Guerrillas Mazlum Wan and Mordem Eylül were killed in July in attacks by the Turkish army in the Zap region in South Kurdistan. The Press Center of the People's Defense Forces (HPG) said in a statement that the two guerrillas were brave freedom fighters and expressed their condolences to their families and the Kurdish and Arab people.

 Code name: Mazlum Wan

 First and last name: Cezmi Daş

 Place of birth: Wan

 Names of mother and father: Feleknaz – Nizamettin

 Date and place of death: July 2024 / Zap

 Code name: Mordem Eylül

 First and last name: Abdullah Nebû

 Place of birth: Homs

 Names of mother and father: Xîtam – Ahmed

 Date and place of death: July 2024 / Zap

Mazlum Wan

Mazlum Wan was born in Wan-Elbak and belonged to the Şikakî tribe. He grew up under the brutal oppression of the Kurdish population by the Turkish state in the 1990s and never went to a state school. As a result, he preserved his mother tongue Kurmancî.

For a while, he worked in construction to support his family, and in 2005 he joined a guerrilla group in North Kurdistan. In the Medya Defense Areas he took part in training for new fighters and then gained his first practical experience of guerrilla life in Xakurke.

He then went to the Zagros, Zap, Avaşîn and Qendîl regions, where he took on strategic tasks. Most recently he fought on the front lines in the Zap against the Turkish invasion troops. The HPG describes Mazlum Wan as a sincere and modest militant who has gone down in the history of the Kurdish freedom struggle with his selfless commitment and willingness to make sacrifices.

Mordem Eylül

Mordem Eylül was born in Homs and was an Arab. At the age of eleven, he went to Rojava with his family and learned about the reality of the Kurdish population in Syria. His parents taught him that all people have the right to a free and equal life.

Through his new Kurdish friends, he became acquainted with the Kurdistan Freedom Movement and the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan, which were put into practice with the Rojava Revolution. He joined the fight against the Islamic State and took an active role in defending the population against Islamist attacks. During his academic training, he intensively studied Öcalan's solution models "Democratic Nation" and "Democratic Confederalism" and developed into a convinced apoist.

He went to the mountains, joined the guerrillas and learned Kurdish within a short time. At his own request, he became part of the special unit Hêzên Taybet and took part in a special education program. He then fought on the western front of the Zap region and was most recently in a partially mobile unit that resisted the Turkish invasion in the Girê Bahar region.

"Our comrade Mordem has left us unforgettable memories and tasks to be accomplished. We promise to make his dreams of freedom and equality come true," said the HPG.