People's Defense Center (HSM) Headquarters Command marked the 13th year anniversary of the June 1 Initiative launched by the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla against the International Plot's denial and elimination concept, and commemorated “all the martyrs from comrades Erdal, Adil and Nûda, architects of this historic step, to Besran Cudî that lost their lives in this period”.

The statement by HSM Headquarters Command is as follows:

“The process of active defense initiated with the June 1 Initiative in 2004 against the concept of denial developed as part of the International Plot became a significant response to the policies of annihilation imposed by the enemy, and created significant developments with regard to developing a search of resolution for the Kurdish question. On the basis of the June 1 Initiative, the defense and resistance process initiated by our people in the guerrilla and serhildan (uprising) areas imposed a must toward the resolution of the Kurdish question.

If the Kurdish people are talking about freedom days not far away today, it should be known that the biggest factors in this are the Leader Apo's determined stance against İmralı Torture System, the resistance mounted by the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla on the basis of June 1 Initiative, the price paid by our brave martyrs and the sacrifices made by our people. For this reason, the developments taking place today should be seen as an achievement of the June 1 Initiative.

14TH YEAR WILL BE TURNED INTO A MOJOR INITIATIVE PROCESS

In the freedom struggle they have been waging for years, the people of Kurdistan meets the 13th year anniversary of the June 1 Initiative with a new initiative process.The great battle of resistance and defense given on the basis of a legitimate and righteous Revolutionary Popular War against the colonialist AKP state's impositions of war that recognize no rules, has revealed significant outcomes up to date and carried our people's freedom struggle to a new phase, and will mark historic successes on the 14th year anniversary of June 1 Initiative.

In order for the achievement of a permanent resolution to the Kurdish question and freedom of Leader Apo and the Kurdish people, the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas will not hesistate to make the necessary sacrifices, and they fulfill their duty as militants by responding to the attacks against our people.

Freaked out in the face of the struggle waged by Kurdistan's peoples under the lead of guerrillas since July 24, 2015, the AKP state increased its course of war to a barbaric level as it pursues a rare colonialist policy of atrocity and genocide that targets the Kurdish gains in four parts of Kurdistan. This is a bare truth which reveals the fact that Turkish colonialism is on its last legs in Kurdistan.

Despite this truth, the AKP colonialism resorts to all sorts of lies and tricks and endeavors to create a perception that the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla has been inflicted deadly blows and is about to end. It should be known that the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla and Kurdistan people that are fighting with June 1 spirit will enhance the resistance in the mountains, cities and all areas against this barbaric and savage colonialism, and turn the 14th year anniversary of June 1 into a major initiative process.

NEW STRUGGLE PERIOD

For the transformation of the June 1's 14th year anniversary into the process of Leader Apo's and Kurdistan people's freedom, and against the deep colonialism's policies that seek to weaken, neutralize and eliminate the guerrilla and put our people through a cultural genocide, we call on the patriotic Kurdistan youth to join the guerrilla ranks and grow the June 1 spirit further, and we wish all our patriotic people and Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla success in this new struggle year.”