The People's Defense Forces Press Center (HPG) has published the names of three female guerrillas who fell as martyrs in the bombing by the Turkish army of the Medya Defense Areas in South Kurdistan on 25 September 2020. The identities information of the guerrillas are as follows:

   Code name: Gulan Hêmin

   First and last name: Zilan Gök

   Place of Birth: Mûş

   Mother and father’s name: Gülazer - Abdulmenaf

Date and place of martyrdom: 25/9/2020 / Medya Defense Areas

   Code name: Mizgîn Cigerxwîn

   First and last name: Şehnaz Okşamak

   Place of birth: Amed

   Mother and father’s name: Emine - Metin

Date and place of martyrdom: 25/9/2020 / Medya Defense Areas

   Code name: Sozdar Feraşîn

   First and last name: Emine Bor

   Place of birth: Van

   Mother and father’s name: Behiye - Yusuf

Date and place of martyrdom: 25/9/2020 / Medya Defense Areas

The HPG statement said: "Gulan Hêmin was born in Malazgirt in the province of Mûş as the daughter of a Kurdish patriotic family. She made her first encounter with the Kurdish liberation movement when she was a child. Shaped by her will to be part of this movement, to resist the male and state dominance over the women of Kurdistan, to create herself anew and thus to make an important contribution to the liberation struggle, our comrade Gulan joined the ranks of Guerrilla."

The statement continued: "Mizgîn Cigerxwîn was born in the Silvan district near Amed as the daughter of a traditional working family. She grew up in an environment plagued by hostile oppression and encountered the inhumane face of the genocidal Turkish state as a child."

 

The HPG continued: "Sozdar Feraşîn was born in Van to a patriotic family. When she was two years old, her mother was arrested. As a result, she spent her childhood behind the prison walls of the Turkish regime. She got to know the inhumane face of the Turkish state in this way, experienced oppression and grew up with the feelings of hatred and anger it caused."