According to the press center of the People's Defense Forces (HPG), guerrilla fighter Emrah Yıldızer (Dewran Gilîdax) fell a martyr on 4 April during a Turkish attack on Medya Defense Areas.

The identity information of the martyr guerrilla is as follows:

  Code name: Dewran Gilîdax

  First and last name: Emrah Yıldızer

  Place of Birth: Wan

  Mother and father’s name: Zeynep - Basrî

  Date and place of martyrdom: 4/4/2021 Medya         Defense Areas

From Serhed to Shengal

The HPG wrote about the guerrilla: “Our comrade Dewran was born into a patriotic family from Doğubeyazıt. He grew up with the deep patriotic feelings of the indomitable people in the Serhed region. As he got older, he got to know the reality of Kurdistan and its people and felt the great suffering of the Kurdish people from the heart. This had a deep emotional impact on Dewran. He went on a search and decided to take part in the revolutionary activities. So he joined the youth movement. He worked for six years without a break in the youth movement, fought as an honourable Kurdish youth and took on a pioneering role. The Turkish state imprisoned him. He was held prisoner for a year and a half.”

The statement continued: “However, Dewran viewed the prison as a place of self-education and further strengthened his inspiration and determination. He has fulfilled his goal of becoming part of the Kurdish freedom guerrilla, the dream of every honourable Kurdish young person, and has reached the mountains of freedom. When ISIS tried to exterminate the Yazidi population of the region of Shengal, he went there and effectively fought against the fascist mercenaries. Although he was wounded many times, he did not stop fighting. After the HPG decided to withdraw their forces from the Shengal region in 2018, Dewran returned to the Medya Defense Areas. He was at the Military Academy for some time to share his experiences, to be trained in the perspective of the guerrillas of the new era and to prepare for a stronger practice. After training, he carried out every task assigned to him with great determination and tried to get involved effectively. On 4 April 2021, he fell as martyr while performing his duty during an air strike. We express our condolences to the family of our fallen companion, the patriotic people of Serhed and all of Kurdistan and reaffirm our promise to achieve the goals of the fallen."