HPG and YJA Star guerrillas spoke about the 26th anniversary of the martyrdom of Zeynep Kınacı (Zîlan), one of the leading cadres of the PKK, who carried out an action in Dersim on 30 June 1996.

The guerrillas said that 30 June was a very important date for them. YJA Star guerrilla Sara Ronahî said: "As YJA Star guerrillas, we are also fighting on the line of resistance opened by Zîlan. Zîlan is our line of self-sacrifice. That's why this day is very important for us. Zîlan comes to our minds when we say sacrifice and leadership. That's why we deal with our role, mission, war and struggle in this way. Comrade Zîlan dealt a great blow to the understanding of power with her action, and became a reference point for women.”

Guerrilla Ronahî continued: “When we look at the ongoing war in Zap, Avaşîn and Metîna, we see how this struggle is being carried out with a spirit of sacrifice. We resist on the basis of the truth about Zîlan and deal great blows to the enemy. When the time came, Heval Zîlan showed us what to do by sacrificing her life. Now all our comrades are fighting against the enemy with the same sacrifice spirit. The spirit that lives on the battlefield is the spirit of Zîlan and Egîd. Every bullet fired in these areas, every step taken in the movement is taken with the spirit of Zîlan. That's why success will definitely be ours."

We follow the path of Zîlan and Egîd

HPG guerrilla Berxwedan Heftanîn said that Martyr Zîlan carried out a self-sacrificing action to protest the conspiracy against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, and added: "Today, we are walking along the line of resistance created by Zîlan. Our path is the path shown to us by heval Zîlan and heval Egîd. Therefore, the whole world, and especially the Middle East, was affected by this. Because the action of Zîlan heval was not only against the oppression of Rêber Apo, but also against the understanding of power imposed on women. As HPG guerrillas, we will fight to the end on the line of Zîlan heval. If he sacrifices himself against the enemy, we will continue to resist on the battlefield with the same spirit of self-sacrifice."