HPG guerrillas Argeş Zagros (Peyman Şemşîrî) and Cîger Afrin (Mustafa Bekrî) fell as martyrs following the air attack of the Turkish army on Medya Defense Areas on 30 July 2021.

Argeş Zagros and Cîger Afrin’s comrades told ANF about the revolutionary stance and lives of both guerrillas.

HPG guerrilla Mazlum Afrin said that Argeş Zagros was from East Kurdistan and added: “We were together for a while. Comrade Argeş was such a friend that no matter how much we talked about him we would not be able to tell it all. He had a stance in life.”

Stating that Martyr Argeş Zagros was a great source of morale for them, HPG guerrilla Mazlum Afrin said: “He would take care and help everyone. He had a serious impact on friends.”

The slogan of Martyr Argeş Zagros was ‘Whatever the enemy does, we will always be the winners’, said Mazlum Afrin, adding: “This slogan was always on his tongue. Argeş was conscious of the reality of friend-enemy. He would say: 'If we want to defeat the enemy in war, we must first rip it out of our brains and hearts'. He used to say that the greatest way to defeat the enemy was in the struggle in the brain and heart. Friend Argeş left us a legacy of new life with his death. Wherever we look, our friend Argeş is there, always with us.”

'Don’t accept ordinary life'

HPG Guerrilla Baz Kandil commemorated martyr Cîger Afrin with respect and said: “We worked with Martyr Cîger for a while. Martyr Cîger's approach to life was exemplary. He did not accept ordinary life. He welcomed life with excitement, morale and enthusiasm, and lived that way. As a guerrilla, he was always in harmony with nature.”