HPG Press Contact Center has disclosed the identities of 3 YJA Star guerrillas who fell martyr in a Turkish air strike on 6 June 2019.

The HPG statements reads as follows:

"On 6 June 2019, in the Xakurkê region of the Medya Defense Zones, our friends Axin (Dilek Tektaş), Ekin (Yoncagül Ağaç) and Helin (Leyla Çelik) fell as martyrs as a result of an air strike carried out by the occupying Turkish army during a military operation. 

      Nom de Guerre: Axin Sozdar
      Name and Surname: Dilek Tektaş
      Place of Birth: Van
      Mother - Father Name: Hacer - Zahir
      Date and Place of Martyrdom: June 6, 2019 / Xakurkê

      Nom de Guerre: Ekin Çemçe
      Name and Surname: Yoncagül Ağaç
      Place of Birth: Kars
      Mother - Father Name: Rabia - Siracettin
      Date and Place of Martyrdom: June 6, 2019 / Xakurkê

      Nom de Guerre: Helin Bawer
      Name and Surname: Leyla Çelik
      Place of Birth: Mardin
      Mother - Father Name: Halise - Mehmet
      Date and Place of Martyrdom: 6 June 2019 / Xakurkê

The statement added: "Our comrades Axin, Ekin and Helin were born in different cities of Kurdistan and grew up with the patriotic identities of the society.

Faced with the reality that the Kurdish people are ignored and could face massacres at any time, all three of our female comrades have joined the Freedom Struggle on different dates against the enemy's invasion of Kurdistan.

Our women comrades who have devoted themselves to the freedom of their people since the day they joined the ranks, have trained and developed themselves on the basis of the Leader's free women's philosophy. They led their comrades in the fields in which they carried out their duties successfully. We express our condolences to the families of the three comrades and to the whole people of Kurdistan. We promise to follow in the foothpat of martyrs."