The HPG Press Center disclosed the identities of the three guerrillas who fell martyr in Heftanin on 25 June.

In a statement the HPG said: “On 25 June, our comrades Esmer, Ararat and Berivan, who resisted heroically against the attacks carried out by the invading Turkish army in the Medya Defense Areas of the Heftanin region, hit 10 enemy soldiers and fought until their last bullets. Detailed information of our fallen comrades of Esmer, Ararat and Berivan are as follows:

      Code Name: Esmer Devrim Zerdeşt

      Name Surname: Esmer Kıyar

      Birth Place: Amed

      Mother's-Father's Name: Şahide - Yunus

      Date and Place of Martyrdom: 25 June 2020 / Heftanin

      Code Name: Ararat Malazgirt

      Name Surname: Songül Polat

      Birth Place: Muş

      Mother's-Father's Name: Kadriye - Halis

      Date and Place of Martyrdom: 25 June 2020 / Heftanin

      Code Name: Berivan Cudi

      Name Surname: Esra Ergün

      Place of Birth: Şırnak

      Mother's-Father's Name: Hami - Hasan

      Date and Place of Martyrdom: 25 June 2020 / Heftanin

The fascist Turkish state continues its occupation operations against the territory of Kurdistan displaying all its war technologies in an attempt to succeed in its genocide policies against the Kurdish people. The fascist Republic of Turkey, which tries to eliminate all material and spiritual values that emerge as a result of great efforts in Kurdistan, tries to break the roots of the Kurdish society with these genocide practices.

The only resistance force against this anti-humanitarian mentality is the Kurdish freedom guerrilla. The current world system and state interests encourage the AKP-MHP fascist regime and day by day, the fascist regime is becoming a great danger to all humanity. The AKP-MHP fascist regime strives to build a bloody regime on the region by implementing the anti-humanity ISIS mentality in a new form. This occupying regime sees the Kurdish people as the main resistance force and waged a dirty war against our people. The attempt to invade South Kurdistan is the step of implementing this new occupation concept.”