I am ready to testify about Andrea Wolf's execution, says witness
I am ready to testify about Andrea Wolf's execution, says witness
The Turkish army, using all kinds of dirty war methods against guerrillas for many years, tortured and extralegally executed German internationalist Andrea Wolf in the Kurdish women’s army (YAJK) of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Beytüþþebap in 1998.
Speaking to ANF about the event, Þerif Fýrat, an eye-witness of Wolf’s execution and the guerrillas commander at the time, said that he was ready to tell all details of the execution in case of Turkey’s trial at the international court of justice for the crimes against humanity it has committed.
“It was her internationalist view that made comrade Ronahi [Wolf’s code name] join the ranks of PKK. Her determination to be a true PKK guerrilla as a whole made her comrades respect her”, said Fýrat about the German national human rights activist and sociologist Wolf.
Fýrat, remarking that he is one of the four eye-witnesses of Ronahi’s extrajudicial execution, pointed out that Ronahi lost her life in the process of severe clashes and very intense military activity in the region of Beytüþþebap in 1998. Fýrat said the followings; “Almost all our comrades in this area, where the operations of the Turkish army were centered upon, were involved in severe and long-lasting clashes. Ronahi was taken prisoner by soldiers near Keleþ village of Van following a clash which lasted from early morning till night hours. Many guerrillas lost their life in this clash which broke out in an area very close to us. By listening to the radios of soldiers, we were following the discussions on whether to kill Ronahi or take her away alive. After ten minutes of discussions, one commander ordered soldiers to ‘not to do the same as before’, referring to another German guerrilla Eva Yunke who had been taken prisoner at an earlier date. They soon after executed Ronahi because they ‘didn’t want to get in trouble once again’. However, Ronahi’s execution was reflected to the media as if she had been captured dead in a clash. This is an absolute lie as she was not shot during the clash. She was taken captured and executed extrajudicially.”
One guerrilla, Zeynep from West Kurdistan who was in the same area with Ronahi in that clash, is the only living eye-witness of Ronahi’s execution, noted Fýrat and added that other two eye-witness of the event were martyrized in other clashes afterwards.
Speaking to ANF about the event, Þerif Fýrat, an eye-witness of Wolf’s execution and the guerrillas commander at the time, said that he was ready to tell all details of the execution in case of Turkey’s trial at the international court of justice for the crimes against humanity it has committed.
“It was her internationalist view that made comrade Ronahi [Wolf’s code name] join the ranks of PKK. Her determination to be a true PKK guerrilla as a whole made her comrades respect her”, said Fýrat about the German national human rights activist and sociologist Wolf.
Fýrat, remarking that he is one of the four eye-witnesses of Ronahi’s extrajudicial execution, pointed out that Ronahi lost her life in the process of severe clashes and very intense military activity in the region of Beytüþþebap in 1998. Fýrat said the followings; “Almost all our comrades in this area, where the operations of the Turkish army were centered upon, were involved in severe and long-lasting clashes. Ronahi was taken prisoner by soldiers near Keleþ village of Van following a clash which lasted from early morning till night hours. Many guerrillas lost their life in this clash which broke out in an area very close to us. By listening to the radios of soldiers, we were following the discussions on whether to kill Ronahi or take her away alive. After ten minutes of discussions, one commander ordered soldiers to ‘not to do the same as before’, referring to another German guerrilla Eva Yunke who had been taken prisoner at an earlier date. They soon after executed Ronahi because they ‘didn’t want to get in trouble once again’. However, Ronahi’s execution was reflected to the media as if she had been captured dead in a clash. This is an absolute lie as she was not shot during the clash. She was taken captured and executed extrajudicially.”
One guerrilla, Zeynep from West Kurdistan who was in the same area with Ronahi in that clash, is the only living eye-witness of Ronahi’s execution, noted Fýrat and added that other two eye-witness of the event were martyrized in other clashes afterwards.
