A ceremony was held for the “Heroism Week” between March 21 and 28 in the guerilla-controlled Medya Defense Zones and HPG and YJA-Star guerillas participated in the ceremony.

People’s Defense Central Headquarters Commander Murat Karayılan gave a speech in the ceremony and said March 28 is the anniversary of legendary guerilla commander Mahsum Korkmaz (Egîd) losing his life.

Karayılan said: “We consider the command and the line represented by the great commander Comrade Egîd to be a perspective for life and the fight.”

Karayılan stated that Egîd was the commander in the August 15 Lunge where the first shot was fired: “He represented the line of Leader Apo.”

Commanders and fighters held a meeting after the ceremony, where extensive military and political analyses were discussed. Karayılan made an analysis there as well and said, “We want to strengthen the Kurdistan struggle for freedom and the revolutionary struggle in the region further in 2018.”

Karayılan said, “There are opportunities to take down the AKP, MHP and ISIS fascist order. The Resistance of the Age in Afrin has created a foundation for this.”

Karayılan continued: “We must know that to take down the AKP-MHP and ISIS fascist line will pave the way for a revolution not just in Kurdistan and Turkey but throughout the Middle East. This struggle we wage as the Kurdistan Freedom Movement doesn’t only concern Kurds and Kurdistan, it concerns all the peoples of the region. This is very important.”

He added: “We are hopeful that our people and the forces of democracy will prevail in this fight. For us, there are great opportunities for success.”

Karayılan stated that the fate of the Kurdish people is at the hands of the Kurdish people themselves: “If we utilize the opportunities we have, and implement correct leadership in this framework, the future and victory will be ours. For this, cadres and command level should play the part of leader.”

People’s Defense Central Headquarters Commander concluded with: “Our march will be a march to pave the way for the Middle Eastern Revolution. Our march will be the march for freedom for the peoples.”