Guerrillas Diyana Amanos, Sema Mahir, Zîlan Dêrsîm, Argeş Rûken and Gabar Wan fell in 2017 fighting for freedom in the Medya Defense Areas. The press center of the People's Defense Forces (HPG) issued a statement and said: “2017 was an important turning point in our combat history. A self-sacrificing resistance against the occupiers took place and all areas of resistance were characterized by an apoistic will. This year, the genocidal Turkish state has used all types of technologies to eliminate our people and our liberation movement. To this end, the attacks have been intensified more than ever.”

The statement added: “Our comrades Diyana, Sema, Zîlan, Argeş and Gabar were exquisite examples of the apoistic willingness to make sacrifices against these attacks and led the resistance. Our martyrs became a role model for their comrades and went down in our fighting history as sincere defenders of the PKK-PAJK line.”

Diyana Amanos has been with the guerrillas since 1999. The other four fighters joined in 2013/2014.

The identities of the martyrs are as follows:

Code name: Diyana Amanos
 First and last name: Heybet Çığ
 Place of birth: Adana
 Name of mother and father: Fatma – Ömer
 Date and place of death: July 2017/ Medya Defense Areas

 
 Codename: Sema Mahir
 First and last name: Sema Taş
 Place of birth: Mûş
 Name of mother and father: Aynur – Abdurrahman
 Date-place of death: November 2017/Medya Defense Areas

 Codename: Zîlan Dêrsîm
 First and last name: Canan Kanat
 Place of Birth: Bayburt
 Name of mother and father: Naciye – Hatem
 Date-place of death: September 2017/Medya Defense Areas

 Codename: Argeş Rûken
 First and last name: Yunus Ergün
 Place of Birth: Wan
 Name of mother and father: Gülşen – Cemil
 Date - place of death: August 2017 / Medya Defense Areas

 Code name: Gabar Wan
 First and last name: Doğan Berki
 Place of Birth: Wan
 Name of mother and father: Muhabbet – Mustafa
 Date - place of death: August 2017 / Medya Defense Areas