A soldier was killed as a result of the action.
Resistance in Metîna
The guerrilla resistance also continues in Metîna. At the beginning of the week, a Turkish army artillery position was attacked and damaged with semi-automatic weapons. On Friday night, the guerrillas destroyed a camera trap installed by Turkish soldiers in the Şêlazê resistance area.
Attacks by the Turkish army
The HPG reports that explosive drones were used five times and prohibited explosives were used 19 times by the Turkish army against the guerrilla tunnel systems in the Girê FM area in the Zap region and in Şêlazê in Metîna. In addition, a total of forty air strikes were carried out on areas in the Xakurke, Gare, Metîna and Zap regions between January 14 and 17.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=13861
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I am Sakine Cansiz!
Necibe Qeredaxi
From the moment humans become aware of their existence as a will, they have continuously asked themselves fundamental questions, always searching for the best and most satisfying answers that give meaning to their lives, both personally and socially. The question “Who am I?” has been the question of most truth-seekers, philosophers, prophets, and leaders of social movements. “Who am I?” might be one of the most important questions in the life of every ordinary person, regardless of color, ethnicity, gender, religion, sect, language, and culture. This question carries an even deeper meaning for individuals and social groups whose identity, existence, culture, and history are denied, or worse, face physical and cultural genocide. It becomes a catalyst for different kinds of action compared to others.
This begins at an individual level, becoming a driving force for self-questioning and later transforms into consciousness. In this process, these people consciously search for each other to reach the level of a self-defensive group. In doing so, they work together to build something new and prefigure a different form of life, one that stages their existence against the forces that deny them, both as individuals and as groups. The success of this process of question and answer depends on individuals being immersed in their historical memory. A memory that, with every change, both preserves the roots of its identity and renews itself, being reborn daily.
This process needs other motivations as well: consciousness from the depths of historical and social memory, courage and persistence despite obstacles, determination for all steps including self-sacrifice, the power to struggle against all ugliness, and commitment to promises with those who searched for each other in the initial steps and found each other within the circle of this search. Without extending this introduction further, I will discuss steps that indicate such a birth. Not just a physical birth, but the process of birthing a new identity, beyond that lack of identity and beyond the identity that the ideology and knowledge of those in power have imposed throughout history, especially on women. At stake, are processes of rebirth and self-construction.
One of those people who gave profound meaning to this process from the stage of self-awareness until the age of 56 was Sakine Cansiz, known as “Sara.” She was born on February 12, 1958, in a cold winter in the village of Takhti Khalil in Dersim, Northern Kurdistan, 20 years after the greatest genocide of the 20th century (the Dersim Genocide of 1938). Her parents, grandmother, and many relatives were survivors of the Dersim Genocide. In those extermination campaigns by the Turkish state, being Kurdish and Alevi wasn’t the only crime – being a woman in Kurdish society, trapped between state occupation and tribal relations, was to be in a paradoxical situation. On one hand, they were a weak link of subjugation and multiple layers of occupation, and on the other hand, they possessed an energy always ready for rebellion.
Sakine was the eldest daughter of the family, carrying many household responsibilities. Her mother was a rebellious woman, while her father was a calm and patient man. In general, due to the influence of Alevi culture, women were respected in their family. Sakine was mostly influenced by her grandmother. In the first volume of her book My Whole Life Was A Struggle, Sakine Cansiz describes her grandmother this way:
“My grandmother’s characteristics always caught my attention, I admired her and observed all her behaviors… She never extinguished the fire. At night she would cover it with ashes and start uncovering it again at dawn. For her, it was a sin to go to another house to bring or give fire. If someone asked for fire, she would get angry with them and advise them to keep their own fire under ashes from the night before… For Eze (grandmother), life was about maintaining the fire, praying during lunar and solar eclipses, and being connected to the earth.”[1]
The saying that nature is humanity’s first teacher perfectly fits Sakine’s grandmother. How could one not learn the spirit of patriotism and connection to land and society from her! When she would pray facing the sun daily, saying:
“O Angel of Dawn, who created earth and heaven
Write good fortune for us, poor and innocent humans
O Mother Fatima, O Hazrat Ali, Hassan and Hussein, take up your sword
Be a shield for our youth, protect them and save them… Show your bravery
Free Kurdistan and Dersim. O Khizr, Great Khizr”[2]It’s likely this is the same “Khizr Zine” that we are familiar with from our grandmothers’ stories. Sakine attended primary school in Khozat and completed middle school there as well. Her sister recalls a notable moment from that period regarding their father, saying:
“At that time, our mother was in Germany. Our father would wake up early, brush Ferida and Nesibe’s hair, then Sakine would get us ready and send us to school before going himself.”
Initially, she only knew Dimli (Zazaki) because that was the dialect her family spoke at home. In school, Sakine learned Turkish through the education system, as Kurdish was banned from the establishment of the Turkish Republic until today. However, her mother always told her, “Never be ashamed of being Kurdish.”
In 1968, when the world was awakening to student uprisings and the ’68 revolution, and leftist groups were growing in Turkey and Kurdistan, Sakine’s first self-questioning began during her school years, starting with the language issue. Later, hearing stories of the Dersim genocide from elders, she became aware of the oppression faced by Kurdish society. Hearing about this oppression accumulated questions and the search for answers in Sakine, drop by drop, day by day. Although the elders whispered about these events out of fear, in that terrifying silence her curiosity for knowledge and her adventurous spirit began to emerge. Isn’t it said that “Freedom begins in childhood”[3]? From that stage onward, her determination showed that the elders’ fear created courage in her instead of silence, created curiosity and questioning instead of retreat. Rather than being a mere observer, she threw herself completely into the conflicts and questions, searching for answers.
Regarding Sakine’s first exposure to revolutionary life, Ali Haydar Kaytan (Comrade Fuad), who later became one of PKK’s founding members, says:
“It was 1974, in Dersim their house was in the Dag (Mountain) neighborhood. There was a large house next to theirs. We often stayed there, but occasionally visited that student house near Comrade Sara’s home. That’s how those comrades influenced Comrade Sara.”
Her brother Metin Cansiz describes those moments, saying:
“Sakine was mostly drawn to the leftists. She participated in their marches and demonstrations. She asked questions but never became a member of any ideological group. After she met the Kurdistan revolutionaries, she became very active.”
Her cousin Nurcan Yildirim, who was familiar with this period of Sakine’s life, says:
“It was 1974-1975, she talked about Kurdistan. In that city, I heard the word ‘Kurdistan’ for the first time from that woman. She would tell me about her student comrades, and there was a picture of Leyla Qasim drawn on her wall. She said ‘They drew it and gave it to me as a gift.’”
Her student comrades (who were the first group of Kurdistan revolutionaries) knew that her liberation-seeking tendencies as a woman drew their attention, and they saw her admiration for Leyla Qasim.
In the first volume of her memoirs, Sakine Cansiz writes:
“The inspiration they gave to political and revolutionary work put me on a path that changed my entire life. I knew several men who lived near our home; their lifestyle, their interactions, and their attitude toward values influenced me, and I saw the torch of Dersim’s freedom in them.”
After the 1971 military coup in Turkey, she connected with revolutionary youth and joined the revolutionary movement from Elazığ in Northern Kurdistan. About her interests, she says:
“I read many books, which brought joy and learning. There were ideological discussions, and those who defended these ideologies weren’t ordinary people. They had influential personalities and created enthusiasm in their surroundings. At first, everyone mocked them, calling them 4-5 rebellious Kurdish nationalists. Later, their name changed to Kurdistan Revolutionaries, and they were called Apocu[4].”
She actively participated and was present at the first revolutionary meeting in Dersim at the end of 1976.
Sakine always had conflicts with backward, imposing, and traditional attitudes. She was a woman who rebelled against customs and traditions. Sakine’s activism angered her mother. They were always fighting. About her mother’s personality, Sakine says:
“While she led me to develop a rebellious personality, she also taught me how to fight! I’m very indebted to her for that.”
Because she gave meaning to everything happening around her, instead of cutting off relationship ties, in her youth she tried to understand. This was the characteristic that attracted the attention of the first group of revolutionaries from the beginning, more than justifying the title that later became the name of her three-volume memoir: “My Whole Life Was A Struggle!”
In the winter of 1976-1977, the first expanded meeting of Kurdistan Revolutionaries was held in Dersim. For the first time, she heard the phrase “Kurdistan is colonized” from Abdullah Öcalan, the group’s leader, at this meeting which initially had 60 participants, in the house they called the “White Palace” in Dersim because it was painted white. For the first time, she became thoroughly familiar with national and class conflicts and embarked on a long journey that, as she says, “My Whole Life Was A Struggle!” She strived to ensure women had a role in the national liberation struggle and participated actively. For this, she was the first woman in the movement who organized women wherever she went.
During this period, Sakine Cansiz felt she could no longer continue living as an ordinary woman and searched for an alternative that would allow her to move more freely in revolutionary struggle. Sakine wanted to become a revolutionary and saw the solution in leaving home, searching for and finding an excuse, which was marriage. This path was an excuse and method for many revolutionaries at that time, as leaving home wasn’t easy for women. Sakine told her mother and family:“I love Baki Polat, my cousin. He asked for me before and you didn’t agree. He’s a revolutionary and I’m going with him; he won’t prevent my revolutionary activities.”
Later, she married Baki and went to Izmir. However, Sakine had already left home and achieved part of her dream – she didn’t commit to married life because her goals were different. She worked at a chocolate factory for her livelihood while organizing women in general, particularly immigrant women workers from Eastern European countries in the factory.
After conflicts with her family, especially her mother, Sakine’s second conflict began with Baki after their marriage. On one hand, Baki was a member of “People’s Liberation” which, like its organization, didn’t see Kurdistan as colonized, and on the other hand, Baki Polat wanted Sakine to be a traditional wife solely committed to family life, which was impossible for Sakine. At the factory where she worked, she organized women and youth, leading to her and several others being fired. The workers began demonstrations and strikes. Sakine was arrested for carrying the banner whiuch read. “Kurdistan is colonized”. For these efforts, Sakine was taken to court, where she shouted “Down with the colonizer.” She wasn’t satisfied with just shouting slogans for “bread, work, and freedom” because she believed that in an occupied country and society where identity, history, and culture were denied, work and bread alone meant nothing. She saw true socialism in ending colonization and the joint struggle of peoples, and for this, she organized workers without discrimination.
Anyone somewhat familiar with Sakine’s life knows that she always took on difficult tasks. When she returned to Kurdistan, she began organizing women in Çewlig (Bingöl), one of the most conservative regions of Northern Kurdistan. In a place where people were afraid to even say they were Kurdish, she established several women’s groups of 3 to 5 people and gave women the courage to organize themselves. Despite family and societal barriers, women gathered around the slogans of the first revolutionary group and found themselves in it. Sakine had a great influence on them.
About this period, Sakine says:“We said women must participate in the national liberation struggle, as this is how they can become free and take steps toward true freedom.”
Her first lessons for women were about the effects of the capitalist system on women, and she always said: “Women are viewed as commodities.” Women were initially uncomfortable with this term, but she patiently explained to them what she meant by the commodification of women. Sakine Cansiz’s struggle among women in Çewlig, Xarpêt (Elazığ), and other regions inspired the Kurdistan revolutionaries. She organized not only among women but in all sections of society. She created trust, belief, and hope in a people who had faced attempted genocide.
The fruits of her work in these later years had reached the level of beginning a new phase of struggle. The phase of moving toward establishing a revolutionary party that would answer the needs of freedom and independence for the phrase “Kurdistan is colonized.”
In the last week of November 1978, in the village of Fis in the Lice district of Amed (Diyarbakır), the movement’s first congress was held. Sakine Cansiz (Sara), along with Kesire Yildirim (Fatma), were the first women to participate in the founding congress of the PKK. She was very happy because they were preparing for a historic phase and filling a great void in Kurdistan.
While the manifesto and program were being drafted, Sakine was preparing for women’s struggle, and they even planned to call it the “Girls’ Group”[5], composed of all cadres and supporters. They researched women’s struggle and even prepared to write a pamphlet. Later, Sakine traveled throughout Kurdistan, following up on and analyzing women’s conditions.
From the movement’s First Manifesto, there was an analysis of women that stated:
“The destiny of women is like the destiny of the Kurdish people. Women must establish their own mass organization. If the goal is to build a democratic Kurdistan, then tribal and comprador pressures must be eliminated. Foreigners wanted to influence different social classes, but women are the segment of society they cannot influence. Women have been enslaved since the class society era.”
In 1979, after the congress, Sakine Cansız was tasked with organizing women in Elazığ (Kharput) and preparing for women’s education. Following organizational guidelines, women began studying Roman law and research on women worldwide. They started this struggle to build a foundation for women’s movement from 1979. Once, eighty women gathered in Dersim. Under normal circumstances, such a meeting would never have happened, especially since women couldn’t discuss their issues when men were present.
The state was aware of these steps and conducted operations against revolutionaries and other leftist and socialist groups. Regarding this time, Sakine said:“It’s wonderful to fight and live with hatred against your enemy. I always told myself if our existence intimidates them, I should always be like a curse to them.”
On May 18, 1979, following a coup, Sakine and many of her comrades were arrested in Elazığ. In prison, she demonstrated strong resistance both against the prevalent tendency to surrender within the movement and against state authorities. The state used various torture methods including hanging, electrocution, solitary confinement in cold dark cells, stripping, force-feeding excrement, etc. Her resistance amazed prison officials. She stood very courageously against her torturers. The notorious Diyarbakır prison, known for torturers like Esat Oktay, was where he particularly enjoyed torturing Sakine and wished to hear her scream just once under torture, but she never did.
Sakine described the prison conditions by comparing them to Nazi camps, saying:
“Humanity in Nazi camps was a silent and shameless corpse, the body naked and exposed. Hope was killed in those meaningless eyes. Those corpses only moved when their turn for death came. If one asks if such a place exists on Earth, we don’t need to look far – there is Amed (Diyarbakır).”
When Esat Oktay confronted her saying “You must accept what is said, many have come and gone, do you know who I am?” Sakine replied, “Do you know who I am? I am a revolutionary, clearly you don’t know revolutionaries” – and when he attacked her, she spat in his face.
Let me translate and adapt this narrative about Kurdish political prisoner Sakine Cansız’s resistance and experiences in Turkish prisons:
The incident of spitting in Asad Oktay’s face became a legendary tale passed down both inside and outside the prison. Sakine’s stance led her to be recognized as a symbol of resistance throughout the women’s ward and the entire prison. The resistance of Sakine and her comrades during their hunger strike in Amed Prison became like a rebirth for Kurdish women and the Kurdish people in particular.
Her courage and bravery in prison impressed all the women inmates, both the political and non-political prisoners. One day, through a hole in their ward’s wall, they discovered that a prison guard was regularly spying on the women through it. When the women prisoners reported this to Sakine, she set up an ambush and stabbed the guard’s eye with a knitting needle. The guard screamed in pain, and Sakine was subsequently taken for torture because of this act of defiance.
Gültan Kışanak, the imprisoned HDP mayor of Amed who was in the same prison at that time, described Sakine:
“She maintained relationships with all prisoners. She would care for those who were tortured, massaging their bruised bodies to prevent blood clots after they were beaten with clubs and cables.”
Due to her acts of resistance against the prison administration and guards, Sakine Cansız was transferred to Amasya Prison. There, she was brought before the prison director named Şükrü. Their confrontation became an open defense of her political identity. When the director tried to establish his authority, saying “I am Şükrü, I have run this prison for so long that nothing happens here without my order,” Sakine responded defiantly:
“I am Sakine Cansız, a founder of the PKK. I am here now and I have my own principles! I recognize nothing else.”
While there, she made several escape attempts, but they were unsuccessful due to informants. Because of these efforts to break free from the cell that imprisoned her body she earned the name “Butterfly” from her fellow inmates.
In response to the September 12, 1982 coup, which aimed to break people’s will, only one window of hope remained: the resistance of revolutionary prisoners. Those who played a role in this resistance brought new life to a society on the brink of death. Kurdish revolutionaries understood two key points: first, that Kurdistan’s freedom as a national question depended partly on changing the mentality of the genocidal and denial-based state system, but even more importantly on the awakening of the Kurdish people themselves; and second, that the resistance and defense of a society’s identity and values in this movement wasn’t limited to men – women’s participation in this resistance opened the way for major social transformation.
Sakine Cansız’s resistance paved the way for both women’s and society’s freedom. From this emerged the slogan “Without women’s freedom, society cannot be free.” What had weakened Kurdish society wasn’t just the effects of colonization, but also the social illness and backwardness that colonization had internalized in Kurdish identity.Sakine was the first woman in Turkey’s history to resist at such a level, becoming an exemplary figure of heroism. Sakine never accepted the conditions of an ordinary life and constantly struggled against such circumstances, never surrendering. She spent much of her youth imprisoned in various prisons (Elazığ, Malatya, Bursa, Amed, and Çanakkale).
In 1991, she was released. After her release, she went to the Mahsum Korkmaz Academy in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley and participated in ideological education led by A. Öcalan. There, she participated in the first conference of political prisoners and later carried out organizational work in Palestine, Syria, and Rojava.
After this training period, Sakine requested to go to the mountains of Kurdistan. Öcalan, along with the academy comrades’ votes, agreed to her request to go to the Kurdistan mountains, believing that since she had played a role in the PKK’s founding from the beginning, he couldn’t make this decision for her. When most of the women comrades at the academy supported Sakine’s decision to go, Öcalan told her, “Sara, you won.” Sakine was overjoyed at this…“I was very determined and stubborn – when I set my mind to something, I would definitely achieve it. Everything I wanted happened one by one. I saw the leadership, I saw half of Kurdistan, I saw and felt the love of people’s freedom. I told myself if I go to the mountains and my dream of becoming a guerrilla comes true, then everything will be as I wish.”
Sakine later went to the mountains of Kurdistan with great passion, participating in guerrilla activities and operations. She played an active role in the congresses and conferences of the Kurdistan Women’s Freedom Movement and the movement in general, having a decisive role in all conferences and congresses. She was also a powerful writer, which led Öcalan to suggest that she write her life story and memoirs.
Despite the harsh conditions in Kurdistan’s mountains, she maintained a very clean and disciplined life. Exercise was one of her passions and daily habits. She would wake up early in the morning and exercise in the mountain environment, even during snowfall, and collect spring herbs from the highlands. She loved writing her memoirs, always keeping her notebook in her bag, taking it out to write whenever she had the chance.
Öcalan, in describing Sakine’s character, could not hide his amazement and told her:
“You’re a very resilient girl. We put you through a lot of hardship, but this was certainly meaningless. What can we do? It’s our struggle and fighting that brought you to this level… You can be a well-rounded personality. Your courage and sacrifice, a hundred times more than mine, gave you strength.”
When the first autonomous women’s organization (Union of Patriotic Women of Kurdistan) was established within the movement in Hannover in 1987, Sakine was in prison. In the second congress held in 1989, Sakine played an important role by sending a guidance letter from prison that was read at the congress. The main topic of that congress was women’s autonomy (independent and special practices of organization) and how to develop it. From Kurdistan’s mountains, photos of 50 female guerrillas under the command of Comrade Azime were sent to the congress, creating great enthusiasm among women and presenting a new image for everyone.
The third congress of the Union of Patriotic Women of Kurdistan was held in Europe in August 1991, with approximately 1,500 delegates attending. The congress decided to establish autonomous education for women in the Kurdish language, taking a clear and powerful stance against ethnic cleansing. They also decided to publish “Jina Serbilind” (Proud Woman) magazine, which became the first women’s magazine.
After returning to Kurdistan’s mountains, Sakine Cansız stayed in Botan in 1994. That year saw intense fighting, and she was part of the mobile unit, which was the most combative unit and faced the most battles. In 1995, it was decided to hold a women’s congress in Kurdistan’s mountains. Sakine played a key role in the preparatory committee for the first congress of the Kurdistan Women’s Freedom Union (YAJK). They prepared the movement’s bylaws, program, and reports in Metina, in Beshiri village, in a large historic cave symbolically called the “Women’s Temple.” The congress included representatives from all regions, with 350 female delegates participating. It was the first historical experience and step of the Kurdish women’s freedom movement in Kurdistan’s mountains.
This monumental step came after Kurdish women’s militarization. It was an army that would break through all inequalities, shatter the wall of fear, bring women out of their homes, and lead them to struggle. Beyond its military aspect, this army fundamentally uprooted the prevalent conservative mentality in Kurdistan and showed men the standards by which women wanted to live. In all these steps, Sakine was a collective pioneer. She deeply understood that Öcalan had addressed history’s deepest contradiction and that democratic change was impossible without this radical revolutionary approach.
Regarding this step, Sakine said:“Women’s militarization wasn’t limited to just being an armed force. The creation of the freedom army meant ideological and political development, action, will, and the creation of power and morale. It also meant creating grounds for unity with the people. It meant addressing people’s main demands, organizing collectively according to people’s needs, creating an organization that would encompass all of these.”
After gaining extensive practical experience in Kurdistan’s mountains, Sakine returned to the cadre training academy with a wealth of experience and theoretical foundation, where new perspectives and analyses were needed. At the exact time when Turkey and international forces were preparing a conspiracy network to expel Öcalan from Syria, during a Media TV panel with Abdullah Öcalan, Sakine, and several female comrades, the project of women’s liberation was announced. This is considered one of the most fundamental and important stages in the Kurdish women’s freedom movement’s struggle, occurring precisely when the movement’s ideology was being rendered increasingly meaningless by neoliberal propaganda waves globally.
This stage had been formulated in both theory and practice over many years to answer the question “how to live?” and required historically redefining the relationship between men and women in Kurdish society and beyond. Turkish journalist Maher Sayan, in an interview with Öcalan, described this relationship as “fire and gasoline,” referring to the transformation from a traditional master-slave relationship between a dominant man and a traditional woman to a free relationship. According to the women’s liberation ideology, this new relationship was based on principles of patriotism, struggle, organization, free will and thought, and ethics-aesthetics. This step would change not only Kurdish society’s destiny but the entire region’s, now having global reverberations. This was the historical, philosophical, and practical dialogue between Abdullah Öcalan and Sakine Cansız.
After the cadre academy training, Sakine (Comrade Sara) returned to the academy in 1998. Following new dialogue and sociological analysis with Öcalan, she moved her struggle to Europe, where she continued organizational work and opened a broader front in lobby work. She made significant steps both among Kurdish people’s friends and in diplomatic struggle. In 2018, during our first Jineolojî camp in Bilbao, Basque Country, we discovered that Sakine was the first Kurdish woman to visit Bilbao upon arriving in Europe in 1998, meeting with Basque women. Basque activist women and academics noted Sakine’s strong personality and broad intellectual horizon.Whenever Sakine visited a home, she left a powerful memory and greatly influenced the development of patriotic spirit. She built comradely relationships not only with Kurdish homes but also with leftist, socialist, and internationalist figures, opening broad avenues for struggle, resistance, and collaboration. She introduced them to Kurdistan and the freedom movement, finding support for the freedom struggle.
Especially after the international conspiracy against Öcalan and his imprisonment in İmralı‘s solitary confinement, Sakine conducted lobby work country by country while explaining the difficult post-conspiracy period within the movement and society. Particularly regarding the paradigm shift to Democratic Modernity, which was both a strategic step and carried its own risks. Sakine worked day and night to maintain organizational unity and fulfill the Kurdish Women’s Freedom Movement’s strategic role in resolving historical issues, providing genuine leadership for women within the movement, whilst also protecting the movement and leading the process of socializing Kurdistan’s revolution. For this, alongside other leading cadres, she maintained a decisive position in all subsequent congresses and at the movement’s turning points.
Sakine was very confident that a crucial phase in Kurdistan’s freedom struggle was approaching. Speaking confidently on Roj TV on October 27, 2008, she said:
“There is an ongoing struggle that’s advancing. A struggle that has now become the Kurdish people’s own. It has opened the path to freedom for our people, paved the way for Kurdish people’s organization and unity, and has become the foundation for people’s self-determination.”
In a 2011 interview, published in Nawaya Jin magazine, and responding to a question about women’s responsibilities, Sakine said:
“We struggle so that we don’t become the women who can do nothing but cry, we struggle so we don’t become the women who wear black and lament their pain, that’s why we’re in the mountains… The pain and oppression that society and women have lived through in history and continue to experience today is about awareness, creating consciousness, thought and perspective, and means of struggle. We can only overcome this situation through broad organization.”
When discussions were held in Europe about establishing a Women’s Foundation and its name, it was suggested to name it after Sakine, just as many institutions were named after Rosa Luxemburg. At that time, Sakine said: “Why are they planning to kill me?” Evidently, she sensed that those who couldn’t eliminate her in prison or in Kurdistan’s mountains had pursued her to Europe. In the center known for ‘human rights’ and ‘democracy’, they succeeded in their conspiracy against her.
On January 9, 2013, at the Kurdistan Information Center on Paris’s busiest street, Sakine Cansız (Sara), Kurdistan National Congress member Fidan Doğan (Rojbin), and youth movement member Leyla Şaylemez (Ronahî) were assassinated by a member of the Turkish intelligence agency MIT. Later, the killer died in a French prison under mysterious circumstances, leading to the case’s closure.
The occupiers attempted to silence the voice of Kurdish women and the Kurdish people through the assassination of Sakine and other pioneering women. Their goal: to strike a deadly blow against the inspiring mind of this movement. However, Sakine, just as she had learned to succeed, became the voice and spirit of millions in the face of both death and her killers, as people poured into the streets to express their feelings about this massacre. She dreamed of being showered with flowers when received in Kurdistan as a guerrilla fighter. She carried the pain, suffering, and tragedy of her people in her bag, transforming it into hope, energy, awareness, and organization as she traveled from city to city, mountain to mountain, country to country. Yet she also understood that the path to peace is a long one.
Öcalan assessed this massacre and said:“In reality, they wanted to use this massacre to prevent my peace efforts. That is, those within the state who don’t want the issue resolved through democratic means wanted to disrupt the process. Sakine’s life is an example. Women’s freedom is Sakine’s struggle. I will ask for accountability for Sakine, and I will reveal this…”
Source: Tawar Magazine
[1] – Sarah’s documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLiq0p6T1x4
[2] – Ibid.
[3] – A. Ocalan, Beyond the state and violance.
[4] The word apogee is an abbreviation for who belives in Abdullah Ocalan’s philosophy, the leader of the first group of Kurdistan revolutionaries.
[5] Dalal Amed, “Women’s History Lessons in the Kurdistan Freedom Movement”.
[6] Ibid.
[7] Sarah’s documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLiq0p6T1x4.
[8] Butterfly is a 1973 film about the life of a prisoner, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The screenplay was written by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. and tells the story of a French prisoner named Henri Charier
[9] Abdullah Ocalan, Volume 1 of “How to Live”
[10] – (Dalal Amed), book “Lessons of Women’s History in the Kurdistan Freedom Movement”.
[11] – Ibidsource: Jineology
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Kurdish Guerrillas Destroy Artillery Radar Installed by the Turkish Army in Xakurke
Turkish occupation troops in South Kurdistan have been targeted several times since last Friday by an air defense unit of the PKK guerrillas.
The Press Center of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) said in a statement on Tuesday, that the drone-based actions of the “Şehîd Axîn Mûş” unit were directed against heavy military technology and equipment. In Xakurke, a Turkish artillery radar installed in the Girê Şehîd Hêmin resistance area was destroyed, and so was a military position. There were also reports of a tank being damaged in the nearby Girê Şehîd Azad area. On the western front of the Zap region, the guerrillas destroyed an army container not far from Girê Amêdî.
The guerrillas have also taken action against Turkish occupation troops on the ground in recent days. In the Metîna region, according to HPG information, an infantry fighting vehicle was fired upon on Monday by the Free Women’s Units (YJA Star). The vehicle was reportedly captured in Şêlazê. In Serê Metîna, the fighters opened fire on a group of soldiers with heavy weapons. In the same area, the guerrillas stopped an attempted advance on Friday. In addition, five drones of the occupation troops loaded with explosives were shot down in front of the tunnel system in Şêlazê that day.
Attacks by the Turkish army
As for the attacks by the Turkish army, the HPG reported that guerrilla areas in South Kurdistan were bombed by fighter planes at least 21 times between 10 and 13 January. According to the statement, various targets were hit in the Xakurke, Metîna, Zap and Gare regions.
In Zap, the HPG also recorded 15 attacks by attack helicopters that were aimed exclusively at areas in the west of the region. In Şêlazê, the HPG registered three attacks with banned bombs on Monday.
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HPG Pays Tribute to Guerrillas Ekin Dilda and Mîtra Manî
Guerrillas Ekin Dilda and Mîtra Manî fell on 6 October 2024 in the Xakurke region of South Kurdistan. The Press Center of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) said in a statement that the two guerrillas of the Free Women’s Units (YJA Star) were followers of the “Jin Jiyan Azadî” philosophy and lived with the aim of making the 21st century the century of women. “We bow to their legacy with respect and gratitude and promise to make their dreams come true,” said the HPG. The following information was given in the obituary:
Code name: Ekin Dilda
First and last name: Zeliha Mahçup
Place of birth: Erzîrom
Names of mother and father: Meryem – Mehmet
Date and place of death: October 6, 2024 / Xakurke
Code name: Mîtra Manî
First and last name: Zeynep Aslan
Place of birth: Şirnex
Names of mother and father: Seymen – Mehmet Seyfettin
Date and place of death: October 6, 2024 / Xakurke
Ekin Dilda
Ekin Dilda was born in Qereyazî in the Erzîrom province and belonged to the Berazî tribe. She grew up in an environment close to the PKK and joined the guerrillas in 2015. After her training, she took part in the fight against ISIS. “At a time when the ISIS gangs were attacking our people to commit genocide, she did not hesitate for a moment and participated in the resistance as an apoist militant,” the HPG said in the statement, adding that “she distinguished herself with her courage in actions against the Islamists and was an uncompromising advocate of the women’s liberation ideology.”
When she later returned to the mountains, she participated in the resistance against the Turkish occupation attacks on the Medya Defense Areas as a guerrilla of the YJA Star. Her last area of operation was Xakurke, where she performed various tasks and worked on the construction of tunnel facilities, among other things. Ekin Dilda was killed in an attack by the Turkish army on 6 October 2024.
Mîtra Manî
Mîtra Manî was born in Cizîr in the province of Şirnex and was socialized in an environment shaped by the Kurdish freedom movement.
As an adolescent, she became active in the youth movement and was involved in cultural work. Because she used songs to express both the pain and the joy of life in society, she experienced repression by the Turkish state. She was arrested and tortured.
In 2015, she went to the mountains and joined the guerrillas. Her decision to engage in armed struggle came at a time when the Turkish state unilaterally ended the talks on a solution to the Kurdish question and began to implement its concept of annihilation. Mîtra Manî last fought in Xakurke, where she was killed in a Turkish attack on October 6, 2024, along with Ekin Dilda.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=13697
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Guerrillas Stop Turkish Army Advance Attempt in Girê Cûdî: HPG
The Press Center of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) said in a statement that the guerrillas are continuing their resistance against the Turkish occupation troops in South Kurdistan. According to the statement, various guerrilla actions have taken place in the Zap and Metîna regions in the past week.
On the western front of the Zap region, Turkish army soldiers stationed in the Girê Bahar and Girê Cûdî areas were shot at several times. An army surveillance camera installed in Girê Cûdî was destroyed.
On Wednesday, soldiers advancing towards a tunnel system were repelled twice, with the guerrillas using light weapons. Fighters from the Free Women’s Units (YJA Star) intervened against another advance attempt on Saturday. One soldier was killed and two others were injured. The occupying troops in Serê Metîna were attacked on Thursday by female guerrillas with semi-automatic weapons. On the same day, the YJA Star also intervened in the area against combat helicopters, forcing them to withdraw.
Attacks by the Turkish army
As for the attacks by the Turkish army on the Medya Defense Areas, the HPG said that in the past four days, prohibited explosives were used a total of 16 times against tunnels in the Girê FM and Girê Cûdî areas in Zap and in Şêlazê in Metîna. A tunnel system in Girê Amêdî was hit by a drone on Saturday.
In addition, the HPG reported 26 air strikes by Turkish fighter jets in Xakurke, Zap and Gare between 24 and 28 December. The Girê Bahar area was bombed eight times by attack helicopters on 25 December.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=13460
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PKK Pays Tribute To Martyrs in Rojava and the Zap Region
Guerrillas Diljîn Bêlatî and Pîran Suweyda died on 1 November in the Zap region in South Kurdistan. The Press Center of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) said in a statement that the resistance against the Turkish invasion in the Medya Defense Areas is led by the Free Women’s Units (YJA Star). Diljîn and Pîran fought in the knowledge that Turkey’s occupation attacks were also aimed at crushing the women’s liberation movement. In the statement, the HPG expressed their condolences to the families of the martyrs as well as to the people of Çelê, Mexmûr and all of Kurdistan and stated that the fight continues.
The following information was given about the identity of the martyrs:
Code name: Diljîn Bêlatî
First and last name: Zeynep Demiroğlu
Place of birth: Hakkari/Colemêrg
Names of mother and father: Huriye – Abdulrezzak
Date and place of death: 1/11/2024 – Zap
Code name: Pîran Suweyda
First and last name: Çimen Altürk
Place of birth: Mexmûr
Names of mother and father: Neam – Bahri
Date and place of death: 1/11/2024 – Zap
Diljîn Bêlatî
Diljîn Bêlatî was born in Çelê (tr. Çukurca, Colemêrg/Hakkari province) and grew up in an environment close to the PKK. Her childhood and youth were shaped by the Kurdish liberation struggle and the oppression by the Turkish state. As a young woman, she drew strength from the women’s guerrilla group that fought for freedom in the surrounding mountains. In 2014, when ISIS invaded Kurdistan and carried out massacres, she decided to join the armed resistance and joined a guerrilla group in the Zagros Mountains. She took part in basic training for new fighters and studied the ideology of women’s liberation and the prerequisites for a free life.
She spent the first four years of her guerrilla life in the Zagros. In view of the annihilation plan against the Kurdish movement implemented by the Turkish state from 2015 onwards, her primary goal was to become a fully armed fighter. After receiving specialized military and ideological training to prepare for combat, she was sent to the western front of the Zap region and took part in the resistance against the Turkish occupation forces.
“Our comrade Diljîn fought unreservedly and left an unforgettable mark with her militant attitude, her strong camaraderie and her simple sincerity,” the HPG said. “On November 1, 2024, she joined the caravan of the fallen during an enemy attack.”
Pîran Suweyda
Pîran Suweyda belonged to the Goyî tribe and was born in the Mexmûr refugee camp in southern Kurdistan. She grew up in the Kurdish liberation movement and, as a child, saw her future in the guerrillas. An uncle, a cousin and other close relatives of hers were killed in battle.
She was enthusiastic about the revolution in Rojava and took part in political discussions and social activities in Mexmûr. Her understanding of Abdullah Öcalan’s philosophy grew and she resisted patriarchal domination. At a time of heavy attacks on the Kurdish movement, she went to the mountains to fight with the guerrillas as a free woman.
She saw her joining the guerrillas as the first step towards freedom. Thanks to her life experience, she was already able to help other new guerrillas settle in during basic training. She took on responsibility and practical tasks and quickly developed into a competent YJA Star guerrilla. When she came to the Zap region of her own volition, she took part in the construction of the infrastructure and resisted the tunnel war with great courage. On 1 November, she was killed in an enemy attack on the Western Front in the Zap.
The General Command of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) announced that two of their fighters, Arjin Marwan and Zeinab Walat, were martyred in the Battle of Qereqozaq against the mercenaries of the invading Turkish state. The two fighters, it said, fought bravely until they achieved martyrdom.
The YPJ statement includes the following:
“On November 27, the Turkish mercenary forces in Syria began to mobilize. As a result, the centralized Baath regime collapsed. However, the mercenaries continued their attacks, assaults, torture, looting, and killings. In response to this situation, the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern and eastern Syria confronted the attacks and displayed remarkable resistance, particularly on the frontlines of Qereqozaq and the Tishrin Dam. There, our freedom fighters faced numerous air and ground assaults from the Turkish state and its mercenaries. Despite this, they remained confident and determined to protect their revolution.
Our comrades Zeinab Walat and Arjin Rashid Marwan fell as martyrs on December 8 as a result of a drone attack by the fascist Turkish state.
Barfin Mohammed, known by her nom de guerre Arjin Rashid Marwan, and Zeinab Mohammed, known as Zeinab Walat, were two freedom-fighting women who sacrificed their lives to defend their land and homeland against the mercenary attacks of the fascist Turkish state on the Qereqozaq front. They gave their lives for equality, the unity of peoples, and contributed to a significant struggle.
Martyr Zeinab Walat was born in the city of resistance, Kobani, and was introduced to the struggle for freedom at a young age. The epics of the martyrs of the Kobani resistance inspired every moment of her life, making the love of freedom a cornerstone of her existence. Influenced by her family’s participation in the freedom struggle and the sacrifices they made, she joined the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in 2022.
Our comrade Zeinab Walat’s heart was filled with a burning desire for revenge against all forms of attacks and occupations on her homeland. She remained steadfast in her belief in freedom and the unity of peoples until the end. Guided by the philosophy of leader Abdullah Öcalan, she strengthened her resolve and worked tirelessly to develop herself. In a short time, she embodied the principles of militancy and walked the path of a free woman who does not submit, holding her head high with pride and rejecting occupation and colonialism. She lived a dignified life, aware that life holds no value without freedom and honor. For her, life had to be lived freely or sacrificed in the pursuit of freedom. With unwavering courage, she struck significant blows against the enemy in the great battle of Qereqoza.
Comrade Arjin Rashid Marwan hailed from Afrin and was born into a patriotic family. As a member of the Afrin community, she deeply understood the meaning of land and patriotism. When events unfolded in the region, she chose, as a young woman, to take responsibility and join the revolution.
Comrade Arjin Marwan built her revolutionary journey following in the footsteps of her uncle, the martyr Walat Afrin, who fought against occupation in the free mountains during the 1990s and was martyred there, and her cousin, the martyr Walat Erish, who was martyred in 2013. Arjin participated in all stages of the revolutionary struggle, including the war to liberate Shahba, the Resistance of the Age, and the Resistance of Dignity. She played her role as a skilled militant fighter and specialized in the arts of war. Constantly reflecting on the reality of war and enemy attacks, she worked tirelessly to develop herself in all fields of combat, particularly as a mine-clearing expert, enabling her to resist the enemy under any circumstances.
Comrade Arjin possessed a humble and sociable personality, always standing by her comrades. She embraced revolutionary life and taught it in detail to others. As such, camaraderie and revolutionary principles were always at the forefront for her. She pursued her struggle with radical determination, never compromising her principles. She fought not only physically against the enemy but also waged an unwavering war against the system’s influences. Like thousands of immortal martyrs before her, she etched her name in the pages of national heroes who can never be forgotten.
We remember our free martyrs with gratitude and pride. We extend our condolences to the families of our comrades Arjin Rashid Marwan and Zeinab Walat, as well as to all our comrades. We vow to continue our struggle until the very end. During these days when our people face immense attacks and hardships, particularly the brutal and savage assaults targeting women, we will persist in our resistance for freedom to the very end. We will demand historical accountability for all the attacks and invasions, and we will claim our rights from them.
We call on our patriotic people to stand by their fighters more than ever and to continue organizing themselves according to the philosophy of revolutionary people’s war. Time and again, we have proven that the life of freedom is inevitably victorious, and we will persist in this struggle until the very end. We will show the world our triumph once again. By doing so, we will deliver a powerful response befitting our heroic martyrs and avenge them, fulfilling their dreams.”
The identity information of the fallen fighters is as follows:
Name and Surname: Barfin Mohammed
Nom de Guerre: Arjin Rashid Marwan
Mother’s Name: Jihan
Father’s Name: Mustafa
Place and Date of Martyrdom: 08.12.2024 / Qereqozaq
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Name and Surname: Zeinab Mohammed
Nom de Guerre: Zeinab Walat
Mother’s Name: Fatima
Father’s Name: Fares
Place and Date of Martyrdom: 08.12.2024 / Qereqozaq
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=13245
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Guerrillas Destroy Surveillance Technology in Zap and Metîna
The Free Women’s Units (YJA Star) have destroyed military technology and weapons from the Turkish army’s inventory in the Zap region in South Kurdistan. In particular, this involved several camera surveillance systems that had been installed in the area surrounding Girê Cûdî, as well as landmines laid by occupying troops around the resistance massif. The Press Office of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) issued a statement about the balance of war in the Medya Defense Areas over the past three days.
The Girê Cûdî is on the western front of the Zap region. According to HPG, guerrillas have successfully pushed back two attempts by the occupying forces to advance onto the massif in recent days. The YJA Star also destroyed surveillance technology installed by the Turkish army at nearby Girê Amêdî, and another camera system was hit in Serê Metîna in the Metîna region. Guerrillas also destroyed a searchlight.
Actions by the “Şehîd Axîn Mûş Air Unit”
In their statement, the HPG also reported on four actions by the “Şehîd Axîn Mûş Air Unit” that took place between December 14 and 16 in the Girê Bahar resistance area. Three military positions were destroyed, and an armored vehicle damaged, said the statement.
Regarding the latest attacks by the Turkish army in South Kurdistan, the HPG reported that their tunnel systems in Girê Amêdî were bombed three times on Monday, with banned explosives.
In addition, between Saturday and Tuesday, the organization recorded a further 22 attacks on its territory carried out by fighter jets. Targets were hit in the regions of Xakurke, Metîna, Gare, Qendîl and Zap. A further 21 air attacks, primarily aimed at Xakurke and the Girê Bahar in Zap, were carried out by Turkish attack helicopters.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=13195
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Guerrilla Resistance in Zap
The occupying Turkish army seeks to turn southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) into a military zone, bombarding several locations almost every day. The Turkish state has used all dirty methods against both the Kurdish people and the Kurdish Freedom Movement for 10 years within the framework of the ‘Collapse Plan’ it drafted in October 2014. Now, in southern Kurdistan, it is wearing the clothes of the KDP’s Zêrevanî forces to avoid being targeted by the guerrillas.
Every night there is activity in the areas of Amediyê and Geliyê Reşova. Since October, the Turkish army has been regularly striking the villages in Amediyê. Stating that the lock in Zap is closed, the Turkish army is transporting troops, logistics equipment and ammunition to Western Zap almost every day. Especially since the beginning of November, it has intensified its military and logistics equipment deliveries to Sergelê Gorge, Dêrelok and Geliyê Reşova areas. Zêrevanî forces of the ruling KDP guard many places where the Turkish army has built outposts.
They encircle the area they occupy with wires weighing tens of tonnes, they monitor and listen to the surroundings with dozens of surveillance cameras and sound sensors. Not content with this, howitzers and mortars are randomly fired into the terrain; reconnaissance planes constantly circle the area, cobra helicopters scan the hills, around villages and fields.
Despite all this, the guerrillas both continue their resistance and strike a blow to the invaders with their actions.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=13158
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HPG Guerrillas Attack Turkish Invasion Forces in South Kurdistan
The Press Center of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) has issued a statement about the Turkish army’s occupation attacks and the guerrillas’ resistance in the Medya Defense Areas. According to the report, fighters from the HPG and the YJA Star (Free Women’s Units) carried out various actions with different combat tactics against the occupation forces in the Zap, Metîna and Xakurke regions.
The HPG made the following statements about the guerrilla actions and the attacks by the Turkish army between 10 and 13 December:
“Western Zap region
The guerrilla unit Şehîd Axîn Mûş attacked a Turkish army container in the Girê Bahar area with a drone on Tuesday. The container and the material stored in it caught fire and was destroyed. On Friday, the occupying forces in the area were fired upon with heavy weapons.
In the Girê Cûdî area, the guerrillas used sabotage tactics and heavy weapons against the occupiers on Tuesday. A shovel excavator used by the Turkish army for military road construction was damaged.
Metîna
A surveillance camera installed by the Turkish army in the Serê Metîna area was destroyed on Wednesday by a YJA Star sniper. On Friday, the guerrillas intervened with semi-automatic weapons against soldiers who wanted to secure their positions in the area with barbed wire.
Xakurke
In Xakurke, the guerrillas repelled an attempted advance by the Turkish army to a tunnel in the Lolan area on Tuesday. In addition, the occupying forces in the Girê Şehîd Hêmin area were attacked with heavy weapons on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Turkey is increasingly using prohibited explosives against tunnels
The Turkish army is increasingly attacking guerrilla tunnels with prohibited explosives. According to the HPG report, a total of 46 prohibited explosives were used against tunnels in the Girê FM, Girê Amêdî, Girê Cûdî, Lolan and Şêlazê regions in the past four days.
Air strikes by Turkish fighter jets
The Medya Defense Areas have been bombed 29 times by Turkish fighter jets since Tuesday. The targets of the attack were the areas of Lolan, Girê Şehîd Şerîf, Berbizinê, Sinînê, Qele and Girê Şehîd Hawar in Xakurke, Deşta Kafya, Yekmal, Şikeftiyan and Mijê in Gare, Girê Cûdî and Girê Bahar in the Zap and Dergelê, Şêlazê and Bêşîlî in Metina.
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Freedom for the Kurdish representative of millions of Kurds!
Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan!Freiheit für den kurdischen Repräsentanten von Millionen von Kurden!
Freiheit für Abdullah Öcalan!Azadî ji bo Nûnerê bi Milyonan Kurd!
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Freedom for the Kurdish representative of millions of Kurds!
Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan!Freiheit für den kurdischen Repräsentanten von Millionen von Kurden!
Freiheit für Abdullah Öcalan!Azadî ji bo Nûnerê bi Milyonan Kurd!
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Freedom for the Kurdish representative of millions of Kurds!
Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan!Freiheit für den kurdischen Repräsentanten von Millionen von Kurden!
Freiheit für Abdullah Öcalan!Azadî ji bo Nûnerê bi Milyonan Kurd!
Azadî ji bo Abdullah Öcalan!