HPG guerrilla Azad Tolhildan paid tribute to martyr Zîlan (Zeynep Kınacı) on the anniversary of her death and talked about the impact of Zîlan's sacrifice action.

Guerrilla Tolhildan said that the Turkish state wanted to liquidate the Kurdish people and the freedom movement with the assassination of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in 1996, and added that these attacks by the enemy were nullified with the sacrifice action of martyr Zîlan. Guerrilla Tolhildan said that the martyr Zîlan carried out a self-defense action in Dersim on 30 June 1996 against the assassination attack of the enemy.

He said: "Heval Zîlan carried out her action with great will and determination. Her action also made a great impression on the enemy. The enemy was shocked and suffered a serious blow. Again, in our movement, the line of resistance and struggle created by the Leadership helped achieve its goal. Our comrades, who are fighting in the mountains of Kurdistan, especially in Zap, Avaşîn and Metîna, continue the line of sacrifice of Heval Zîlan. In all battlefields, our comrades are resisting on the line of martyr Zîlan. As HPG and YJA Star fighters, we will continue our struggle with great determination, following in the footsteps of heval Egîd, Zîlan, Delal Amed."