The body of Ivana Hoffmann, an internationalist revolutionary who lost her life in clashes in Til Temir, has been sent to Amed for hospital procedures following a ceremony at Nusaybin-Qamishlo border where her body was handed over to her family.
The body of Ivana Hoffmann, an internationalist revolutionary who lost her life in clashes with the ISIS gangs in Til Temir, Rojava, has been sent to Amed for hospital procedures following a ceremony at Nusaybin-Qamishlo border where her body was handed over to her family.
MLKP fighter Ivana Hoffman, nom de guerre Avaşin Tekoşin Güneş, from Germany was martyred in an attack of ISIS gangs on the joint emplacements of MLKP and YPG-YPJ in Til Temir at around 3 am on 7 March. Her body was handed over to her family at Nusaybin-Qamislo border gate yesterday. Hundreds of people accompanied her family who arrived the border together with the executives of HDP, MEYA-DER, DBP and ESP.
While a ceremony was held in Qamislo for Ivanna, her family was arbitrarily kept waiting at the border gate during the procedures at the customs. Her body was later taken by women from the border gate and then taken to Nusaybin where a ceremony was held with mass participation at Newroz square. The police took intense security measures in the town and attempted to prevent the march of hundreds, who carried posters of Hoffmann and the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan as well as the flags of YPJ and the MLKP.
Speaking at the ceremony which began with one minute's silence for all those fallen in the revolution and freedom struggle, MEYA-DER Mardin branch chair Abdullatif Tabar said the internationalist fighters coming to Rojava to defend it against the barbaric gangs have waged a historic resistance for humanity.
Nusaybin co-mayor Sara Kaya said in her speech at the ceremony that Ivanna will never be forgotten in the women’s liberation struggle, and offered condolences to her family, comrades and the Kurdish people.
Speaking after, ESP vice chair Fethike Ok recalled that Ivanna was not grown up in Kurdistan but did sacrifice her life for Kurdistan and the women, pointing out that "she followed her dreams and joined the freedom struggle in Rojava".
Hoffmann’s friend Senem Dösen also made a short speech at the ceremony saying that Hoffman built a bridge between the world peoples, adding; "Our brave woman militant took her part in the revolution with her love for Kurdistan and freedom.
Following the speeches, a letter Hoffmann had left to her family before leaving for Kobanê was read out.
The body of Hoffman has been taken to Amed for an autopsy and will be sent to Germany where she will be laid to rest.
