The Press Office of the People's Defense Forces (HPG) has published the names of four guerrillas who fell in the fight against the Turkish army. Diren Avent and Hêvî Herekol died during a military operation in the province of Mardin on August 8, while Resul Herekol and Brûsk Kop died in Hakkari on September 21.

Military operation in Mardin

Regarding the military operation in the countryside of Mardin’s Derik district, which lasted from August 5 to 9, HPG reported that violent clashes broke out in the evening of August 8, in which three soldiers were killed and others injured. In order not to fall into enemy captivity, guerrilla fighters Diren Avent and Hêvî Herekol destroyed their own weapons and fell as martyrs after pulling the pin out of the grenades on themselves.

Nom de guerre: Diren Avent

First and last name: Gülistan Şahin

Place of birth: Van

Names of mother and father: Esmer Peri - Haci

Date and place of martyrdom: August 8, 2020 / Mardin

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Nom de guerre: Hêvî Herekol

First and last name: Hunav Ayhan

Place of birth: Siirt

Names of mother and father: Atişah - Nezir

Date and place of martyrdom: August 8, 2020 / Mardin

The HPG statement said: "Our companions responded to the enemy's call to surrender with great resistance, the will of free women and the selfless attitude of Apoists. In the battles that lasted one day, they fought until the last bullet against the occupying forces and joined the caravan of the immortals.”

Military operation in Hakkari

HPG announced that the Turkish army carried out a military operation in the areas of Sirtê Bakê, Sirtê Tasotê and Şehîd Mordem in Hakkari province from September 20 to 26. In the course of the operation, there were clashes and air raids in which guerrillas Resul Herekol and Brûsk Kop were martyred.

Nom de guerre: Resul Herekol

First and last name: Mehmet Nazım İlhan

Place of birth: Siirt

Names of mother and father: Makbule - Abdulmuhsin

Date and place of death: 21 September 2020 / Hakkari

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Nom de guerre: Brûsk Kop

First and last name: Samet Kara

Place of birth: Muş

Names of mother and father: Müsbet - Mehmet Zahir

Date and place of death: 21 September 2020 / Hakkari

Resul Herekol was born in the Kurdish province of Siirt and joined the guerrilla in 2013. He fought for a long time in the Zagros Mountains and he passed on his experience as a commander in guerrilla struggle and his knowledge of the party’s culture to new fighters.

Brusk Kop was born in Muş in Northern Kurdistan, but lived in western Turkey for a long time. When he was called up for military service, he deserted to avoid becoming part of the occupying power in Kurdistan and joined the guerrilla. He also fought for many years in the Zagros Mountains.

HPG conveyed their sympathy to the families of martyrs and patriotic people of Kurdistan and renewed their promise to continue the struggle of those fallen.