HPG published the names of the three fighters who died on 15 June while resisting the Turkish occupation in Xakurke: Asya Kanîreş from Turkey, Azad Şergeş from Germany and Koçer Medya from Rojhilat.
The Press Center of the People's Defense Forces (HPG) has published the names of the three guerrillas who fell on 15 June while resisting the Turkish occupation in the Xakurke region in South Kurdistan. The guerrillas are Asya Kanîreş, Azad Şergeş and Koçer Medya.
The HPG had previously announced that they had died as the result of Turkish air and ground attacks that followed coordinated guerrilla actions. Eighteen military personnel were killed in the ambush, including a senior officer. When the Turkish army realized that the entire unit was liquidated, the area where the bodies were located was bombed by howitzers and fighter jets.
The HPG wrote in its statement: “Asya, the courageous daughter of the Black Sea people, Azad, an esteemed socialist from Germany, and Koçer from Rojhilat, representative of the spirit of national unity, fought together in the PKK ranks, united by an ideology based on the values of democracy and socialism. At a time when nationalism was turning peoples against each other, they gave the most significant response by joining the ranks of the PKK and, with their action, became representatives of the PKK reality.”
The statement added: “With great courage and spirit of sacrifice, they advanced against the enemy and impressively demonstrated our invincibility. We will continue to resist for a life based on the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and socialism for all of humanity. This was the ideal of our comrades, who did not hesitate for a moment to make sacrifices.
The HPG promises to keep alive the memory of our comrades. We offer our condolences to the families of Asya, Azad and Koçer, as well as to the Turkish, German and Kurdish people.”
The personal details of the martyrs are as follows:
Nom de Guerre: Asya Kanîreş
First and last name: Kadriye Tetik
Place of birth: Ordu / Türkiye
Mother and father’s name: Nazife – Aziz
Date and place of death: 15 June 2023 / Xakurke
Nom de Guerre: Azad Sergeş
First and last name: Thomas Johann S.
Place of birth: Mainburg / Germany
Date and place of death: 15 June 2023 / Xakurke
Nom de Guerre: Kocer Medya
First and last name: Diyako Saîdî
Place of birth: Sine / Rojhilat
Mother and father’s name: Tamina – Sidîq
Date and place of death: 15 June 2023 / Xakurke
