The Press Centre of the People's Defense Forces (Hêzên Parastina Gel,HPG) has published the names of three guerrilla fighters who died on 25 April during an action in Heftanin region in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq. In its statement dated 27 April, HPG had reported that nine soldiers of the Turkish army were killed and large amounts of military material were confiscated as guerrillas hit a Turkish army position on Hill Şehîd Şêxmus, while three guerrilla fighters lost their life.

The full identities of the fallen guerrillas are as follows:

Nom de Guerre: Çekdar Amed First-Last Name: Fatih Demir Place of Birth: Amed Mother's - Father's Name: Sevded – Abdullah Date and Place of Martyrdom: 25 April 2020 / Heftanin

Nom de Guerre: Mervan Amed First-Last Name: Ahmet Sunar Place of Birth: Amed Mother's - Father's Name: Vahide – Mehmet Date and Place of Martyrdom: 25 April 2020 / Heftanin

Nom de Guerre:  Tolhıldan Roza Botan First-Last Name: Mesut Aydın Place of Birth: Şırnak Mother's - Father's Name: Gule – Mehmet Ali Date and Place of Martyrdom: 25 April 2020 / Heftanin

Mervan Amed

Guerrilla fighter Mervan Amed was born in 1996 in Amed into a patriotic family and was forced at a young age to go to a Turkish boarding school. Nevertheless he got to know the resistance and the freedom fight had a great influence on him. In 2014 he joined the guerrilla.

Çekdar Amed

Çekdar Amed was born the same year as Mervan Amed in Amed and grew up in a patriotic family. He witnessed the oppressive policies of the state and experienced them firsthand. He joined the freedom movement in 2015.

Tolhildan Roza Botan

Tolhildan Roza Botan comes from Güçlükonak district of Şırnak province. The region is marked by the Turkish state's attempt to hire so-called “village guards” to make the let Kurds fight against the freedom movement. Tolhildan also experienced the oppression and violence of the state firsthand and grew up in a patriotic environment. He joined the guerrilla as a student in 2013 and became one of the young commanders of the HPG.