YJA Star guerrilla Hevi Ronya spoke about Cenga Heftanin resistance, 109 days after it started, as well as the women-led resistance in the area of Şeşdara. "I want to tell both this process and the resistance of my friends and what I have witnessed myself, but I know that words will not be sufficient.”

Guerrilla Ronya said: "When the operation started, the first air strikes were in Keşan. Three of our friends fell martyrs there. The operation started at night. First [the Turkish army] wanted to land in Martyr Kendal and Bektorya. The entrance and exit for the enemy became one. The friends in Martyr Kendal were very strong and answered powerfully.

The enemy attacked in this way, knowing that the guerrilla would resist, but did not know that the guerrilla was renewing itself. They suffered a great setback there. A comprehensive occupation operation was launched in Xantur, Şeşdara and Partizan regions. When the invasion operation started in the Xantur area, the friends fought for more than a month. They fought planes, reconnaissance planes, cobras, skorsky. No matter how far the enemy went and tried to land, they failed, and the friends fought against their mighty technique for days and hours."

A number of female friends fought against an army

Guerrilla Ronya continued: "We were following the arrival of the enemy to Şeşdara via radio. There were a number of female friends in Şeşdara and they said over the radio, ‘the enemy is coming, we are going to meet them’. And the words 'We are going' were full of enthusiasm and excitement. ‘We are ready' they said. ‘We will fight until the end and we will not let the enemy enter our land so easily.’ Thousands of mercenaries linked to the Turkish state, more than hundreds of soldiers and dozens of guards leading them, were going to fight a team of female friends. Women friends were writing a page of resistance against the occupation and rapist Turkish army.”

Guerrilla Ronya added: “Cobras were hitting for hours, Skorsky were landing soldiers. The enemy failed to break the resistance of the friends. As a last resort, they came with warplanes. For the first time in history, a place was hit by warplanes fifty times. It was then when the enemy declared its losses and despair. When the fascist Turkish army lifted its warplanes and shot the people in the Dersim massacre they said 'as long as there is only one living being in these lands, we will hit them’. Martyr Esmer, martyr Ararat, martyr Zelal, martyr Berivan and many other beautiful friends fought and beat the enemy here. You attack a number of female friends, you attack from the ground, you attack from all sides, with cobra, mortars, howitzers, you hit them fifty times as if these were not enough. In fact, this proved how small and miserable the enemy is. This was a great success for us. Women friends were going to fight the enemy with resistance, morale, enthusiasm."

YJA Star guerrilla Hevi Ronya ended her remarks by saying: "Surely the enemy regretted coming to the Şeşdara area. And this was the biggest resistance."