The funeral service for Evîn Goyî, Mîr Perwer and Abdurrahman Kızıl took place in the Paris suburb of Villiers-le-Bel on Tuesday. Evîn Goyî, whose real name was Emine Kara and who was an executive council member of the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union), was shot dead on 23 December along with Kurdish musician Mîr Perwer (Mehmet Şirin Aydın) and long-time activist Abdurrahman Kızıl in the attack on the Ahmet Kaya Cultural Centre in Paris. Their bodies were brought to the event hall in a convoy of cars from the forensic medicine institute.

Thousands of people had already arrived at the Palace de Villiers in the early morning. Wreaths were placed in the hall in the name of Abdullah Öcalan and Kurdish organisations such as PKK, PJAK, KJK, KCK, TJK-E, KCDK-E and the cultural movement TEV-ÇAND.

Numerous speeches were made at the funeral service. The co-chairs of the Democratic Kurdish Council in France (CDK-F), Xane Akdoğan and Abdullah Ülmez, called for a fight to clarify the attack. "Kurdish women are a nightmare for ruling regimes. That is why Kurdish women and their struggle are attacked. However, the slogan “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” [Woman, Life, Freedom] which was created by women like Evîn Goyî, has now been adopted by women all over the world. Evîn defeated ISIS and we will end Erdogan's fascism," said Xane Akdoğan.

Another speaker was the mayor of Sarcelles, Patrick Haddad. He stressed that the attack had shocked the whole of Paris. He said he was in solidarity with the Kurds living in Europe and shared their pain.

Remzi Kartal, co-chair of Kongra Gel, referred in his speech to the assassination of 9 January 2013, in which the Kurdish revolutionaries Sakine Cansız (Sara), Fidan Doğan (Rojbîn) and Leyla Şaylemez (Ronahî) were shot dead by a Turkish contract killer. Abdullah Öcalan had said at the time: "We will avenge them by smashing fascism." He said that the Turkish state was conducting a genocidal policy against the Kurds, using all means at its disposal. "However, the resistance of our people leads all attacks to nothing," said the Kurdish politician.

Kartal called on the French government to investigate both massacres and said: "Within ten years, leaders of our freedom struggle have been murdered twice in this country. Why are women who are leading women around the world being assassinated in Paris? We promise our martyrs that we will expand the struggle for a free Kurdistan and free women. As many times as we are killed, we will not kneel, and we will not bow down."

Former HDP MP Besime Konca spoke on behalf of the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E) and said: "We know the enemy who murdered Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan, Leyla Şaylemez, Jiyan Tolhildan, Evîn Goyî, Hevrîn Xelef, Garibe Gezer, Nagihan Akarsel, Deniz Poyraz and Jina Amini. We will take revenge on their murderers by building women's confederalism and increasing the global “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” alliance."

Musician Xelîl Xemgîn spoke on behalf of the cultural movement TEV-ÇAND. Tara Hisên, co-chair of Tevgera Azadî from Başûr (Southern Kurdistan), said in a speech: "The Turkish state bombs the mountains of Kurdistan with chemical weapons every day. The world must finally say something against this. Our murdered friends were fighting for world peace. The Turkish state is attacking the vanguards of the Kurdish people because it is afraid of free Kurds." 

In other speeches, people from France expressed their solidarity with the Kurdish people and demanded that the attacks of 2013 and 2022 be investigated. Following the speeches, a video of Evîn Goyî was shown. After the funeral service, those present paid their last respects to the martyrs and laid carnations on the coffins laid out.

The body of Evîn Goyî will be transferred to Maxmur in Southern Kurdistan for burial, that of Abdurahman Kızıl to Kars and that of Mîr Perwer to Muş.