HPG Press Liaison Center (BIM) issued a written statement and paid tribute to the guerrillas who fell as martyrs in the clashes with the invading Turkish army in the Çemçê area of ​​Kars' Kağızman district on 26 August.

HPG BIM said the following: “On 26 August 2020, clashes erupted between the invading Turkish army and our forces in the Çemçê area of ​​Kars’ Kağızman in the Serhat region. While many invaders were killed, our comrades Armanç, Karker, Hogır and Dilan joined the caravan of martyrs by fighting heroically.

The identity information of our heroic comrades are as follows:

      Code Name: Armanç Cigerxwin

      Name and Surname: Benazir Tebeli

      Place of Birth: Muş

      Mother's - Father's Name: Türkan - İbrahim

      Date and Place of Martyrdom: 26 August 2020 / Kağızman

 

      Code Name: Karker Serhat

      Name and Surname: Mehmet Emin Delen

      Place of Birth: Özalp

      Mother's-Father's Name: Cahide - Fetullah

      Date and Place of Martyrdom: 26 August 2020 / Kağızman

 

      Code Name: Hogır Serhat

      Name and Surname: Muhammed Taşçı

      Place of Birth: Kars

      Mother's - Father's Name: Hanife - Nesim

      Date and Place of Martyrdom: 26 August 2020 / Kağızman

 

      Code Name: Hevi Tolhıldan

      Name and Surname: Dilan Olgün

      Place of Birth: Van

      Mother's-Father's Name: Salihe - Bayram

      Date and Place of Martyrdom: 26 August 2020 / Kağızman

 

The HPG statement added: "The colonialist genocidal Turkish state has done everything in its power to bring the Kurdish people to their knees, to impose surrender by exterminating the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, which is hope of liberation and victory. It has resorted to all means by mobilizing all its means to liquidate the gains of the Kurdish people and our movement. However, the unprecedented resistance of our Leader in İmralı [Abdullah Ocalan], the unyielding stance of our people and our guerrilla struggle have voided any concept of the purge of the enemy."